Centre County Lows 2/15

Another cold morning and all stations had colder temperatures than the seasonal lows gathered on the previous blog.

Jesse's Station: +4 
Elliot's Station: +5
Bellefonte Station (CW8748): +5
Accu Station: +7 
KUNV: +7 
PENN STATE OFFICIAL: +10 
Walker Building Station: +10.5

These stations stopped reporting recently: KRVL, Ag Prog Days WeatherSTEM #1

As Steve Seman points out, this means that 2020 will no longer have the warmest minimum for the Penn State Official station.

Centre County Lows 1/21-1/22

CORRECTION: PENN STATE OFFICIAL WAS +13 on the 21st, not +9 as previously reported below.

Although yesterday January 21st set most of the lowest Jan/2020/Winter temperatures at our online stations (including official ones), that wasn't the case for all of them.  My home station hit its low this morning (22^nd); Reedsville was coldest on the 9^th, and Bellefonte had the same low temperature on Jan. 9th, 21st and 22nd. 

The WeatherSTEM at Ag Progress Days has had the lowest online station temperature so far this season, of 0 degrees.  Here are some of the readings: 

Ag Prog Days WeatherSTEM #1: 0 degrees @21st
Jesse's Station: +5 @22nd
Accu Station: +8 @21st
Bellefonte Station (CW8748): +8 all 3 days!
PENN STATE OFFICIAL: +13 @21st/22nd
KRVL: +9 @9th
Elliot's Station: +11 @21st
KUNV: +11 @21st
Walker Building Station: +12.5 @21st

Images showing low temps on all three days follow:

Centre County Lows 1/9

Lows this morning from online stations... coldest this season.



+4 @ Millheim; +5 @ Tadpole ASOS & Zion Road; +7 at my house.

Dave D.'s shed was +1 while Dave S.'s reading was +3.

Centre County Mesonet Lows 11/11

Considering the normal (PSU) low temperature today is 36, these numbers are VERY impressive! The low in the state was 5 at Bradford, but several COOP stations reported 7, including Philipsburg.

Penn State Official: 15 (New Record)
Walker Building: 14.5
KUNV: 14
AccuWeather: 11
Jesse: 10
Elliot: 9.5

Jun - Aug 2013 Maintenance Updates - CW6777

I have been performing maintenance on the stations in my yard off & on for about a month. Here are the ones I recall:

- 8/13/17 - Restored NetAtmo rain gauge to working (maybe) condition. Had found it in parts in the weeds a few months back, after the tripod it was on fell down.

-> Errant 0.24" of rain was sent today 8/13/17 during maintenance around 4-5pm.

- 8/13/17 - Attempted to restore AcuRite "WeatherMatrix OUT @0.5m + StormDrain" sensors, which had washed away in a flood. Readings for thise sensors have been bad since restoration 8/12/17. Confirmed by plugging in the wired soil/liquid temp sensor into another unit, that the unit no longer reads it (but the sensor itself is OK). For now, taking this sensor offline.

-> Errant rise in AcuRite "WeatherMatrix OUT @1m + SOIL" temperature sensor "Temperature - Wired Soil Sensor" from 73 to 78 degrees while testing today around 4-5 pm 8/13/17.

- 8/13/17 - Found the NetAtmo wind unit was full of water after the recent rain storm. Left to dry out. Will apply silicon around the bars if I restore it.

- 8/13/17 - Found the Comcast Security Camera was full of water after the recent rain storm. Left to dry out. Will apply silicon around the Ethernet cable if I restore it.

- 6/24/17 - 6/25/17 - Possible errant readings in ALL sensors from all stations due to maintenance. Installed new double tripod system as shown in before/after pics below.

- Through 6/24/17 - Possible errant readings due to tipping of Davis VV & Acurite stations.

- Through 8/6/17 - Possible errant readings due to tipping of Davis VV station.

- Through 8/6/17 - Possible missed rain gauge readings / errant later readings on Davis VP station due to leaves getting in rain gauge.

Below are pics showing the configuration of the 3 stations before, during and after maintenance (dates shown).

Centre County Mesonet Lows 7/30

An unusually cold July night last night!



Lemont (EW7414): 45
State College (Jesse): 46
Bellefonte (CW8478): 46
Ramblewood (AU214): 46
Port Matilda (Elliot): 48
State College (AccuWeather): 48
State College (KUNV): 50
State College (PSU): 51 (Record 48)
State College (Walker): 51

Centre County Mesonet Low Temps 6/28

An unusually cold June night last night!

Stormstown (Brett, Offline): 41
State College (Jesse): 43
Bellefonte (CW8478): 44
Stormstown (EW4169): 44
Ramblewood (AU214): 44
Port Matilda (Elliot): 45
Pleasant Gap (Dan P.): 46
State College (AccuWeather): 47
Lemont (EW7414): 48
State College (KUNV): 49
State College (PSU): 50
State College (Walker): 50

Elsewhere in PA, the lowest reading was 37 degrees was measured at Clarion and Prince Gallitzin State Park.