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Since I've called Lancaster home since 1965, a couple of things stick out from the data that I posted: The winters of 1977-78 and 1993-94 are the 2 winters that I remember most as being bitterly cold. January 1977 featured a ridiculous negative departure of nearly 12 degrees, but the following winter was wall to wall cold. January and March were both more than 4 degrees below normal while February was over 9 degrees below normal. I remember watching the Baltimore news stations back then and people were driving on the Chesapeake. Hard to imagine that today. And then the January through March stretch of 1994 - I know many in this thread remember that...my neighborhood roads were 2 very deep ruts of tire tracks surrounded by a huge glacier of ice on either side, and it just did not melt. I have marked down that I had snow cover for 73 days that winter...think about that. The winter of 77-78 featured a huge February blizzard with little snow otherwise...just day after day of bitter, dry air. The 1994 winter was filled with tons of snow and ice events. On the flip side, 2010 was unrelenting heat. In fact, temps were WAY above normal every month from March all the way through September followed by a more modestly above normal October. That summer seemed like it would never end and in fact it did not end soon enough.

Thanks for the reminder, you did mention this before. Sorry that I did not recall it. It was quite windy today...it might even be windier now than it was earlier.

I don't want to start aggravating over aggregates. LOL It's a PA 233 special!

Here's the monthly temp records data: I forgot just how incredibly warm this past January was! https://www.atmos.millersville.edu/~wic/climo/t-anomaly.htm

Yeah, I haven't a clue - I was just a messenger of information.

Storms that are occurring are pretty small and not moving very much. Heads up...where's it raining currently? LOL

MU Weather Center #July2023 turned out to be seasonably wet, hot & humid at @millersvilleu . Temps, in aggregate, averaged 3.27F above normal, making it the 9th-warmest July on record (since 1914). Precip ended up “near normal,” but many parts of the Lower Susquehanna Valley had a rainfall surplus.

That's what I get for typing while looking at my damn thermostat!

Whoa! Thanks Jon - hit the 6 instead of the 8.

Partly sunny/mostly cloudy and 80 degrees. Pretty good SW breeze flowing through today.

Sunny skies and 78 degrees. Light breeze has veered SW today so it won't be long until dews start to creep up just a tad.

NWS State College @NWSStateCollege Temperatures are starting off on the cool side this morning, especially up across the northern tier! We've seen temperatures as low as 44°F in Warren and McKean Counties. With partly to mostly sunny skies today, we'll see highs in the 70s and low 80s this afternoon.

An incredible 56 for the low this morning in Maytown. Blue skies east of town, a smoky haze to my west. @Bubbler86 - very, very unusual for me to have a lower temp than you in the morning, especially on a day like this. I have to think it's in part due to the smoke. Much less over this way and we likely radiated out better.

The guy (ChescoWx) has made observations and kept meticulous records for years - I think he knows what he's doing and I would absolutely trust his numbers. I guess it's one's prerogative to question but I think CC picked a poor example to cast doubt.

Sunshine and 76 here just past noon.

Low of 59 - thought it might get a little cooler as I was at 61 at midnight.

Except that it's not a notorious cool spot at night - that location is cool during the days due to elevation but the valleys are cooler at night.

Shoot, I had a low of 58 on the 23rd. ("official" low was 60 at MU)

I have zero grass out front - my entire lawn is behind the house. Everything out front is mulched, ponds, decorative pieces, etc. I also have 2 Adirondacks for my wife and I to enjoy sitting outside later on hot days when the back yard is getting direct sunlight.

Really nice day. 2 in a row. More to come. Life is good right now.

Mom taught me not to argue with my elders. Lesson learned...finally. It is gorgeous outside!

I agree with you 100% regarding starters hitting a wall - Kremer was given a huge cushion last night and couldn't make it through the 5th. I'm also concerned about starting pitching - and that also taxes the bullpen. If Fujinami pitches like he did last night, that would be huge heading down the stretch.

Montgomery went to the Rangers last evening I believe...

I was hoping you'd get at least a tenth...sigh.

Looking at radar, it looks like the only one who might see rain overnight is @Bubbler86and maybe @Coop_Mason