By Tim Tender on July 22nd, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Bill Brown and I were both amazed by the temperatures this morning. When we went on the air at 5 AM, it was 80 degrees at our studios in Johnstown. It was extremely muggy outside, as well.
Take a look at the (tentative) lows from this morning.
 Low Temperatures (Friday, July 22, 2011) These lows are actually where are normal highs should be during this time of the year.
After doing some digging, I found that some of those numbers are actually all-time record high minimums (if that makes sense)!
Let’s look at the numbers. (Read More)
By Tim Tender on March 29th, 2011 at 11:36 AM
 Record Lows Yesterday, we had a record low in Johnstown. The temperature hit 13° when the record was 14° set in 1923. Today, there’s another record low in the Alleghenies. Altoona hit 21° this morning and the old record was 22° set back in 1982.
After seeing these records, Jim and I got to thinking… what are the all-time record lows for the area?
Here they are: (Read More)
By Tim Tender on September 13th, 2010 at 3:06 PM
We were all so jaded after last winter that this summer felt like the inside of an oven for a lot of us. It was hot and humid for a good chunk of the summer. Just how warm was it? Take a look at the graphics to see how this summer compared to the last 115 summers.
While it wasn’t the warmest summer on record (by the way, meteorological summer is June/July/August), it was definitely among the top! The United States as a whole was the 4th hottest summer on record. That spans a total of 116 years. Locally, it wasn’t as hot. The state of Pennsylvania has its 7th warmest summer ever.
 Summer 2010 - 7th Hottest On Record for PA Check out the extreme heat in the southeast, though. If I counted right, 10 states had their hottest year on record with 5 more having their 2nd hottest ever, including West Virginia. Maryland is one of those states that had a record hot summer!
Here’s a breakdown month-by-month for the summer… (Read More)
By Tim Tender on August 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 AM
 Photo Courtesy: RegesPhoto Photostream 1.67 pounds
7 inches in diameter
18.75 inches in circumference
Think this is big? Well, that’s the specs for the OLD record. There’s a new hail record and it happened on July 23rd in Vivian, South Dakota.
Here’s the report from the National Weather Service and NOAA…
NOAA’s National Climate Extremes Committee, responsible for validating national weather records, has declared a hailstone found last week in Vivian, S.D., to be the largest in diameter and heaviest ever recovered in the United States.
Found after a July 23, 2010, severe thunderstorm by Vivian resident Les Scott, the hailstone is 8.0 inches in diameter and weighs 1.9375 pounds (1 pound, 15 ounces) with a circumference of 18.62 inches. (Read More)
By Tony Martin on April 7th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Crazy. Too early. It’s about time! However you’d describe our early taste of summer, we unofficially broke a few records on Tuesday.
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By Tim Tender on November 8th, 2009 at 10:22 PM
It’s not often I get to talk about nice weather over a complete weekend, but this was the case. We had highs Saturday in the upper 50s and low to mid 60s. Sunday was even better and record-breaking. Most locations today got into the upper 60s. Some even got into the lower 70s.
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By WJAC Weather on July 15th, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Yesterday, I finished my post by saying this…
It looks like a few of us could be close again tomorrow morning.Johnstown: 47° (1930)
Altoona: 48° (1987)
State College: 45° (1930)
DuBois: 49° (1967)
Indiana: 44° (1960)
…and we did it!Â
Click into the post to find out where!
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By WJAC Weather on July 14th, 2009 at 9:50 AM
If I told you we were below average, temperature-wise, for the summer so far, you probably wouldn’t be surprised. Today’s lows were just the icing cool whip on the cake. We broke 3 records across the Alleghenies this morning and came close to another one.
Click in for the details…
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By WJAC Weather on May 19th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
The last two mornings have been cold and this one was even record-breaking. Check out the lows from this morning across the Alleghenies.
Morning Lows (May 19, 2009)
Record lows this morning were as follows:
Johnstown: 30° in 1983
Altoona: 31° in 2002
DuBois: 32° in 1973
State College: 33° in 2002
As [...]
By WJAC Weather on May 17th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
 We’ve been advertising a cool-down for a while now and it’s here. Today’s high only made it into the 50s across the Alleghenies. That’s not going to be the big story, though.
Our big story right now is the Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories in place across the Alleghenies tonight and into tomorrow morning. Have a look at the map below for all the counties that are in the mix by clicking into the post. It’s pretty much most of our viewing area.
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By WJAC Weather on April 14th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
In the beginning and middle of March, meteorologists across the state of Pennsylvania were pleading for rain as it was so dry. Now that the first quarter of the year is over, we’re finding out that it was drier than we initially thought.
According to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, January through [...]
By Tony Martin on March 18th, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Sunshine, blue skies, birds chirping and people outside without heavy coats! Doesn’t get much better this time of year. While we didn’t break records today, two were tied!
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By WJAC Weather on December 28th, 2008 at 9:04 PM
A forecast bust is described as a forecast that doesn’t pan out as expected. For example, if I were to say that the temperature should be 80 and it only hits 60, that’s a big bust.
Yesterday, part of the region had temperatures in the 60s with some sunshine while others had fog and even a little freezing fog and drizzle with temperatures struggling through the 30s through the afternoon. That’s a pretty big bust. I absolutely hate when my forecast busts because that means that I was wrong. I am willing to admit when I make a mistake, however. Have a look at the details of this bust and find out how it happened by clicking into the post.
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By WJAC Weather on December 7th, 2008 at 5:55 PM
You know it’s cold when your car has trouble starting when you go to leave for work. True story! Luckily I live very close to the station, so it wasn’t a huge deal. I had someone come down and give it a jump and I was able to drive it to work. Let’s hope it starts when I go to leave for lunch later.
Anyway, it’s been an extremely cold day across the Alleghenies with temperatures running mainly in the teens and lower 20s and wind chills, at times, below zero.
We didn’t break any records this morning, but we did yesterday. Take a look…
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By WJAC Weather on October 7th, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Most of us woke up this morning to some mighty cold temperatures. Just in case you were wondering, the record low in Johnstown was 28° set back in 1964. We weren’t quite there, but take a look at some of these temperatures!
Lows This Morning
What you’re not seeing on here are the [...]
By Tim Tender on January 9th, 2008 at 3:17 AM
We did it again. Here’s some of today’s records… For DuBois, I am not positive that 57° is the old record. It was the warmest record that I could find, but it just doesn’t seem warm enough to be a record. Keep in mind that any records claimed here are UNOFFICIAL!
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By Tim Tender on January 8th, 2008 at 3:04 AM
We broke records today across the Alleghenies. Here’s some graphics indicating how we did:
By Tim Tender on December 7th, 2007 at 10:05 PM
By Tim Tender on November 11th, 2007 at 2:52 AM
I may have mentioned this somewhere on here already, but now it is official… This past October was the warmest one on record for the state of Pennsylvania.
Look at the graph to the right. I circled in green what I thought was the most important aspect of the graph… the fact that [...]
By Tim Tender on October 23rd, 2007 at 3:19 PM
The month of October has been really warm so far with temperatures topping 80 degrees early in the month and getting into the mid 70s over the past couple of days. The question is… “How does THIS October stack up against all of the other ones from the past 100 years?”
I’m glad you [...]
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