The Warmth Goes Berserk in the East

[donsutherland1]

Final selection of records from 1/8/2007 updated for the official numbers from Environment Canada:

Akron, OH: 64° (broke record of 63° set in 1937)
Albany: 60° (broke record of 57° set in 1930)
Atlantic City: 68° (broke record of 60° set in 2007)
Baltimore: 70° (broke record of 69° set in 1930)
Bangor: 55° (broke the record of 50° set in 1956)
Beckley, WV: 66° (broke record of 64° set in 1965)
Binghamton: 63° (tied record set in 1998)
Boston: 67° (broke record of 64° set in 1930)
Bridgeport, CT: 57° (tied record set in 1949)
Buffalo: 66° (broke record of 59° set in 1965)
Burlington: 63° (smashed record of 51° set in 1930)
Caribou: 48° (broke the record of 43° set in 1956)
Columbus, OH: 68° (broke record of 66° set in 1937)
Elizabeth City, NC: 73° (tied record set in 1998)
Erie, PA: 67° (broke record of 64° set in 1937)
Georgetown, DE: 69° (broke record of 66° set in 2007)
Hartford: 62° (broke record of 59° set in 1930)
Mansfield, OH: 62° (broke record of 60° set in 1989)
Montreal: 50°/9.8°C (broke record of 46°/7.5°C set in 1989)
New York City (LGA): 64° (broke record of 61° set in 1998)
Pittsburgh: 69° (broke record of 66° set in 1937)
Portland: 61° (broke record of 51° set in 1949)
Providence: 66° (broke record of 62°, 1930)
Raleigh: 73° (broke record of 71° set in 2005)
Rochester: 67° (broke record of 62° set in 1937)
Scranton: 67° (broke record of 66° set in 1998) **Tied Monthly Record High**
Syracuse: 70° (destroyed record of 53° set in 1965) **Tied Monthly Record High**
Toledo: 62° (tied record set in 1965)
Toronto: 60°/15.5°C (broke record of 53°/11.7°C set in 1965)
Wallops Island, VA: 65° (broke record of 64° set in 1989)
Washington, DC (DCA): 73° (broke record of 69° set in 1998)
Washington, DC (IAD): 70° (broke record of 69° set in 1998)
Watertown, NY: 65° (destroyed record of 51° set in 1965)
Williamsport, PA: 65° (broke record of 64° set in 1998)
Wilmington, DE: 66° (tied record set in 1998)
Worcester 62° (broke record of 58° set in 1930)
Youngstown, OH: 66° (broke record of 58° set in 1965)

To illustrate how remarkable the warmth was across portions of New York State where the biggest departures from normal occurred, Syracuse had a high temperature of 70°. That tied that city's all-time January high temperature and demolished the daily record of 53° set on 1/8/1965. Even more remarkable, Syracuse had a mean temperature that was 42° above normal.



Syracuse's 70° January days were as follows:

1/25/1950: High: 70°; Low: 39°; Mean: 54.5°
1/25/1967: High: 70°; Low: 41°; Mean: 55.5°
1/8/2007: High: 70°; Low: 59°; Mean: 64.5°

The 59° minimum temperature was the warmest minimum temperature on record for January. The old record was 56°, which occurred on January 15, 1995.

As for southern Ontario, Toronto established a daily record high temperature of 60° (15.5°C). Toronto's minimum temperature of 52° (11.3°C) was the warmest minimum reading on record for January. The old record was 46° (8.0°C), which occurred on January 31, 1988.

[jinftl]

Amazing!!! Yesterday's high and low in Syracuse were the same temps Syracuse had on July 4, 2007!!!!

