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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
645 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR WILLIAMSPORT

2007 WILL BE RECORDED AS A FAIRLY NON-REMARKABLE WEATHER YEAR FOR
WILLIAMSPORT. IT WAS WARM AND DRY AS THE YEAR ENDED UP A LITTLE
LESS THAN 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND ALMOST 5 INCHES OF RAIN
BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 51.3 WHICH WAS 1.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS NOT NEAR THE TOP OF THE LISTS OF
EITHER THE COLDEST OR WARMEST YEARS.

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

AS FAR AS RAINFALL GOES...36.71 INCHES OF MELTED PRECIPITATION
WAS MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS WAS 4.88" BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL
WAS NOT ENOUGH TO APPROACH THE TOP FIVE DRIEST YEARS.

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 41.8"...WHICH WAS 1.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT MIGHT
BE RECALLED THAT LAST WINTER WAS REMARKABLE FOR THE LATE START TO
THE SNOW SEASON...WITH THE FIRST SNOWS HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATE
JANUARY. THE WINTER RECOVERED A BIT WITH ABOVE NORMAL SNOW IN
FEBRUARY AND MARCH. SO FAR THIS WINTER NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER HAVE
BEEN GOOD FOR SNOW LOVERS...ALSO BEING A LITTLE ABOVE
NORMAL.

OTHER CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR.

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
136  (3 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW
13  (2 ABOVE NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR LOWER
124  (2 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR LOWER
36  (5 ABOVE NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE 0 DEGREES OR LOWER
0  (4 BELOW NORMAL)

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER
26  (11 ABOVE NORMAL)

WILLIAMSPORT 2007 MONTHLY SUMMARY WITH DEPARTURES

TEMPS                PRECIP           SNOW

JAN 32.0 +6.5 DEG    3.05" +0.20"     3.5" -9.0"
FEB 22.6 -5.9 DEG    2.05" -0.56"    14.8" +5.5"
MAR 38.0  0.0 DEG    3.79" +0.58"    10.8" +3.4"
APR 47.5 -1.5 DEG    2.93" -0.56"     0.3" -0.9"
MAY 62.4 +2.9 DEG    1.68" -2.11"
JUN 71.2 +3.4 DEG    1.63" -2.82"
JUL 72.6 +0.2 DEG    1.58" -2.50"
AUG 72.4 +1.5 DEG    6.76" +3.38"
SEP 66.0 +2.9 DEG    1.63" -2.35"
OCT 59.4 +8.1 DEG    2.85" -0.34"
NOV 39.9 -0.9 DEG    4.02" +0.40"      3.8" +0.8"
DEC 32.1 +1.4 DEG    4.74" +1.80"      8.6" +2.1"
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ANNUAL AVERAGE TEMP    51.3   +1.5 DEG
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION  36.71"  -4.88"
ANNUAL SNOWFALL        41.8"  +1.8"

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE.

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