Centre County Lows 2/28

Another frigid night in Central PA...

FUN FACTS:

# of mornings @ PSU <10  F: 25 this yr so far; 4 last winter.
# of mornings @ PSU <=0  F:  9 this yr so far; 0 last winter.

43% of Feb.'s daily average temps @ PSU were 10 or more degrees below normal.

Selected* Online Centre County Lows Feb. 28th:

Jesse Ferrell:  -7
Marshall Moss:  -6?
AccuWeather:    -5
KUNV Airport:   -1
Elliot Abrams:  -7?
PSU Shelter:    -1
Walker Top:      0    

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Cold Evening 2/26

When the winds quit last night at my house, I managed to drop to 1 degree, but by this morning I was in the teens.

Other 24-hour lows in the area* ranged from ~5-10 degrees:

Centre County Lows 2/12

Selected* Online Centre County Lows Feb. 12th:

Jesse Ferrell: -14
Marshall Moss:  -8
AccuWeather:    -8
KUNV Airport:   -6
Elliot Abrams:  -5
PSU Shelter:    -1
Walker Top:     +1    

The -14 reading was my second-lowest temp since I moved here in 1997. My record was -15 in 2009. The following reports were also received: Brett Anderson (-18), Dave Dombeck (-19), Frank Strait (-9). Please reply with additional readings if you are not listed above!

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Other Pennsylvania Lows From PA Storm Chasers.

Other Pennsylvania Lows From NWS:

Centre County Lows 2/11

FUN FACTS:

# of mornings @ PSU <10 F: 18 this yr so far; 4 last winter.
# of mornings @ PSU <0  F:  6 this yr so far; 0 last winter.

Selected* Centre County Lows Feb. 11th:

Jesse Ferrell: -5
Marshall Moss: -4
AccuWeather:   -2
Elliot Abrams: +1
PSU Shelter:   +5
Walker Top:    +8
KUNV Airport:  +10

Brett Anderson reports -12 at his house. Please reply with additional readings if you are not listed above!

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Centre County Lows 2/8

Another cold morning. Selected* Centre County Lows Feb. 8th:

Jesse Ferrell: -3
Marshall Moss: +1
Elliot Abrams: +4
AccuWeather:   +4
PSU Shelter:   +8
KUNV Airport: +10
Walker Top:   +10

Please reply with additional readings if you are not listed above! Other Centre County Lows:*

Welcome to the Centre Co. Mesonet!

Welcome to my new blog. Since installing a weather station at my house here in State College, PA in 1997 (the year I started working at AccuWeather), another station at AccuWeather in 2005, and several since, I have become the unofficial record keeper, if you will, at least of the extreme temperatures, rainfall and winds reported online for our county. After 2005, I sent an email to the AccuWeather Forecasting Dept. each time one of these extreme values was recorded. This often resulted in additional, manually taken readings, to not go out to everyone.

In February 2014, I decided to move those postings online to this blog. I'd like to welcome the other forecasters at AccuWeather (and the general community) to reply with their readings when I post a blog. I will be gradually, over time, filling in additional reports from the past.

DISCLAIMERS: This is an UNOFFICIAL blog about what I refer to as "The Centre County Mesonet." That name is also unofficial; the Centre County Mesonet website just contains links to various (online) weather stations and webcams in the State College area. Because of the nature of automated stations, they can be in error.

Official climate information for Penn State University can be found on their website; official climate information for State College, PA is not recorded by the National Weather Service but the nearest stations are listed here and the PA State Climatologist maintains official data for the state. Additional information on Pennsylvania extremes can often be found via the Pennsylvania Storm Chasers group on Facebook, and my WeatherMatrix Blog.