PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
 620 AM EST MON JAN 1 2007
 
 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
 
 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 2006 FOR WILLIAMSPORT.
 
 ...A WARM WET YEAR IN WILLIAMSPORT...
 
 THE YEAR 2006 WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS BEING WARM...WET 
 AND DEPRIVED OF SNOW. AFTER A VERY MILD START TO THE YEAR...THE 
 WARMEST JANUARY IN HISTORY OVER THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES...THE 
 WARMTH CONTINUED ALMOST UNABATED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. JUST ONE
 MONTH...SEPTEMBER WAS COLDER THAN NORMAL. OVERALL THE AVERAGE
 TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR IN WILLIAMSPORT ENDED UP BEING 52.5 DEGREES.
 THIS WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE IT DID NOT CRACK THE TOP
 5 WARMEST YEARS...IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO MOVE INTO 8TH PLACE ON
 THE LIST.
 
 WARMEST YEARS
 
 1921  53.6 DEG
 1930  53.4 DEG
 1991  53.1 DEG
 1998  53.0 DEG
 1931  53.0 DEG
 
 COLDEST YEARS
 
 1875  46.3 DEG
 1904  47.9 DEG
 1917  48.0 DEG
 1940  48.1 DEG
 1965  48.3 DEG
 
 PRECIPITATION ENDED UP BEING PLENTIFUL. WHILE IT WAS WETTER THAN 
 NORMAL...THE ANNUAL TOTAL OF 47.91 INCHES WAS ONLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR 
 9TH WETTEST. THIS WAS 6.32 ABOVE THE AVERAGE. 
 
 THE PRECIPITATION CAME IN CYCLES WITH HALF THE MONTHS BEING 
 DRIER THAN NORMAL AND THE OTHER HALF BEING WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE 
 PACE WAS SET IN JUNE WHEN THE REGION SAW AN UNUSUAL FEED OF TROPICAL 
 MOISTURE BRING VERY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH. 
 THE 6.42 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN WILLIAMSPORT WAS 7TH WETTEST
 IN HISTORY. THE WETTEST JUNE...IN FACT THE WETTEST MONTH EVER IN
 THE BOOKS OCCURRED IN 1972 WHEN HURRICANE AGNES HELPED SET THE
 STANDARD WITH A STAGGERING 16.80 INCHES OF RAIN. 
 
 AUGUST CAME IN A CLOSE SECOND FOR THIS YEAR ALSO REGISTERING MORE
 THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS MADE IT THE 12TH WETTEST AUGUST ON
 RECORD.
 
 WETTEST YEARS
 
 1972  61.27"
 1996  53.87"
 2003  53.20"
 2004  51.60"
 1975  51.42"
 
 DRIEST YEARS
 
 1930  27.68"
 1900  29.94"
 1997  30.06"
 1963  31.06"
 1995  31.28"   
 
 SNOWFALL WAS SPARSE IN THE CALENDER YEAR WITH ONLY 9.7 INCHES FALLING.
 IN A NORMAL YEAR ABOUT 40.0 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS
 MADE THE YEAR ABOUT 30.3 INCHES SHY OF NORMAL.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATE NOTES FROM 2006.
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
 135 (4 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW
 4 (7 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 32 
 118 (8 BELOW NORMAL) 
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 32 
 12 (19 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO
 NONE (4 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ABOVE 90 (CALENDER YEAR) 
 12 (3 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ABOVE 90 (SUMMER SEASON OF 
 JUNE THROUGH AUGUST)
 10 (3 BELOW NORMAL)
 
 OTHER CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A SURPRISINGLY TAME TROPICAL 
 SEASON. WHILE WILLIAMSPORT ISN`T AFFECTED BY HURRICANES AND TROPICAL 
 STORMS IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES 
 CAN BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION IN LATE SUMMER AND FALL AS MIGHT 
 BE RECALLED FROM THE SUMMER OF 2004. THE SUDDEN RESURGENCE OF AN EL 
 NINO IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC PROVED DETRIMENTAL TO ATLANTIC STORMS 
 FORMING AND DESPITE FORECASTS OF A VERY ACTIVE YEAR...JUST 10 STORMS 
 DEVELOPED WHICH WAS THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE 1997 WHEN JUST 8 STORMS 
 EARNED NAMES. DESPITE THE DEARTH OF STORMS...THE FALL WAS WET 
 IN WILLIAMSPORT WITH THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER 
 AVERAGING ALMOST 1.5 INCHES PER MONTH ABOVE NORMAL FOR RAINFALL.
 
 ANOTHER UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT A 
 MINI OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES ON DECEMBER 1ST. THIS MARKED THE FIRST 
 TIME THAT TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE STATE SO LATE IN THE 
 SEASON.
 
 
 WILLIAMSPORT 2006 ANNUAL SUMMARY WITH DEPARTURES
 
 TEMPERATURES            PRECIPITATION    SNOWFALL
 
 JAN  35.2  +9.7 DEG     5.59"  +2.74"     3.8"  -8.7"
 FEB  30.9  +2.4 DEG     1.55"  -1.06"     2.6"  -6.7"
 MAR  39.7  +1.7 DEG     1.15"  -2.06"     1.1"  -6.3"
 APR  51.7  +2.7 DEG     2.40"  -1.09"     2.2"  +1.0"
 MAY  59.7  +0.2 DEG     3.43"  -0.36"
 JUN  68.3  +0.5 DEG     6.42"  +1.97"
 JUL  75.6  +3.2 DEG     3.83"  -0.25"
 AUG  72.5  +1.6 DEG     6.33"  +2.95"
 SEP  61.9  -1.2 DEG     5.49"  +1.51"
 OCT  51.3   0.0 DEG     5.40"  +2.21"
 NOV  45.4  +4.6 DEG     3.84"  +0.22"
 DEC  37.8  +7.1 DEG     2.48"  -0.46"     TRACE -4.5"
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 ANNUAL AVERAGE        52.5 DEG / + 2.7 DEG (8TH WARMEST)
 ANNUAL PRECIPITATION    47.91" / + 6.32"
 ANNUAL SNOWFALL           9.7" / - 30.3"
 
 
 HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE!
 
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