Mount Joy Snowman

MDT's got nothin on my hotbox of a micoclimate! Well, except for those ridiculously high overnight mins that I can't compete with ha.

97 here boys, heat index 104, let's goooooo!

Welp I'm sittin at 91 already with a dew of 73

Good to know. You're certainly not the first person to have issues with siting the anemometer. I took mine down as well due to being too shielded from the winds. It was only measuring about half of actual wind speed, so not really worth having this weird looking instrument mounted to my deck that my wife hated haha. If you want a good wind reading near us check out the following WU my buddy just started, mounted up high atop his roof, should be able to get some impressive gust readings up there..... https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KPAMOUNT181

Yes I've noticed that, a bit surprising in that my low location off the ridge line usually has me as one of the hotter spots around, but perhaps you get a bit of UHI to offset that? Not sure how "downtown" you really are ha. I'll do my best to support you during these difficult times but I must admit I don't love my current station. It's one of those La Crosse models that looks cute but isn't great for tracking data. Heck, I still haven't figured out how it keeps its high/low temps, seems to only go back a few hours when doing so. Basically, I have to keep pretty good tabs on it to get accurate readings. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, during these long-path sun days in the dead of summer my sensor gets some direct sun during the early morning and late evening hours that causes it to read high during those times, particularly the morning where I basically have to ignore the temps for an hour or two. This despite being stationed on the north side of my house and of course having the housing piece around it that is supposed to prevent that, but naturally doesn't fully do so. I really liked my old station that tracked data better and measured to the tenth of the degree, even though the display wasn't "pretty" ha, but it took a crap after years of service and in a pinch I got one of the trendy Amazon recommended ones. I have a real nice one that was gifted to me in the basement (brand name eludes me at the moment) that I'm waiting to set up until we move to a new location. I've said too much.....

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.