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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
526 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...HARRISBURG SUMMER OF 2007 SUMMARY...

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THE SUMMER AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL IN
THE STATE CAPITAL. THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER EXTENDS FROM JUNE
THROUGH AUGUST AND THIS YEAR THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 74.5
DEGREES...OR 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE WARMER THAN
NORMAL...IT ONLY MANAGED TO BE 25TH AMONG THE WARMEST SUMMERS ON
RECORD. THE WARMEST SUMMER WAS BACK IN 1966 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 77.6 DEGREES. RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1889.

ANOTHER MEASURE OF HOW WARM A SUMMER IS CAN BE REFLECTED BY THE
NUMBER OF TIMES THE MERCURY TOPS 90 DEGREES. THIS YEAR IN
HARRISBURG THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 90 OR HIGHER 17 TIMES. IN A
NORMAL YEAR THIS OCCURS ABOUT 16 TIMES. LAST YEAR WE HIT 90 JUST
14 TIMES WHILE IN 2005 THE HIGH TOPPED 90 SOME 24 TIMES.

WHILE IT WAS WARM...IT WAS ALSO WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE 13.76
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL WAS 3.32 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MADE
IT THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SUMMER THAT ENDED UP WETTER THAN NORMAL.
THE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL COULD ONLY MANAGE TO BE 25TH ON THE LIST
OF WETTEST SUMMERS. THE WETTEST SUMMER WAS BACK IN 1972 WHEN
HURRICANE AGNES HELPED BRING A SOAKING 23.33 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE
AREA.

IN AN AVERAGE SUMMER WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
ON ABOUT 32 DAYS IN HARRISBURG. THIS SUMMER WAS VERY AVERAGE WITH
EXACTLY 32 DAYS BETWEEN JUNE 1ST AND AUGUST 31ST EXPERIENCING AT
LEAST .01 INCHES OF RAIN. OF THE 12 POSSIBLE WEEKENDS OF THE
SUMMER...JUST 5 FAILED TO REMAIN TOTALLY DRY. THIS NO DOUBT MADE
FOR PLENTY OF TIME TO ENJOY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION FOR
HARRISBURG FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.

       AVG TEMP DEPARTURE  PRECIP  DEPARTURE

JUNE   73.5 DEG / +2.8 DEG  3.70" / -.29"

JULY   75.0 DEG / -.9 DEG   4.22" / +1.01"

AUGUST 75.0 DEG / +1.0 DEG  5.84" / +2.60"
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SUM    74.5 DEG / +1.0 DEG 13.76" / +3.32"


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