...1999 WILLIAMSPORT WEATHER SUMMARY...

THE YEAR 1999 ENDED UP BEING WARM AND WET IN WILLIAMSPORT. ALL
BUT 3 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR SAW ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WHICH 
CONTRIBUTED TO THE ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.2; WHICH WAS 1.3 
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 24 OTHER YEARS WARMER THAN 1999
THIS CENTURY.

THE YEAR WAS CHARACTERIZED BY A WARM WET WINTER. DESPITE THE FIRST 3 
MONTHS OF THE YEAR SEEING ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL...THE ANNUAL
SNOWFALL ENDED UP SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

THE SUMMER MONTHS SAW SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS AROUND THE
WILLIAMSPORT AREA. THE 4 MONTHS FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY EXPERIENCED 
RAINFALL DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES. AUGUST FINALLY SAW ABOVE 
NORMAL PRECIPITATION, BUT IN MOST CASES IT WAS TOO LATE TO AID 
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. THE DROUGHT WAS FINALLY BROKEN BY TWO
TROPICAL SYSTEMS, WHICH REVERSED THE DRY CONDITIONS AND CAUSED
FLOODING IN SEPTEMBER.

OVERALL THE YEAR WAS UNREMARKABLE EXCEPT FOR SEPTEMBER WHICH SAW THE 
DROUGHT COME TO A DRAMATIC END. EARLY IN THE MONTH, THE REMNANTS OF 
TROPICAL STORM DENNIS VISITED THE REGION. THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH
THEN SAW HURRICANE FLOYD MOVE ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. BOTH
STORMS BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE 
STATE...SOME OF WHICH APPROACHED VALUES NOT SEEN SINCE AGNES HIT THE 
REGION IN 1972. THE MONTH ENDED UP WITH 12.60" OF RAIN, SHATTERING
THE OLD RECORD OF 10.02" SET IN 1975. IN FACT, THE MONTH ENDED UP
BEING THE SECOND ALL TIME WETTEST MONTH, BEHIND ONLY JUNE OF 1972
WHICH WAS THE MONTH THAT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE AGNES DEVASTATED
THE REGION.

THE YEAR ENDED AS IT BEGAN...WARM. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AVERAGED
MORE THAN 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. NO WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR AS 
DECEMBER HAD LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW.

HERE ARE THE PRELIMINARY CLIMATOLOGY STATISTICS FOR 1999

AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE:51.2  (+1.3 DEGREES)
NORMAL:49.9

TOTAL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION:45.21"
NORMAL:40.72"
TOTAL ANNUAL SNOWFALL
CALENDAR YEAR:35.1"
NORMAL:41.3"

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:97 ON JULY 5 AND 18
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:2 ON JANUARY 10

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAX
TEMPERATURE 90 OR HIGHER:22

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAX
TEMPERATURE 32 OR LOWER:24

LAST FREEZING TEMPERATURE
OF SPRING:32 ON APRIL 26

FIRST FREEZING TEMPERATURE
OF FALL:32 ON OCTOBER 7

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