Mount Joy Snowman

Let's not count our chickens just yet! Still has to happen ha. But things are looking up.

Confession: When I did the above calculation, I overdid the temperature for the very first day (last Thursday) by almost 6 degrees, due to a sneaky midnight temp that I missed. That, along with a few other days coming in cooler than expected, is going to lead to this calculation being off by a solid half degree. Unacceptable on my part, and I swear to never let this happen again. Well, at least until the next time it happens. In closing, with one day left in the month (bold I know haha), I can now confidently say that the final mean monthly temp for October will be 57.6 degrees, good for a T-28th place with 1975. I humbly ask for your forgiveness. Ciao.

Low of 52. Happy Halloween to all, especially those with little kids. Big day for the youngsters. If the MDT recent trend continues, we'll probably fall just shy of setting a record today but worth monitoring. Man, what a comedy of errors by the Yankees last night to blow that game. The play with Cole and Rizzo was just so so bad. Hard to stomach.

I think something is going on with the sensor at MUI, perhaps some exposure issues. I'm pretty convinced it's artificially spiking during peak heating. It's typically one of our cooler local sites; makes no sense to be spitting out the readings it has over the last couple of weeks. Right now on the Keystone Mesonet there are two other stations within a couple miles of MUI at similar elevations that are both five degrees cooler. Something is awry.

Yep. I’m just above the inversion line now on many occasions. My prior place sat very low at the base of the ridge with a back yard bordering a farm. I’ll never get those deep cold inversion readings again and that makes me sad, primarily because I’m a weather weirdo ha.

47 at the house and 43 through the rurals with some valley fog. Beautiful days ahead. Perhaps record breaking, people are saying.

39 when I left the house. My P&C is now up to 81 for Thursday but MDT’s is only 78. Halloween record watch chugs along.

For MDT it hasn't been nearly that extreme, with highs just 2.6 AN and lows dead-on average, leading to an overall 1.3 AN departure.

Low of 32. Halloween record still on watch with a projected high of 80. Late to the party here, but when it comes to the whole Drew/Beau debate, I think two things can be true: (1) that it is reasonable to believe that on a down-to-down basis the offense is capable of moving the ball more consistently with Pribula at the helm, due to his superior athleticism and running ability, and (2) that over the long run, for this team to go where they want to go they need Drew running the show. For all that Beau brings to the table, I'm not sure he has full command of the entire offense the way Allar does, and he is certainly more limited through the air. He doesn't have the arm Drew does and the ball seems to come out of his hand funky more often than not. He played great Saturday night but I also believe he benefited from some easy throws and a couple of balls that were fortunate to not have been picked or deflected. It's also an entirely different animal to come into a game late and run all over a somewhat beleaguered defense who hasn't prepared for you. If teams have a whole week to game plan for Beau I think things could look more difficult for him, as they squeeze the field on him and force him to make down the field reads and go over the top. The box will certainly be loaded more than it already is. All that to say, I love them both and hope they can find ways to more regularly get both involved in the game plan, but Drew has to be the guy this year. He has grown up immensely and I've been especially impressed with his pocket presence and awareness. This is his team. Should be a fun ride either way.

Low of 35. Huge win by the nameless jersey boys last night. Massive. Now all eyes on Allar’s health. That Halloween record high creeping further into play.

Not so sure about that. Forecast for Thursday is currently 79 and record is only 81. Wouldn’t take much movement to snag that.

Low of 47. Unbelievable game one of the fall classic last night.

Great job pulling this. Sure looks like LNS could move up that list quickly. For those wondering, Harrisburg's record is 35 consecutive days, which was also primarily an October phenomenon, with a date ending 10/27/47. A couple of others tied at 28 days.

My low temp held until a little past 8:30 this morning, a surefire sign that the clocks are getting turned back soon.

Current temp of 36 is the low.

Since it's being bantered about, I don't think this month will end up as anything too special (probably ~2 degrees AN). I did my end-of-month chicken scratch and have us ending October with a mean temp of 58.1, which would be tied with 1990 for 22nd place all-time. The extent of the warmth on the last couple of days could throw a wrench into things but I'm pretty comfortable with that number. Book it.

Low of 55. Have my eyes on a potential record warm Halloween (record is only 81). Also, if we don't add another drop of rain to the month, which seems likely, we'd tie 2000 for 5th driest October on record at .47". I've only had .03" at my house, which would supplant May of 2023 as my driest month since I began record keeping in 2011.

Stop. You sound like a lunatic.

50 at the house and 43 through the rurals. Inversions have been the name of the game this week.

52 at the house but hit 46 through some low-lying rurals. Got a round of golf in yesterday afternoon. Loving this mini blast of heat.

Low of 43. Outside of the Pacific NW, this is quite a dry 7-day look for the CONUS.

Here are the actual high and lows…. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=CTP&issuedby=CTP&product=RTP

I hadn’t actually checked at that point, was trusting Blizz, but yes I now see 38 was the number. Still not shabby for MDT.

Oh wow, they are usually 3-5 degrees above me for a low but I only got to 38 last night.

It’s so freakin good. We are only on our first time through. Second season, so a long way to go. I bet it only gets better. Low of 39 here. Heavenly weather ahead.