The past month has been nothing but a weather rollercoaster. We had temperatures dropping below zero, but we also had temperatures reach 60 degrees! Right now, we are on the longest streak in the past month of temperatures over the freezing mark. For the seventh straight day, we have been above freezing, but only four of these seven were actually above the average high. After the temperature hitting 61 degrees today and tomorrows record high of 61 degrees, there is a chance of surpassing a record! Just a month ago that would have seemed impossible.
Thursday was a whopping 23 degrees higher than the average high, but exactly one month ago the high was eight below the average. The largest gap between actual and average temperatures within the last month occurred today, the second biggest gap was February 10 and January 22 when temperatures dropped 16 degrees below average. From January 17 until the first of February, 14 out of 16 days were below average. On January 24 the low temperature was -5 degrees. Less than one month later, the temperature is up 66 degrees!
Although the past few days have seemed like spring, only 7 days have actually been above average, one was exact, and 8 have been below average since the start of February. Luckily the cold weather was towards the beginning of the month, and it seems to finally be warming after some bitter coldness!
So did Punxsutawney Phil make the right predictions? It sure seems so!
--Weather Intern Julia
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