Mount Joy Snowman

I hit 98 yesterday. Might have a chance to reach or top that today. HRRR says there's a chance, MOS guidance is not as enthused.

Oh yeah that's a classic one haha

You know it! Correct, I always say when it comes to pools, boats and campers, I don't wanna own 'em, I just wanna know people who own 'em

That's exactly what we're doing, albeit not our own pool, just a friend. Perhaps tomorrow as well.

93 here as well. Bracing for the heat ahead, trying to make pool plans for the next couple days.

I'm sittin at 82 with a dew of 56. Humidity about to start shooting up though as we head into tomorrow.

Roger that! I figured there had to be some sort of sexual connotation with it haha.

Can someone explain the Short Pump thing to me? I'm still a bit to new to get where it came from.

Here is what I have in my notes for that period........Record highs at MDT, 77 on 2/20 & 79 on 2/21. Many stations like Lanc. and York went over 80 for 1st time ever in Feb.

I love it, don't ever change.

Sauss, I have to quibble with you here, I believe we set the record at 69 that day, or are you talking about your own personal readings and not the official MDT data? Yes, I'm annoying haha. Funny enough, that November actually ended up quite cold at 4.5 degrees below normal and also contained the Thanksgiving slop storm where I got 3.5" of snow (I believe maybe more to the north and west?). Also that's the month where Buffalo received the historic lake effect event of 5-7 feet of snow. I'll stop now.

I figured as much. I mean, this is a weather message board after all, I can't be the only nut on here ha.

Not to get the masses all riled up again but MDT only bottomed out at 59 last night. I hit 54.

Well, I do, let's not lump everyone else in with my level of weirdness haha. Anyone else out there keep track of their weather data? Admittedly, I only track precip, not temps, and then I add notes to describe any type of abnormal or extreme events. I still have to use NWS when it comes to day-to-day temps.

You're right in that the humidity just seemed like it wouldn't quit last year. However, June was within one degree of average and only had three days hit 90. August was three degrees above average, driven primarily by warm nights from the aforementioned humidity. A couple of notes from my spreadsheet for those months, for the few who care ha..... On June 3rd we had a derecho come through in the afternoon from which Reading recorded an 83mph gust. That was also my first 90 degree day of the year. August ended up being a very wet month at my house, with a total of 8.34". On August 3-4, Tropical Storm Isaias passed over the PA/NJ border and brought 5-8" to parts of eastern PA, only 2.3" for me. Some training tropical downpours rolled through on August 7th that brought perhaps some of my heaviest rates ever witnessed, with .5" falling in 5 minutes, .8" in 10 mins, and ~1.4" in 20 mins.

The national low temp for the Lower 48 last night was 32 at Saranac Lake, NY. Outside of the occasional Mt. Washington coup, this is a rare feat for the eastern U.S.

I see what you did there

Correct, topping out at 100 on the 19th. To answer Sauss's inquiry, we went 93-97-94-96-97 from July 2-6 last year at MDT. On the final day of that heat wave I had a T'storm that dropped 1/2" in ten minutes. Last year set the record for hottest July ever at Harrisburg (avg. temp of 82.2, breaking the 81.8 from 1999), including a record 22 days above 90. Lancaster was also the hottest July on record. Edit: Also the temp never got below 67 for the entire month.

Hit 52 last night, another perfect ten on tap.

Shut it all down, this comment wins the Internet for the day.

Great points. I've been to Arizona a couple times to visit my grandparents in Cave Creek but haven't made it any farther north than Sedona, which is beautiful by the way.

I just know it from following college football over the years and whenever Washington State (located in Pullman, WA) was playing at home they would refer to them as being "out on The Palouse".

The Palouse!

Ha well I'm a bit of of a PA geography goon. One of my great claims to fame is being able to write the names of all 67 counties on a blank map. I know I know, I'm pretty special.

Looks like there are at least four active stations on Weather Underground near the Dalmatia/Pillow area. Here is one...... https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KPADALMA7