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National Weather Service Binghamton Climate Watch
May 2008 in New York and Pennsylvania: Chilly and Drier than Normal
May 2008 was cooler than normal in central New York and northeast Pennsylvania.
At Syracuse, NY and Binghamton, NY, May averaged between 3 and 4 F below normal. In Scranton, PA, May 2008 was even cooler with temperatures averaging almost 5F below normal.
The cool May was in response to the jet stream dipping farther south than normal and bringing more Canadian air masses to New York and Pennsylvania from the northwest.
Normal May Jet Stream Pattern is below.
The Jet Stream Pattern for May 2008, displayed below, showed more northwesterly flow aloft which steered more Canadian air masses
into New York and Pennsylvania, making it a cooler than normal month.
Precipitation for May averaged below normal in New York and far northern Pennsylvania and close to normal over most of northeast Pennsylvania.
See map below for precipitation relative to normal for the month of May.
April 2008 in New York and Pennsylvania: Very warm and drier than normal...
April 2008 was the warmest April on record at the Greater Binghamton Airport with an average temperature of 49.7 °F.
This is 0.6 °F above the previous record warm April set in 1991 and 1985, and, is 5.6 °F above the long term
average April temperature. Although April did not break any temperature records at Syracuse, NY or Scranton, PA, it was
still warmer than normal, being the 3rd warmest on record in Syracuse since 1903! April 2008 averaged 51.6 °F which
was 6.3 °F above the long term mean in Syracuse. At Scranton, PA, April 2008 was the 8th warmest on record averaging
51.9 °F, which is 3.2 °F above the long term April mean temperature. In summary, April 2008 averaged around
3 to 5 °F above normal in northeast Pennsylvania and around 6 °F above normal in central NY.
Precipitation for April averaged from around one half to 2 inches below the long term mean for April. Binghamton and Scranton
recorded close to 2 inches below normal rainfall in April 2008 with Syracuse recording only 0.48 inches below normal for
April.
Note:
- The above data is preliminary.
- Each graph above includes a linear regression trend line (solid black line) which gives an approximation of the climate change at each station.
- All data for this web site was obtained from NOAA's Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)
- Data for Scranton, PA includes data from 1926 to present. The station was located in downtown Scranton, PA from 1926-1955 and
at the Greater Scranton Wilkes Barre Airport from 1955- Present. Snowfall measurements have been taken from WNEP TV 16
(a couple miles from the airport) from 1996 to present.
- Data for Syracuse NY includes data from 1902 to present. The observing station moved several times prior to 1949, therefore
snowfall data is only given back to 1949 which is where the station has remained up to the present, Syracuse Hancock
Field. Temperature data is given back to 1902 since the location changes are not enough to make a large difference in the
climate record, unlike the snowfall data.
- Data for Binghamton NY has been taken at the Greater Binghamton Airport since 1951.
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