Mount Joy Snowman

August officially goes down as the second hottest ever for Harrisburg, with a mean temp of 78.8, trailing only the 79.1 of 2016. Also the 8th driest with total precip of 1.14". I got 2.03" at my house.

They better not even think about interrupting my Nittany Lions for that mundane nonsense.

It looks like we'll end up with the second warmest August on record, just a couple tenths of a degree behind 2016.

Not this guy. It was uncanny what happened here yesterday. That nasty line that popped up ahead of the main batch, for which @Superstorm provided a Radarscope image, well, that formed directly over my area and moved East but didn't see a drop from it, and then the main batch completely fizzled upon approach. All told, it added up to .01" and that's rounding up ha. We were at my dad's house in Mountville and were stunned to not even see a single drop over there. Just a total screw job but them's the breaks sometimes. Anyway, happy for those who made out. A beautiful few days on tap.

Yeah but I think his point was more that it's localized. I'm pretty much spot-on average for precip thus far this year, and last year finished a smidge above average.

92/71 here and it feels even worse than that.

89 as a high again here.

Indeed you have. The sun certainly has a harder time heating the ground when it's saturated and in turn a harder time heating the air directly above the ground, but I have my doubts about the magnitude of that effect three days after a rainfall, as Bubbler alluded to. Wild. Starting to feel like a special season for them. With the addition of a third wildcard team this year they're only 2.5 out. Go get it.

I failed to reach 90 here as well, topping out at 89. MU mentioned something about places across york and lancaster counties that got the heavier rain on monday staying cooler today.

She's coming in hot, take cover!

My low was 62. MDT's low was 67, because of course it was.

Indeed they are friend. Not sure what world we're living in anymore.

.54" here yesterday. I was playing in a golf tournament all day and the humidity was absolutely miserable, to say nothing of the constant storm dodging, but at least the miller lite was flowing.

.06” of total precip here. Yeehaw.

Wow sorry to hear that. Must have been a pretty large hail core, as my buddy on the east end of Mt. Joy sent me a video of intense hail out his way as well.

Yep, and I have to go to a wedding at a place that doesn't have AC. Lovely.

Damn right I did, but still pales in comparison to the 1-2 inches received in some localized areas just north of Mount Joy Borough. Bizarre indeed. I mean, we all know MDT is a known hot-spot but still.....

A low of 59 and .28" from the storms yesterday. A week ago we were running 5.4 degrees above average for the month; today we sit 2.8 above. I'm thinking we'll finish somewhere around 3ish above, which should slide us into a top ten type August. Carry on.

Yep, buddy in Mount Joy has confirmed heavy hail. I am in Rohrerstown today and nothing here yet.

A low of 59 here. Couple of nice days on tap before things turn a bit sticky again.

A low of 62 and .17" of rain yesterday. National high of 117 at Death Valley and low of 25 near Choteau, MT. Onward.

Yeah I think it was just Sterling radar, State College radar estimates seem to be much more in line with reality on this particular event.

I don't live in Mount Joy, just have a Mount Joy address. I am actually south of Pinkerton Road, well into the more yellow hues on that map. I have that site you like saved as well. It's usually fairly accurate but every now and then can be quite overdone. I think the Sterling radar got a bit wonky with that band it displayed through Lancaster. It never rained that hard here, relative to what it was showing. Got to love the things we waste time on around here haha, but I love it!

It appears there were definitely some issues with radar with this event because I clicked my exact location on the radar estimate map and it has me at .7", whereas I got less than .2".

Right. What I'm saying is I checked all the WU stations between Strasburg and Lancaster and all of them were around that .3" mark. Remarkably consistent. Baring some on the ground verification, it seems there may have been a glitch in the radar and associated estimates.