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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Dec 08 2002 - 10:20:51 EST
Unusually cold temperatures were reported Saturday morning 12/7 at unusual
places in southern Pennsylvania, as well as parts of West Virginia,
Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland.
While temperatures stayed in the teens and 20s to the north (for example
here at WeatherMatrix HQ in Central PA) with light winds, calm winds
allowed temperatures to fall to zero in Washington, D.C. and below zero in
southern PA and West Virginia.
Here are some reports. For the AWS reports, only reports that could be
obtained over PA, extreme northern WV and MD were used. For the NWS
reports, only temperatures below 5 degrees are mentioned. Complete
reports can be obtained at the URL's below.
WeatherMatrix HQ Wind & Temp Graph -- we only made it down to 16 but you
can see it try to drop each time the wind slowed:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/wxstation/TWI-WRL/obs/24.shtml
AUTOMATED WEATHER SOURCE (AWS) REPORTS...
http://www.weathermatrix.net/mesonet/pa/
http://www.aws.com/
AWS/CPNBR Capon Bridge, WV -2.1
AWS/KEYSR Keyser MS, WV 2.0
AWS/HANMH Hancock HS, MD 2.0
AWS/CTOWN S. Jefferson HS WV 1.5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS...
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/public.html
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/va/public.html
.........PENNSYLVANIA..........
CENTRE COUNTY...
GATESBURG -12
MILLHEIM -4
CLEARFIELD COUNTY...
COALPORT 1NW 0
BEDFORD COUNTY...
EVERETT -2
HUNTINGDON COUNTY...
HUNTINGDON -3
LANCASTER COUNTY...
LANCASTER AIRPORT -1
SNYDER COUNTY...
SELINSGROVE AIRPORT -2
YORK COUNTY...
HANOVER -1
..........VIRGINIA...............
STERLING NWS -4 DEGREES
LINCOLN -1 DEGREES
WINCHESTER 7SE -1 DEGREES
EDINBURG 0 DEGREES
DALE ENTERPRISE 3 DEGREES
SHENANDOAH AIRPORT 0 DEGREES
..........WEST VIRGINIA..........
MARTINSBURG 2 DEGREES /OLD RECORD 12 IN 1928/
KEYSER 2 DEGREES
MOOREFIELD -6 DEGREES
LOST RIVER 2 DEGREES
ROMNEY 0 DEGREES
SUGAR GROVE 5 DEGREES
This caused a number of major records and interesting tidbits to occur...
From the NWS:
"LONG STANDING LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS MORNING AS A
FRESH SNOWPACK...CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO
PLUMMET AROUND 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVERNIGHT.
AT BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A 117 YEAR OLD RECORD
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS BROKEN. AT 5:04 AM THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 6
DEGREES. THIS EXCEEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 15 DEGREES SET IN
1885.
AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 7:25 AM THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 1
DEGREE ABOVE ZERO. THIS SMASHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18 DEGREES
SET IN 1977.
AT WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE
ON THIS DATE IS 10 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1882. THANKS TO THE
URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT...THE LOW TEMPERATURE ONLY FELL TO 18
DEGREES.
A NEW...OFFICIAL RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 7TH WAS SET AT
THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN MIDDLETOWN...WHEN THE
MERCURY FELL TO 9 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AT 652 AM. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS 10 ABOVE RECORDED IN 1901. CONTINUOUS RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT FOR
HARRISBURG SINCE 1888.
ALSO...THE COLDEST OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 48 STATES THIS
MORNING OCCURRED AT THOMASVILLE IN YORK COUNTY...WHERE THE
TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT 10 BELOW ZERO.
A NWS EMPLOYEE FROM THE TOWN OF GATESBURG IN CENTRE COUNTY RECORDED
AN UNOFFICIAL LOW TEMPERATURE OF -12F.
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