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

STATION: SYRACUSE
MONTH: JULY
YEAR: 2007
LATITUDE: 43 7 N
LONGITUDE: 76 7 W

TEMPERATURE IN F: CPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY K WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 67 51 59 -10 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.2 21 340 762 83 6 26 330
2 72 50 61 -8 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.1 15 330 761 83 4 22 320
3 79 51 65 -5 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 13 250 788 86 6 17 220
4 71 59 65 -5 0 0 0.07 0.0 0 7.3 16 220 0 0 8 1 20 230
5 78 64 71 1 0 6 0.01 0.0 0 2.9 9 360 299 33 8 1 18 280
6 81 61 71 1 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 24 300 747 82 5 1 26 340
7 84 58 71 1 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 9.2 26 320 721 79 6 26 330
8 84 69 77 7 0 12 0.98 0.0 0 7.6 31 50 244 27 7 138 41 40
9 94 68 81 10 0 16 T 0.0 0 8.2 32 350 554 61 6 3 41 350
10 92 68 80 9 0 15 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 14 260 774 85 6 18 18 240
11 85 61 73 2 0 8 0.29 0.0 0 9.7 25 330 162 18 9 138 32 320
12 79 56 68 -3 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 7.6 18 330 868 96 4 24 330
13 74 57 66 -5 0 1 0.20 0.0 0 7.2 26 280 596 66 6 13 33 210
14 79 57 68 -3 0 3 0.06 0.0 0 5.1 16 220 475 52 8 1 21 220
15 76 57 67 -4 0 2 0.06 0.0 0 7.0 17 340 463 51 5 1 22 330
16 80 55 68 -3 0 3 T 0.0 0 2.9 13 290 400 44 7 18 280
17 84 56 70 -1 0 5 0.18 0.0 0 4.3 12 250 613 68 6 1 16 260
18 79 65 72 1 0 7 0.05 0.0 0 3.5 8 80 335 37 8 1 22 200
19 77 64 71 0 0 6 0.62 0.0 0 5.8 17 290 198 22 9 138 23 290
20 67 59 63 -8 2 0 0.60 0.0 0 12.5 26 330 130 15 7 1 36 320
21 77 56 67 -5 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 17 320 883 99 4 23 330
22 81 54 68 -4 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 2.1 12 10 768 86 4 15 200
23 76 54 65 -7 0 0 0.21 0.0 0 3.8 13 130 47 5 8 1 16 130
24 75 60 68 -4 0 3 0.11 0.0 0 6.4 14 260 242 27 7 1 17 270
25 86 58 72 0 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 13 220 711 80 4 18 110
26 87 65 76 4 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 6.8 15 220 744 84 4 1 16 240
27 85 63 74 2 0 9 0.17 0.0 0 4.4 17 250 151 17 7 138 23 240
28 82 61 72 1 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 4.4 13 350 704 80 6 18 32 210
29 85 65 75 4 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 3.6 14 360 659 75 5 18 18 10
30 83 62 73 2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 4.1 15 340 826 94 4 28 360
31 87 58 73 2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 15 350 823 94 3 18 350
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SM 2486 1842 12 167 3.61 0.0 186.2 16448 187
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AV 80.2 59.4 6.0 FASTST PSBL % 6 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 32 350 # 41 40
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[grentz7721]

My area was warm eariler today. Got up to 74*F eariler today.

[Coredesat]

It was 73 here yesterday, three degrees shy of the record.

[terstorm1012]

This is a forecast that you absolutely called, Don. Kudos to you! It didn't get as warm as it could have in Harrisburg because we had a lot of fog (and a temperature inversion--hazards of living in a valley I guess!) but it did everywhere else.

Interesting weather coming up. weather service and others are suggesting a couple big storms coming. I am looking forward to seeing your forecast.

[Squarethecircle]

We had a huge high of 74 degrees locally. It was very nice having a few days of Spring, though.

[Scott Patterson]

Out west, we had near record heat on January 4th and 5th too. Nothing like those temps you posted though.

STATION: CRAIG
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2008
LATITUDE: 40 30 N
LONGITUDE: 107 32 W

TEMPERATURE IN F: CPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY K WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 16 -20 -2 M 67 0 0.00 M M 2.5 13 50 M M 0 16 50
2 16 -15 1 M 64 0 0.00 M M 0.1 5 280 M M 1 6 250
3 25 -11 7 M 58 0 0.00 M M 1.4 9 210 M M 2 10 220
4 44 11 28 M 37 0 0.00 M M 7.9 28 200 M M 6 32 200
5 44 24 34 M 31 0 0.23 M M 16.3 40 210 M M 9 1 56 190
6 36 23 30 M 35 0 0.03 M M 9.6 30 270 M M 7 123 37 260
7 24 -1 12 M 53 0 0.00 M M 2.9 9 200 M M 4 10 200
8 26 -9 9 M 56 0 0.02 M M 3.2 13 70 M M 6 1 17 70
9 28 2 15 M 50 0 0.17 M M 5.3 14 270 M M 9 12 16 250
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SM 259 4 451 0 0.45 M 49.2 M 44
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AV 28.8 0.4