Summer in Philadelphia got off to a blazing start, topping 100 degrees once in June and hitting 98 twice in July, but the city is entering Labor Day weekend at the end of an unusually cool August.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly said Friday that the region as a whole is experiencing the coolest August it's had in about 10 years. The final few days of the month will settle where this August lands historically, but as of Friday it's Philly's coolest since 2017.

Using readings from Philadelphia International Airport, the mean temperature in the city so far this month has been 75.4 degrees — which is 1.6 degrees below normal.

The average daily high for August is about 84 degrees, with the maximum reached in the month typically around 95 degrees.

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