PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 840 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2008. AFTER A VERY WARM START TO THE YEAR...2008 ENDED UP NON REMARKABLE IN THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTMENT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. JANUARY WAS MUCH ABOVE NORMAL BUT MORE OR LESS ENDED UP BEING BALANCED OUT BY A CHILLY MAY...ALLOWING MOST STATIONS TO AVERAGE VERY NEAR NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL AVERAGE AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. WHERE THERE IS NO DATA...THIS MEANS NO SEASONAL NORMALS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR THAT LOCATION. TEMPERATURES J F M A M J J A S O N D ALTOONA 29.0 26.9 34.5 51.2 53.9 69.9 72.2 68.3 63.7 49.3 39.2 30.2 STATE COLLEGE 30.4 27.736.0 53.1 55.4 71.2 72.7 69.1 64.6 50.240.2 31.5 WILLIAMSPORT 30.1 28.0 38.3 53.4 56.5 71.9 73.4 68.8 65.2 50.640.9 32.0 HARRISBURG 32.9 31.9 41.6 54.3 58.5 74.5 76.9 72.9 68.0 53.1 43.3 34.7 LANCASTER 33.1 32.642.3 53.7 57.5 73.2 75.6 71.4 67.0 53.043.2 35.7 LEWISTOWN 31.5 29.037.5 53.0 56.4 71.3 73.6 69.7 65.3 50.641.5 31.8 WARREN 27.9 24.431.3 50.7 52.0 68.1 70.2 66.6 63.7 46.937.8 29.6 WELLSBORO 25.8 22.729.2 48.1 50.1 65.4 66.8 62.9 59.2 45.535.5 25.7 YORK 33.3 32.942.3 54.3 58.4 72.9 73.9 69.0 65.3 50.742.0 34.0 JOHNSTOWN 28.5 26.435.1 50.1 53.6 66.7 69.5 65.5 62.1 47.836.7 29.4 AVERAGEDEPARTURE ALTOONA 49.0 -0.8 STATE COLLEGE 50.2 +1.2 WILLIAMSPORT 50.8 +1.0 HARRISBURG 53.6+0.3 LANCASTER 53.2+1.0 LEWISTOWN 50.9+0.3 WARREN 47.4-0.3 WELLSBORO 44.7-0.2 YORK 52.4-0.5 JOHNSTOWN 47.6 ---- PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THANKS TO THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY...MARCH AND DECEMBER WHICH WERE WETTER THAN NORMAL OVER MOST OF THE REGION. OCTOBER WAS VERY DRY...ESPECIALLY IN HARRISBURG WHERE THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH PASSED WITH JUST .01" OF RAIN. THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL TOTALS AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. WHERE THERE IS NO DATA...THIS MEANS NO SEASONAL NORMALS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR THAT LOCATION. J F M A M J J A S O N D ALTOONA 1.64 3.764.90 2.78 4.93 3.26 2.47 2.78 3.57 1.622.17 5.57 STATE COLLEGE 1.60 4.095.61 4.54 4.23 3.88 2.65 1.46 4.88 1.801.46 4.88 WILLIAMSPORT 2.26 5.215.10 2.13 3.44 4.07 5.71 1.65 6.80 2.362.41 3.98 HARRISBURG 1.09 5.774.68 3.86 5.41 2.54 3.53 1.09 6.61 1.912.93 6.83 LANCASTER 1.07 4.542.78 3.25 4.68 2.91 3.52 1.46 7.82 2.481.53 6.57 LEWISTOWN 2.45 3.805.64 5.84 5.31 2.68 2.90 1.40 6.07 1.831.61 4.40 WARREN 2.87 6.035.97 2.92 3.09 5.29 6.68 3.56 1.63 3.393.97 4.07 WELLSBORO 1.82 5.867.13 2.92 2.75 3.36 4.49 3.24 3.10 2.832.29 4.77 YORK 1.19 4.604.26 4.08 6.41 1.26 7.45 1.64 7.64 1.732.44 5.27 JOHNSTOWN 1.95 3.023.43 2.55 6.55 4.51 3.71 2.31 5.75 1.451.91 6.48 PRECIP TOTAL DEP ALTOONA 39.45 -3.24 STATE COLLEGE 41.08 +1.32 WILLIAMSPORT 45.12 +3.53 HARRISBURG 46.25 +4.80 LANCASTER 42.61 -0.86 LEWISTOWN 43.93 +3.08 WARREN 49.47 +4.37 WELLSBORO 44.56 +11.13 YORK 47.97 +4.97 JOHNSTOWN 43.62 ---- IN GENERAL...SNOWFALL FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WAS MUCH BELOW NORMAL. THE WINTER OF 2007-2008 WAS WARM AND BELOW NORMAL FOR SNOW...CONTRIBUTING TO THE CALENDAR YEAR DEFICIT. THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL TOTALS AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL. WHERE THERE IS NO DATA...THIS MEANS NO OFFICIAL SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS EXIST FOR THE LOCATION OR SEASONAL NORMALS HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED. J F M A O N D ANNDEP ALTOONA 2.5 14.19.5 0.0 0.2 4.8 2.6 33.7-4.8 STATE COLLEGE 3.8 17.09.5 0.0 0.2 3.9 4.0 38.4-7.3 WILLIAMSPORT 2.6 15.90.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 8.1 28.0-12.0 HARRISBURG 2.0 7.90.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 4.3 16.2-20.7 LANCASTER 0.0 3.00.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 5.0----- LEWISTOWN 2.5 11.06.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 24.4----- WARREN 11.5 23.212.0 0.0 0.0 28.0 15.5 90.2----- WELLSBORO 7.9 18.14.3 0.0 0.6 9.9 19.0 59.8----- YORK ----------------------------------------------- JOHNSTOWN ----------------------------------------------- HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE...LA CORTE $$