Mount Joy Snowman

9 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I've only had .16" of rain since midnight. 2 day total is .4"

Exactly 1.5" over the past week.

I'm nearly identical, with .4" and 1.48".  #precision 

.4" of rain and a low of 51.  Temp may not budge today.  A miserable day on tap, but it's still Friday!

29 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Mostly cloudy with some sun and 67. No rain here at all. 

Have had a few bouts of scattered light rain or drizzle over here but you'd never know it if you weren't sitting right next to a window ha.  Hasn't amounted to anything measurable yet.

.01” from last evening’s meager showers and then a boomer came through right before I left the house this morning that looked to drop ~1/8th of an inch. Low of 65. Almost time to depart the train here in Harrisburg. Onward. 

58 when I left the house with .01" of rain overnight.  Thick fog with visibility <1/8 mile in most spots. 

11 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Thanks, today is also known as “Cinco de Miko” or otherwise Happy Birthday to Blizz, Lol!

 

Happy belated birthday Blizz!  My son turns 4 today as well.

Low of 58 and currently 59/58 with a thick warm air advection fog.  Two-day rain total of .95".  That, and the ideal growing temps ahead, will have the mowers humming this week.

Low of 49 with a little over .8” in the gauge. Currently 52/51 with light rain. Had to turn a little light heat on last night. Grass should be soaring this week. 

Low of 51 here. No rain yet.  Had our first fire pit of the season last night. ‘Twas perfect. 

One thing that seems consistent across almost all the modeling is that western parts of the region have the best chances for big totals. 

Low of 57.  Stunning day on tap with a mow in the cards. 

Low of 55.  Great day to mow tomorrow and throw down some seed before the rainy pattern settles in.

My total rainfall for April was 5.69", but only .16" over the last two weeks.  YTD now stands at a robust 18.94".  MDT checks in at 4.41 for the month and 16.55 YTD.

National high of 106 at Rio Grande Village, TX and low of 11 near Stanley, ID. 

14 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

On the subject of extremes, the CMC has 2.5-3" over Northern Lanco. 

Drinking too much Molson again? 

Forgot to add, I got .06" of rain last night.

MDT ends the month at 55.4, good for T-14th all-time.  

58/58 when I left the house. Hit 55 through the rurals. Some sparse valley fog but only in the lowest of low spots. Stunning morning. 

21 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

 

Over the years, both Horst and Elliott would refer to Lanco's official numbers as being recorded at MU. I must have misunderstood what they were communicating. At any rate, thank you for the clarification. I honestly thought all along that our official numbers were recorded in Millersville. Learned something new today! 

Well, I would agree with you (and them) that MU is more of the official record keeper for Lancaster; it's just that the NWS is only going to cite their official sites for record keeping, I would imagine.  For one, LNS has only been recording observations since like 1999, whereas MU I believe goes back to something like 1914??  LNS also doesn't keep any snowfall data, which is reason enough to scorn them haha.  Heck, the Filtration plant near downtown Lancaster would probably serve as a better site as well.  At least they have records going back to the mid 70s and track snowfall to some degree.  In any case, MU would clearly have the most extensive climate record, along with the most attention to detail and record keeping.  They deserve the title ha.

14 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

MU is not Lancaster's official station so it is not on the list.  Although I think it should be.

LNS (airport) is official.

Yes, that was exactly the point I was trying to make.  Thanks for clearing up. 

10 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

MU officially hit 90 today. 

Saw that! MDT topped out at 89. Like I said, not even close 

Low of 60 at my place. Feels like a hot one. 

3 hours ago, CoralRed said:

.CLIMATE...
Record high temperatures were set at the following locations
today (Monday):

SITE        2024 OBS     PRVS RECORD
Altoona          86F     83F (1956)
Bradford         82F     76F (1984)
Williamsport     89F     86F (1942/1974)

Copied this from weather.gov. Someone earlier mentioned record was broken for Lancaster. I wonder why it wasn't on this list?

 

That was Millersville University, not LNS. 

50 minutes ago, canderson said:

I’ve never come close to turning the AC on in April. It’s principle, damn it! Ha 

I am generally of the same mind but today is the day I caved ha. 

8 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Yesterday's high occurred very late in the day - my highest number was at 6:17pm!

I dunno - I'm already at 82.2. My 90 degree day barometer is in the 80s by 11am. Well past that threshold. 

Edit: Wait, what? Today is your 1st AC day???

My goodness.   

Yes I'm well aware of your 11am-80 rule and I love it!

Correct, first day of AC is today.  Windows and circulating fan did the trick up until this point.  Yesterday was the first day that was a little rough but we weren't home most of the day so that helped.  If there was a statistic for combined mowing days and days where the AC unit is running, you'd have to be one of the top guns in the Commonwealth haha.

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

A balmy overnight low of 59 after a very late day high of 83 yesterday. Felt like a summer morning when I left for work. 

Same here with the 59.  Today is the day my AC comes out of its cocoon.  I don't think we get all that close to the records of 90/92 for today/tomorrow but I've been wrong before.  

Low of 51 and .02” of rain. Gorgeous day on tap before the near-record heat arrives tomorrow. 

Low of 43. Currently sitting at 49/38. Should be a nice Scotland type day. 

7 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I received 3.42" of rain from Sandy. My station in no way is able to record wind speeds accurately but I do know for certain that we had hours of 50mph+ winds. I had to take many detours the following morning to work, trying to find a road that wasn't closed due to downed trees and power lines. WAY more than a thunderstorm here. 

The main difference between Sandy and a thunderstorm was the duration of wind - sustained 40+ with gusts near 60 for several hours. 

Here is what I have in my notes from back then....