Lows and Highs on Saturday were some of the lowest ever observed in the entire month of May.

Source: https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ctp

Minimum and maximum temperatures on Saturday were highly anomalous with low temperatures greater than 15 degrees below normal and high temperatures greater than 25 degrees below normal in Pennsylvania.

Source: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/ndfdmxmn/map.html

Records were set across most of the Eastern US Saturday morning. Here's a depiction of the record cold temperatures. Notice the dark blue circles in PA indicating temperatures that break the monthly record low.

Source: http://coolwx.com/record/usamovie.day.php

If we track where Saturday's air mass originated, it becomes clear why it was so cold. Air from northern Canada sunk into the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday, resulting in temperatures in the 30s in northern PA and 40s in southern PA.

Source: https://ready.noaa.gov/HYSPLIT_traj.php

An expansive area of surface high pressure surged into the eastern US, as shown in this NWS Weather Prediction Center map valid at 8AM Saturday. See surface maps from the record-setting May 9ths of 1947 and 1966 below for comparison.

Source: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.shtml#page=frt

Surface map on May 9th, 1947 when Harrisburg's daily record minimum temperatures were set: 

Source: https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Collections/US-Daily-Weather-Maps

Surface map on May 9th, 1966 when most of the daily record minimum temperatures were set: 

Source: https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Collections/US-Daily-Weather-Maps