Comparing the Last 3 Spring Seasons

We all have short memories sometimes when it comes to the weather…. so let’s go back and take a look at 2009, 2010 and this year and see how they compare.

2009 Precip:

 

2009 Temps:

2009 was known as the “year without a summer”. And the spring was also cooler and [...]

Climatologists vs. Meteorologists: Colbert Style

This is hilarious. Hopefully this’ll get you through your next-to-last day of the week!

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Where’s November?

November is normally a cooler month with about an 1.0 to 1.5 inches of rain by the middle of it.  So far, November 2009 has been well above average.

Check out these stats for Johnstown (through the middle of November)…

Average High: 48.9°
Average Low: 35.6°
Average Precipitation: 1.0″ – 1.5″

So how are we doing?  Click into the post to find out.

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Averages Updated

I sat for about a minute trying to think of a clever title for this post, but couldn’t come up with anything clever.  This post is, however, pretty important.

I’ve updated the average highs and lows for Johnstown.  While this may not sound like much, it is because it allows us to better describe the weather.

Because the weather information used to be taken downtown and then the recording station was moved to the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, we didn’t have the best averages.  The city is almost always warmer than the airport.  Now that the station has been at the airport for 30 years, we can get a new set of averages for Johnstown.  (A good climatological data set typically consists of at least 30 years of data!)

I took the highs and lows from the past 30 years as reported at the observation site and averaged each of them out.

How did this compare to what we had…  You’ll find out if you click into the post!

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