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Temperatures this afternoon soared into the 80s and 90s, plus the humidity is very high for September. Take a look at the late afternoon heat index temps: Autumn will make itself known next week, however, with several days in the 60s and some rain. Right now, flooding doesn’t look to be a concern….but [...] 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) You don’t know how awesome it is to write a blog post and have Glenn Frey’s song ‘The Heat Is On’ playing in the background. Trust me, it’s pretty rad. (I’m channeling my inner 80s with the term ‘rad.’) The Glenn Frey song is the perfect fit for the coming week with temperatures surging into the 80s and 90s across west-central Pennsylvania. As of right now, we have temperatures peaking in the low and mid 90s by Friday. When temperatures get this hot, we start to think about the heat index and how hot it really feels. So how does the heat index work? (Read More) Welcome Summer! Today is the first day of summer. It started at 1:16 PM. Remember, summer occurs when the direct rays of the sun are as far north as they go. On the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, the direct rays of the sun are focused on the Tropic of [...] Think it’s too hot? Take a look at the late-afternoon heat index temperatures: If you’re in the ” I want it to be a bit cooler” camp, you’re in luck. We’ll lose some of the heat and humidity for the end of the week. Tune in to WJAC-TV over the next 60 minutes [...]  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) 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)  July was an above-average month! We all know that July was an above-average month in terms of temperature with highs in the 80s for a good chunk of the month. As a matter of fact, the high temperature at the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport hit 80° on 18 of the 31 days in the month. Compare that to last year when we only hit 80° or better on 2 of the days and you can see why we were above average. (Yes, you read that right… only 2 days in July 2009 hit 80° or better.) Here are some more temperature stats that you might find interesting: Average Temperature (July 2010): 71.2° Average High Temperature (July 2010): 80.2° As far as precipitation goes, we were pretty close to average all across the Alleghenies. Take a look at the graphic and you’ll notice that most of us were within 25% either way of average. (Read More) It’s been a warm month so far, following in line with our summer forecast. Check out July’ stats through the 12th:
More heat is expected later this week and also much of next week. It’s been a great summer for swimming pools and air conditioning! Hopefully you’ll have access to either [...]  Dry Weather in the Alleghenies How about this weather? It’s been extremely dry and up until Monday, comfortable with low humidity. Monday started to crank up the heat a little with highs getting into the 90s and staying that way through Thursday (and even Friday for some). The humidity crept up, as well and it started to feel more uncomfortable outside. Now, our string of dry weather is finally going to end today with thunderstorms and heavy downpours. Thursday was the 10th day in a row without rain. As you can see in the graphic, the last rain we had was on June 28th. The last heavy rain came on June 9th. Those numbers are from the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. So, where does this dry spell rank in terms of number of days without precipitation? Let’s take a look. Click into the post to check it out. (Read More) Take a look at what happens inside of your car when it sits out all day in weather like we’ve had: In this instance, the car was left untouched all day with the windows down about 3″. The temperature inside the car reached an astounding [...]  Dry Weather - As of Monday, July 5, 2010 The desert northeast isn’t a term you hear often… or at all. I feel like it’s kinda been accurate over the last couple of days with temperatures getting into the 80s and dry weather. Take a look at the graphic. We’ve been really dry recently. As of Monday, we’re up to 7 consecutive days without a drop of rain. It has been pretty dry recently. I got a dose of that with all of the dust that we stirred up during my UTV ride on my trip to 7 Springs last week. It was extremely dusty. As far as rain goes, we haven’t had any for a week but it’s been even longer since we’ve had a really good soaking. The last half-inch (and 1-inch) rainfall was back on June 9th. So, it’s almost been a month. We are expecting some rain as we head into the weekend. Will it be enough to catch us up for the month? I’m not sure. As of Monday, we are about 0.5″ below normal for the month of July. (Read More) Get set for a great holiday weekend! And get the air conditioning ready as well! Mainly sunny skies will stay in the forecast all the way through the middle of next week. Each day will get warmer, and eventually low to mid 90s will be common. Our hottest days look to be Tuesday and [...] Get ready. Get set. Turn on the A/C! Today was a little cloudier than expected, but it turned out to be a nice afternoon with cool temps. We’ll be wishing it was this cool over the weekend, at least some of us, when temperatures are pushing 90 and the humidity will be quite high. [...] Crazy. Too early. It’s about time! However you’d describe our early taste of summer, we unofficially broke a few records on Tuesday. If you follow us on Twitter, you might have heard of something called #MusicMonday. It’s basically an effort to get new or different songs out there for others. Today, I have my own #MusicMonday for the blog and it ties in to the weather we’ve been having. Here goes… Well, it looks like we could exceed our highest temperatures for the year this weekend, thanks to a huge ridge of high pressure setting up shop in the southeastern U.S. Summer is officially / unofficially on the downturn now. We’ve hit our peak for the year and it’s time to head downhill. The normal high for the month of July in Johnstown (at the airport) is 81°. Once we make it back down into the 80° range for the average high, that means we’re heading the wrong direction. That’s just the case! Being as we’ve hit this point, I thought it might be appropriate to see how we’re doing this year compared to the last 3 years. I compared data from July of 2006, 2007, and 2008 to data from July of 2009. Here’s what I found… Well, we’re almost halfway through the month of July and the temperature average for the month so far is 77°. Keep in mind that the normal high this time of year is 81°. That means we’re 4° below average as of July 13th. I went back in the record books and searched for the last 80° day we had. I didn’t have to look too far. It was back on June 25th. Then, I figured I’d search for the last 90°. I had to do a little more digging. |
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