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National Weather Service Binghamton Climate Watch
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.
Slightly Colder with Below Normal Snowfall March in Central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania
March 2008 was around 1 °F below the 1971-2000 climatic normal period for climate stations in
central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. At Binghamton, the mean temperature for March 2008 was
31.6 °F which is 1.1 degree below the normal March temperature of 32.7 °F. At Syracuse,
the mean temperature was also 31.6 degrees which is 2.0 degrees below normal. In Scranton PA, the mean
temperature was 36.7 which is 1.2 degrees below the long term normal.
Snowfall was much below normal, especially in northeast Pennsylvania where Scranton recorded its 3rd
least snowiest March in 82 years! Only 0.7 inches of snow fell in March in Scranton. In Binghamton, only
7.5 inches of snow fell for March which is well below normal. Syracuse recorded slightly over 12 inches of
snow which again is below the long term normal. As a result of the lack of snowfall, snow cover was very
limited in central New York and northeast Pennsylvania during March despite below normal temperatures.
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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