NOUS41 KCTP 012308 PNSCTP PAZ041-042-045-046-049>053-021500- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 608 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... WILLIAMSPORT ANNUAL SUMMARY FOR 2005 THE YEAR STARTED OFF WITH TEMPERATURES VARYING DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS...BEFORE ABOVE NORMAL READINGS SET IN FOR THE SUMMER AND REMAINED INTO LATE FALL. UNTIL DECEMBER REGISTERED COLDER THAN NORMAL...WE HAD ENJOYED 6 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE CAPITAL CITY. THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AVERAGING 3.2 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE. IN FACT...THE SUMMER (JUNE THROUGH AUGUST) ENDED UP BEING THE 6TH WARMEST IN HISTORY. STILL THE YEAR ENDED UP JUST 1.1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.9 DEGREES. THIS PLACED WELL DOWN THE LIST TYING 6 OTHER YEARS FOR THE 34TH WARMEST ON RECORD. EVEN THOUGH THE SUMMER ENDED UP BEING THE 6TH WARMEST IN HISTORY...NO HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE YEAR. THE SUMMER WAS WARM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS WE EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES. IN A NORMAL SUMMER WE CAN BE EXPECTED TO TOP 90 ABOUT 13 TIMES. THIS YEAR WE SAW THE MERCURY REACH 90 OR HIGHER 24 TIMES DURING THE PERIOD OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. THE WARMEST DAILY TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 96 BACK ON AUGUST 13TH. THE COLDEST READING OF THE YEAR WAS -6 ON JANUARY 28TH. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. OVERALL WE TOTALED 48.13 INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WAS 6.54 INCHES MORE THAN AVERAGE. THIS DID MANAGE TO CRACK THE TOP TEN...BEING THE 8TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. IT MIGHT BE RECALLED THAT 2003 AND 2004 WERE BOTH NEAR RECORD SETTING WITH REGARDS TO PRECIPITATION. THEY WERE THE 3RD AND 4TH WETTEST YEARS IN HISTORY RESPECTIVELY. THE WETTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS NOVEMBER 29TH WHEN 3.68 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR WAS MORE THAN A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...COMING IN AT 52.9 INCHES. NORMALLY IN WILLIAMSPORT WE CAN EXPECT ABOUT 40 INCHES OF SNOW IN A SINGLE YEAR. HOWEVER SNOWFALL IS GENERALLY TRACKED BY SEASON...WITH THE SEASON BEING DEFINED AS RUNNING FROM FALL THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SPRING. THE SNOWIEST SEASONS ON RECORD ALL HAD SNOWFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING 80 INCHES. THE LEAST SNOWY SEASONS IN THE BOOKS ALL HAD ABOUT 15 INCHES OF SNOW OR LESS. SO FAR THIS SEASON WE HAVE HAD 15.1 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS IS RUNNING A HEALTHY 5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE BIGGEST SINGLE DAILY SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR WAS 7.8 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 9TH. WILLIAMSPORT MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR 2005 TEMPERATURE /RAINFALL /SNOWFALL JAN 26.1 4.46 14.0 FEB 31.5 2.25 14.5 MAR 33.6 3.88 9.3 APR 51.3 4.59 0.0 MAY 55.8 1.75 0.0 JUN 72.4 1.80 0.0 JUL 75.2 6.33 0.0 AUG 74.0 6.36 0.0 SEP 66.8 1.78 0.0 OCT 54.0 5.89 0.0 NOV 43.3 6.77 1.1 DEC 26.8 2.27 14.0 ====================================== AVERAGE 50.9 TOTALS 48.13 52.9 DEPARTURE +1.1 +6.54 +12.9 WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 WARMEST YEARS: 1921 53.6 DEGREES 1930 53.4 DEGREES 1991 53.1 DEGREES 1998 53.0 DEGREES 1931 53.0 DEGREES WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 COLDEST YEARS: 1875 46.3 DEGREES 1904 47.9 DEGREES 1917 48.0 DEGREES 1940 48.1 DEGREES 1965 48.3 DEGREES WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 WETTEST YEARS: 1972 61.27 INCHES 1996 53.87 INCHES 2003 53.20 INCHES 2004 51.60 INCHES 1975 51.42 INCHES WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 DRIEST YEARS: 1930 27.68 INCHES 1900 29.94 INCHES 1997 30.06 INCHES 1963 31.06 INCHES 1995 31.28 INCHES WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 SNOWIEST YEARS: 1995-96 85.9 INCHES 1977-78 83.6 INCHES 1969-70 82.6 INCHES 1993-94 81.2 INCHES 1960-61 80.2 INCHES WILLIAMSPORT`S 5 LEAST SNOWY YEARS: 1988-89 7.0 INCHES 1994-95 12.8 INCHES 1918-19 14.3 INCHES 1996-97 15.1 INCHES 1928-29 15.2 INCHES HAPPY NEW YEAR! $$ LA CORTE