...HARRISBURG WEATHER EXTREMES DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY...

...HOT.............................................................. 
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 107 DEGREES ON JULY 3RD 1966.

THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE TEMPERATURE 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER
WAS 17 DAYS FROM JULY 24TH TO AUGUST 9TH 1941.

THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE TEMPERATURE 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER 
WAS 3 DAYS. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. /JULY 9TH-11TH 1936... JULY 
2ND-4TH 1966... JULY 19TH-21ST 1991... AND TWICE IN JULY 1999
4TH-6TH AND 16TH-18TH/.

THE WARMEST SUMMER /JUNE...JULY...AUGUST/ OF THE CENTURY WAS 1966
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 77.6 DEGREES.

...COLD.............................................................. 
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 22 BELOW ZERO ON JANUARY 21ST 1994.

THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR 
LOWER WAS 60 DAYS FROM DECEMBER 10TH 1944 TO FEBRUARY 8TH 1945.

THERE WERE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A MINIMUM OF ZERO OR BELOW FROM 
JANUARY 18TH TO 22ND 1994. A MAXIMUM OF ZERO OR BELOW OCCURRED ON 
JANUARY 19TH 1994.

THE COLDEST WINTER /DECEMBER...JANUARY...FEBRUARY/ WAS 1917-1918
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 24 DEGREES.

...WET/DRY........................................................... 
THE WETTEST MONTH WAS JUNE 1972 WITH 18.55 INCHES OF RAIN. 1972 WAS
THE WETTEST YEAR OF THE CENTURY WITH 59.27 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.

THE DRIEST MONTH OF THE CENTURY WAS OCTOBER 1924 WITH ONLY 0.02 INCH
OF RAIN. THE DRIEST YEAR WAS 1941 WITH 25.52 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.

THE MOST RAIN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 12.55 INCHES ON JUNE 21-22 1972.

THE LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL WAS 28 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS FROM AUGUST 11TH TO SEPTEMBER 7TH 1995.

...SNOW.............................................................. 
THE HEAVIEST SNOWSTORM OF THE CENTURY WAS 25.0 INCHES IN 24 HOURS ON 
FEBRUARY 11TH-12TH 1983. 24.0 INCHES FELL ON FEBRUARY 11TH 1983 AND 
THAT IS THE MOST THAT HAS BEEN RECORDED ON ANY ONE CALENDAR DAY.
THE MOST SNOW IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD WAS 13.0 INCHES /1 PM TO 7 PM/ AND
THE MOST SNOW IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD WAS 5.0 INCHES /6 PM TO 7 PM/ ON 
THAT SNOWY DAY /FEBRUARY 11TH 1983/.

THE WINTER WITH THE MOST SNOW WAS 1960-61 WITH 81.3 INCHES.
THE WINTER WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW WAS 1937-38 WITH 8.8 INCHES.

THE SNOWIEST MONTH WAS JANUARY 1996 WITH 38.9 INCHES.

THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND AT ONE TIME WAS 32 INCHES ON JANUARY
12TH 1996.

THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 1 INCH OR MORE OF SNOWCOVER WAS 76
FROM JANUARY 4TH TO MARCH 2OTH 1994.
THE EARLIEST TIME IN A SNOW SEASON FOR A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OCTOBER
5TH 1925. THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS OCTOBER 19TH 1940.

THE LATEST IN A SEASON FOR MEASURABLE SNOW WAS APRIL 27TH 1928 AND
THE LATEST FOR A TRACE OF SNOW WAS MAY 16TH 1956.

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