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July Recap

By Tim Tender on August 2nd, 2010 at 1:39 PM

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 Temperature (July 2009): 65.0°
Normal Temperature (Last 30 Years): 69.0°

Average High Temperature (July 2010): 80.2°
Average High Temperature (July 2009): 72.9°
Normal High Temperature (Last 30 Years): 78.0°

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)

1,000 Posts Later

By Tim Tender on June 27th, 2010 at 8:44 PM

It’s hard to beleive that we’ve posted 1,000 stories on the weather blog. We started with a page on the main WJACTV.com website. That didn’t have enough adaptability, so we moved to Blogger and later to WordPress. We’ve been on WordPress for a while now.

This is officially our 1,000th post according to the stats system that we use. I have a feeling that we hit 1,000 a while ago, but this is a great opportunity to look back and see some of the cooler topics we’ve talked about over the last 3 years.

Below the jump is a list of 13 categories with some of the cooler topics. You can click on the category to go to a list of the posts about that topic. Click in for the list. (Read More)

Numerology: 09/09/09 09:09:09

By Tim Tender on September 8th, 2009 at 3:35 PM

Another chance at a cool date and time.� Although it’s not as cool as 12:34:56 on 07/08/09, it’s still pretty cool.

Tomorrow at 9:09 AM and PM, we’ll have all 9′s in the time and date.

It’ll read 09/09/09 09:09:09.

Crazy, huh?

Numerology: 77

By Tim Tender on September 7th, 2009 at 4:53 AM

Every once in a while, I like to throw out a number and see if people can think of what that number represents. Today’s number is 77.

Think you know what 77 represents? Well, click into the post for all the details.

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Counting the Days…

By Tim Tender on August 10th, 2009 at 6:30 AM

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…

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Coldest July On Record?

By Tim Tender on August 3rd, 2009 at 8:39 AM

I know it’s Augst, but with all the predicting of the future that I do, I like to go back and look at the past (at things with a little more certainty) every once in a while.

The question at the top of the posts asks if July 2009 was the coldest on record. The answer is…

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You Can Count On It!

By WJAC Weather on July 7th, 2009 at 9:51 PM

Just a quick numerology post tonight to prep you for tomorrow.

Are you one of those people who looks at your odometer on your dashboard and likes when it says 50000 or 12321 or 87654 or something like that?� Well, tomorrow is a big day if you like those…

At exactly 34 minutes and [...]

Numerology: 314

By WJAC Weather on March 13th, 2009 at 8:37 PM

March 14th may seem like a normal day, but it is not.� If you look at the number, you’ll see that it’s a pretty important number in the world of mathematics.� It’s Pi Day.� (No, not pie as in apple pie.)

For more on Pi Day, check out this website…� http://www.piday.org/

Numerology: 339

By WJAC Weather on March 3rd, 2009 at 7:54 AM

This isn’t particularly weather-related, but when things like this happen, it usually falls on the weatherman to talk about it.� So, what am I talking about?� Well, the number 339, when you put dashes or slashes in it looks like this 3/3/09.� Better yet, it’s today’s date.

So, why is it important?� Well, it’s [...]

PennDOT by the Numbers

By Tim Tender on February 10th, 2009 at 5:00 AM

Every year I find a resource from PennDOT stating how much they have, plow, and put down every winter.� Here’s this year’s list.

15 – Snow blowers

59 – PennDOT facilities capable of making salt brine

180 – Anti-icing units

400 – Estimated number of trucks and operators PennDOT will rent to help with [...]

Numerology: 150

By WJAC Weather on February 6th, 2009 at 11:18 PM

What does the number 150 have to do with February and March?

Check this out…

February starts out with a sunrise of 7:25 AM and a sunset of 5:34 PM.� It ends with a sunrise of 6:51 AM and a sunset of 6:06 PM.� If my math is right, that buys us an extra [...]