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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
917 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR HARRISBURG

2007 WILL BE RECORDED AS A FAIRLY NON-REMARKABLE WEATHER YEAR FOR
THE STATE CAPITAL. WHILE IT WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL...IT
WAS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY SO. WITH THE TEMPERATURE ENDING UP VERY NEAR
THE LONG TERM AVERAGE FOR THE STATE...ONE MIGHT EXPECT THE
INDIVIDUAL MONTHS TO BE ALSO CLOSE TO NORMAL. ACTUALLY SEVERAL
MONTHS WERE NOTEWORTHY WITH JANUARY...MAY...SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
ALL AVERAGING MORE THAN 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. FEBRUARY STOOD OUT
AS THE COLDEST MONTH AVERAGING MORE THAN 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 54.1 WHICH WAS JUST 0.8
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 53.4. THIS WAS NOT NEAR THE TOP OF THE
LISTS OF EITHER THE COLDEST OR WARMEST YEARS.

WARMEST YEARS

1998 56.6 DEG
1991 55.6 DEG
1999 55.6 DEG
1931 55.4 DEG
2006 55.3 DEG

* NOTE THAT 4 OF THE 5 WARMEST YEARS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 1990.

COLDEST YEARS

1904 49.2 DEG
1917 50.1 DEG
1907 50.4 DEG
1893 50.5 DEG
1926 51.0 DEG

AS FAR AS RAINFALL GOES...42.63 INCHES OF MELTED PRECIPITATION
WAS MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS IS 1.18" ABOVE NORMAL AND VERY
WELCOME SINCE MOST OF THE REGION WAS UNDER A DROUGHT WATCH FOR MUCH
OF THE SUMMER AND FALL. BEING JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...ONCE AGAIN
THE TOTAL WAS NOT ENOUGH TO APPROACH THE TOP FIVE WETTEST OR DRIEST
YEARS.

WETTEST YEARS

1972 59.27"
2003 54.68"
1975 54.22"
2004 53.34"
1996 52.43"

DRIEST YEARS

1941 25.52"
2001 25.76"
1930 27.29"
1909 28.16"
1922 28.20"

SNOWFALL WAS REMARKABLE ONLY IN THAT THE ANNUAL TOTAL WAS MORE THAN
12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE FIRST SNOW OF THE 2006-2007 SEASON
TOOK SO LONG TO OCCUR. HARRISBURG CAME WITHIN A DAY OF TYING THE
RECORD FOR THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOW IN HISTORY WHEN IT TOOK UNTIL
JANUARY 22ND TO MEASURE THE SEASON`S FIRST SNOW. SO FAR THIS SEASON
SNOW HAS BEEN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL BUT NOT ESPECIALLY TARDY WITH
SNOW BEING MEASURED IN BOTH NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

FOR THE YEAR 24.6" OF SNOW WAS MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS WAS
12.3" BELOW NORMAL. NOT ENOUGH TO RANK AMONG THE SNOWIEST OR
LEAST SNOWY YEARS.

OTHER CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR.

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
113  (12 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW
7  (2 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR LOWER
105  (4 ABOVE NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR LOWER
24  (EXACTLY AVERAGE)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 0 DEGREES OR LOWER
0  (1 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER
20  (1 ABOVE NORMAL)

HARRISBURG 2007 MONTHLY SUMMARY WITH DEPARTURES

TEMPS                PRECIP           SNOW

JAN 35.2 +4.9 DEG    2.37" -0.81"     0.6" -10.8"
FEB 25.7 -7.1 DEG    2.99" +0.11"     9.2" - 0.9"
MAR 41.1 -0.6 DEG    3.63" +0.05"    11.5" + 5.5"
APR 49.2 -2.9 DEG    3.31"  0.00"    TRACE - 1.7"
MAY 65.2 +3.2 DEG    1.07" -3.53"
JUN 73.5 +2.8 DEG    3.70" -0.29"
JUL 75.0 -0.9 DEG    4.22" +1.01"
AUG 75.0 +1.0 DEG    5.84" +2.60"
SEP 69.7 +3.5 DEG    4.41" +0.76"
OCT 62.0 +7.5 DEG    3.40" +0.34"
NOV 42.9 -1.4 DEG    2.58" -0.95"      0.5" -2.5"
DEC 34.7 -0.1 DEG    5.11" +1.89"      2.8" -1.7"
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ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMP    54.1   +0.8 DEG
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION  42.63"  +1.18"
ANNUAL SNOWFALL        24.6"  -12.3"

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE.



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