Rainshadow Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Weather is never normal, but 2018 to me felt like we were cheated in enjoying the months/seasons as they were meant to be more so than usual. Very few months lived up to their climo billing January, ok fig crushing cold February was March March was February April was SSW(d) May-July was probably the only stretch that was close to "normal" August, I didn't sign up for Miami Dew Points September was another August wantobe month again. October started as if it was Labor Day. The last couple of weeks were good. November snowy for 12 hours and otherwise cold and dank December, shut off the rain already. These were the Mount Laurel yearly totals: Highest temp 97F Lowest temp 1F Total precipitation: 66.02" Total snowfall: 33.3" 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, Rainshadow said: Weather is never normal, but 2018 to me felt like we were cheated in enjoying the months/seasons as they were meant to be more so than usual. Very few months lived up to their climo billing January, ok fig crushing cold February was March March was February April was SSW(d) May-July was probably the only stretch that was close to "normal" August, I didn't sign up for Miami Dew Points September was another August wantobe month again. October started as if it was Labor Day. The last couple of weeks were good. November snowy for 12 hours and otherwise cold and dank December, shut off the rain already. These were the Mount Laurel yearly totals: Highest temp 97F Lowest temp 1F Total precipitation: 66.02" Total snowfall: 33.3" Let's get down to the brass tacks, cut to the chase, whatever you want to say. The main question is, HOW many days did you get out and play golf in 2018? 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I know % of total sunshine used to be tracked when I got the Local Climatological Data (LCD) sheets in the mail. Is that still tracked somewhere? Aside from the ridiculous rain, it seemed to be cloudy most of the time. I actually cannot recall a day with 100% of the possible sunshine. The lack of clear skies at night definitely skewed our temperatures above normal while the cloudy days suppressed temps making for abnormally low diurnal range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, cbelke said: Let's get down to the brass tacks, cut to the chase, whatever you want to say. The main question is, HOW many days did you get out and play golf in 2018? 😎 You know what, lol, I can actually give you the number. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Rainshadow said: You know what, lol, I can actually give you the number. I figured you might have those stats too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, cbelke said: I figured you might have those stats too. I have to go on the banana boat, but I will post that soon. I know I spent less on golfing this year than last year. Lol it is only January 1st, so that was an easy last sentence to accomplish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 My weather complaints were at an all time high in 2018. I think I saw tombo's stat on twitter of rain 145 days in the year. So basically 2 out of every 5 days. That's ridiculous and the amounts of rain in many of the events was appreciable (0.50"+). It was nice to see winter make a return later in the season last year but I prefer a transition to spring by later March. My yard was like I've never seen before, my kids barely out there playing in it as it was constantly saturated/water logged. Mowing was delayed or literally impossible for weeks on end in the normally soggy parts of my uneven yard. I never even did my full final mowing for the year. The November snow was a highlight to 2018 for me. Sort of a gift from Mother Nature for what otherwise was a miserable year on too many occasions outdoors. Big changes personally for 2019 as the family and I will be moving this summer (details to come). While we are staying in the area it will be a new home/town for us. Hopefully the weather will cooperate when I need it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshaffer526 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Regarding the summer. While it rained constantly, didn't it seem like the nice days were *really* nice? Like when the sun was out, the humidity tended to be lower than usual and there was often a nice breeze. Then again, maybe I'm practicing revisionist history inside my own head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, mshaffer526 said: Regarding the summer. While it rained constantly, didn't it seem like the nice days were *really* nice? Like when the sun was out, the humidity tended to be lower than usual and there was often a nice breeze. Then again, maybe I'm practicing revisionist history inside my own head. Revisionist in August for sure. The humidity was tropical a large majority of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 LOL - Our weather was like Oakland last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Sorry ACY, your weather was like St. Louis. Past Climatological Periods At Atlantic City Intl Ap in Atlantic City, NJ (280311) Period of record: 1958-06-16 to 2018-12-31 (current) - 61 Year(s) Normals values based on 1981-2010 normals data from this station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 14 minutes ago, Chubbs said: LOL - Our weather was like Oakland last year? I must have been working all of those dry weather Oakland days. At least Saint Louis for Atlantic City makes some sense. It is obvious that precip is not factored in at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rainshadow said: I must have been working all of those dry weather Oakland days. At least Saint Louis for Atlantic City makes some sense. It is obvious that precip is not factored in at all. or humidity - at least for Oakland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 22 hours ago, cbelke said: Let's get down to the brass tacks, cut to the chase, whatever you want to say. The main question is, HOW many days did you get out and play golf in 2018? 😎 91 days. You'd think I'd be able to outdrive Tom with all of that practice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Philadelphia stats Highest temp 98F Lowest temp 4F Total precipitation: 61.52" Number of days with measurable precipitation: 145 (most since 2003) Number of days with >/= 0.25" : 73, a new all-time record Number of days with >/= 0.50" : 44 (Congrats Parsley, you were right), a new all-time record Total snowfall: 25.1" Number of days 90F or higher: 30 Number of days <10F: 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbelke Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 25 minutes ago, Rainshadow said: 91 days. You'd think I'd be able to outdrive Tom with all of that practice. I think you're in the fairway more than Tom, and I think you are probably in the fairway more than Tom and I combined. 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 From Paul in East Nantmeal: In Chester County PA we finished with an average temperature of 53.4 degrees this was our 32nd warmest year in the 125 year Coop data set. However, it also marked a cooling trend with our 3rd straight year with lower temps than the previous year. As we all know it was the wettest year on record for the County with 79.12" of precipitation recorded which is 30.24" above our normal melted equivalent precipitation of 48.97". This broke the old annual record of 75.12" set back in 1996. Snow wise for the year we ended with 54.1" of snow...our 16th snowiest year behind the snowiest year with 82.1" recorded back in 1899. For the snow season of 2017/18 we finished with 56.0" of snow thanks to our snowiest March on record when 30.6" fell - that 56.0" seasonal snow was good for the 14th snowiest season...with the all-time snow season being the 95.0" that fell in 1898/99. We experienced 4 days that exceeded the 90 degree mark our normal 90+ days are 5 during a typical summer season. The coldest reading was the 0.8 degrees above zero on January 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCat Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 All the stats notwithstanding, somebody or something owes me a summer. I was robbed by rain and harassed by the humidity! I can't remember any summer with fewer "nice" days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbs Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Record number of rainfall records? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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