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[Monday,
April 9, 2001 ] Today's
University Park forecast
Showers and thunderstorms will occur from time to time this week as a stationary front criss-crosses the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Although temperatures will drop after today, they will continue to be impressively mild for mid-April. As weak disturbances along the stationary front pass through Happy Valley, rain showers and even isolated thunderstorms will develop.
--Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Five-day
forecast
Today: Morning sun, afternoon showers,
possible T-storm. High 71.
Tonight: Occasional rain showers and areas of fog.
Low 52.
Tomorrow: Scattered showers, isolated
thunderstorms. High 66.
Tomorrow night: Clearing with areas of fog. Low
45.
Wednesday: Clouds return; afternoon
thundershowers. High 62, low 43.
Thursday: Partly sunny with rain showers possible.
High 62, low 46.
Friday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
High 64, low 48.
Regional
temperature map
Legend: SU
(Sunny), MS (Mostly sunny), PS( Partly sunny), MC (Mostly
cloudy), CY (Cloudy), HZ (Haze), FG (Fog), RN (Rain), DZ
(Drizzle), RS (Rain and snow), SH (Rain shower), SN
(Snow), SF (Snow flurries), FZ (Freezing rain and sleet),
TS (Thunderstorm); WY (Windy).
Pennsylvania
Cities Forecast
| City | Today's
High/Low Weather |
Tomorrow's
High/Low Weather |
| Allentown | 71/52 SH | 69/45 TS |
| Altoona | 73/56 SH | 68/44 SH |
| Bradford | 64/47 SH | 61/37 SH |
| Erie | 60/48 SH | 58/41 SH |
| Harrisburg | 74/56 TS | 72/50 TS |
| Johnstown | 72/56 TS | 67/43 SH |
| Philadelphia | 73/56 SH | 71/53 TS |
| Pittsburgh | 74/56 TS | 70/44 TS |
| Scranton | 70/48 SH | 64/42 SH |
| Williamsport | 72/50 SH | 68/43 SH |
Big Ten
Universities Forecast
| University | High/Low | Weather |
| Illinois | 80/53 | Scattered showers |
| Indiana | 78/58 | Thundershowers |
| Iowa | 70/44 | Mostly cloudy |
| Michigan | 64/48 | Rain showers |
| Michigan St | 62/44 | Rain showers |
| Minnesota | 48/35 | Periods of drizzle |
| Northwestern | 69/47 | Scattered showers |
| Ohio State | 78/58 | Thundershowers |
| Purdue | 80/56 | Thundershowers |
| Wisconsin | 62/40 | Scattered showers |
April
1982 Blizzard
A fierce nor’easter made history in April 1982,
dropping a foot of snow on New York City. Here, 10.5
inches of snow fell during the week of April 4-11. Cold
air lingered for days; the temperature fell to 11°F on
April 8, the lowest on record for that late in the
season. As a result, daily low temperatures for April
averaged only 31.1°F, the lowest ever, despite
near-normal afternoon high temperatures.
This
Cold House
So far this winter season (since July 1, 2000), Happy
Valley has recorded 5,878 heating degree-days, the most
since 1995-1996. Heating degree-days measure energy use,
with one heating degree-day representing an average
temperature of 1 F° below 65 °F for one day. This means
the average household used more energy heating their home
this winter than in any winter since 1995-1996.
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 54 °F
Record high: 80 °F in 1991
Normal low: 34 °F
Record low: 17 °F in 1982
Monthly
Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8
a.m. yesterday)
April precipitation: 0.83 inches
Normal April precip: 3.30 inches
April temperature departure: - 0.2 F°
Sun
Data
Sunset today: 7:45 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:40 a.m.
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