First day of fall

(Photo submitted by Rick Fesenmyer)

At 4:02 p.m. today, Autumn began.

With temperatures predicted to stay in the mid- to upper-80s for several more days, it seems like this is an endless summer.

“This is very unusual, if not record-setting, for this long stretch of warm weather,” said Chris Leonardi, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh.

“We should be in the upper 60s for an average high temperature so we are running 15 to 20 degrees above normal,” he said.

For more from a story by Judith O. Etzel, visit TheDerrick.com.