Lincoln Park Weather Bureau -- Berks County, PA -- lpwbpa.com
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Lincoln Park Weather Bureau (LPWB) is a hobbyist weather station in the community of Lincoln Park, located 3.5 miles SW of center city Reading, PA at latitude 40.31625, longitude -75.98866, 320 feet ASL. Read more.
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Today (Friday): 0.00"
Yesterday: 0.04"
Month to Date: 6.10" (Whole month normal 4.42")
February: 2.39"
Year to Date: 14.92" (Whole year normal 52.79")
* As measured with manual double-cylinder gauge
Today (Friday): 0.0"
Yesterday: 0.0"
Month to Date: Trace (Whole month normal 4.9")
February: 8.5"
Season to Date: 17.8" (Whole season normal 28.3")
Depth Snow/Ice: 0"
Record Type 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar
Norm Temps 56/36 56/36 57/37
Hi Max Temp 83/1989 83/1998 89/1998
Hi Min Temp 60/1998 59/1989 51/2002+
Lo Max Temp 35/2022 39/1996 38/1990
Lo Min Temp 16/1990 23/2015 23/2022
Most Pcpn 1.97/2005 1.10/1984 1.53/1989
Most Snow 0.2/1984 2.1/1984 1.2/1991
Last Year 54/37/0.00 59/34/T 49/30/0.00
+ Most recent of more than one
Precipitation totaling 6.43" during January 2024, keyed by 2.17" within 24 hours that spanned the 9th and10th, ensured drought would not return anytime soon. This sum included the melt of 8.6" of snow from three moderate snow accumulations, slightly under the 40-year mean of 9.2" but slightly above the median. The first snow, a slushy 2.1" early in the month, melted quickly within a January that was predominantly mild. However, eight days of harsh cold in the middle of the month included five days not above freezing and the other two snow accumulations. As a result, this rather long cold spell preserved brumal scenery for longer than a couple of days for the first such stretch in nearly two years.
Precipitation totaling 8.75" during December 2023, keyed by 3.48" within 24 hours that spanned the 17th and 18th, swelled the final year 2023 total to 54.06" which is above the 1991-2020 average of 52.79". Two-day amount of 2.44" on 10th-11th and soaking of 1.81" on the 27th contributed significantly also. Copious rains of July and September reduced drought, which became severe by early summer, but did not eliminate it. The sum of 8.75" placed third wettest December of 40, slightly behind 8.89" of December 1996 but distant to 11.76" of December 1983. Only snow came as three scattered coatings totaling 0.6 inch which briefly whitened the ground each time.
The first snowflakes of this young 2023-24 snow season came as a break-away lake-effect snow shower, induced by the first blustery cold incursion of the season, swept NW to SE across Berks County during dawn and sunrise of Tuesday 28 November and delivered trace to a quarter inch of snow (average 0.1 inch) which resulted in a thin coating throughout the Greater Reading Area, including a strong 0.1 inch at LPWB. Pavements became only wet, and there were no documented traffic mishaps despite the morning rush timing. The coating melted mostly within two hours after the snow ended. This snow shower blazed a rather narrow path downwind from Lake Erie and included Berks County and even beyond toward Philadelphia. Most areas of Pennsylvania, including the more vulnerable Poconos region received only flurries or none.
Rainfall at LPWB during July 2023 finished at 11.25" and moved ahead of 10.32" from July 1988 for second rainiest, but still distant to 15.54" from July 2004. This hefty total was keyed by 4.38" on Sunday 9 July, which the Cornwall Terrace (1.3 mile WSW of LPWB) weather hobbyist excellently documented on his Chipperdog.com website. Five other days with almost or over 1" of rain contributed significantly also. LPWB and vicinity was in moderate to severe drought when July began. Nevertheless, drought was greatly eased but not quite eliminated as a result of these copious rains. The official Reading PA (RDG) total of 10.07" (5.35" on 9 July) placed fifth rainiest July since 1869.
May 2023 ended with only 0.25" of rain at LPWB, which humiliated the previous driest, May 2005 at 1.15", during 41 years of record. Further, this 0.25" of precipitation became second driest calendar month only to 0.22" during August 1995. Even more, 0.20" of the paltry month total came during the first three days as light leftover rains from the departing complex storm system that delivered 2.39" the last day of April. Officially for the Reading area, the 0.09" measured at RDG marked a new driest May in at least 154 years which was 0.66" from 1880 and second least calendar month total only to 0.04" during October 1924. An amazing similarity is the 2.48" of rain that fell on 30 September 1924.
NWS investigated a damage path and determined an EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday afternoon 22 April 2023 and caused light to moderate damage vicinity Borough of Womelsdorf, 11 miles W of LPWB. See NWS graphic for more details.
After a brief cold snap to begin the month, February 2023 at LPWB moderated to a final average temperature of 40.5 degrees, nearly matched January's 40.8, supplanted February 1998 (40.3) for second warmest to only 41.7 of February 2017, and was keyed by a highest of 70 on 23rd plus six days that reached the 60s. Substantial precipitation was absent and totaled only 1.44", fourth least of 41. Correspondingly, total snow/sleet of only 0.3" was fourth least and came as bookend coatings very early and very late in the month . Officially for Reading PA (RDG), the final average was a similar 40.2, third warmest to 1954 and 2017. And total precipitation of only 1.17 tied eighth least during 155 years.
January 2023 became new warmest January with a final average of 40.8 degrees during the last 40 years at LPWB. The previous warmest was 2006 at 39.6. While unusual warmth was absent, it was the persistence of mildness to moderate warmth and the lack of seasonable cold that comprised the lofty average. Only one day was cooler than normal, by 1 degree. The month's highest of 62 and one other day at or above 60 is typical for an average January. But it was the month's lowest of 25, on three different days which was really unusual. The previous warmest lowest of 19 occurred during January of 1990, 2006, and 2021. Further, only 13 days had freezing lows which undercut 1998 which contained 17. Of those, there was no freezing high. The coolest high of 34 was the only daily high below 40. Officially for Reading PA (RDG), the final average was a very similar 40.7, fourth to only 40.8 in 1933, 41.2 in 1950, and 43.0 in 1932 during last 126 years. January 1932 contained only five freezing lows and a highest of 71.
A major pre-Christmas storm, which manifested as a warm front, cold front couplet from Thursday morning 22 December till noon of Friday 23 December, brought LPWB and vicinity a coating of sleet/snow which became rain as temperatures moderated from freezing to 56 by predawn of Friday. Rain continued further till forenoon when it changed to snow briefly before ending at noontime with a slight coating as an arctic front caught the back edge of precipitation. A crash in temperature had begun and continued till the temperature reached 6 above by midnight on high winds, which sublimed away that little snow, and then to 5 above by Saturday dawn. Temperature struggled to a high of 16 during Christmas Eve. This marked the coldest weather in nearly 47 months. Christmas Day was not so extreme with low/high of 14/29. Officially for Reading PA (RDG), the plunge from 57 to 5 (52 degrees) Thursday was one short of the calendar day greatest range record of 53 on 28 March 1921 (83 to 30). The low predawn Friday of 4 above completed a 24-hour plunge of 53 degrees, which was second to 60 degrees from 28-29 March 1921 (83 to 23). Further, the RDG high of 15 bettered the coldest high record for 24 December of 16 from 1906. No more than a stray flurry accompanied the arctic blast, therefore no white Christmas. This very wide daily temperature range followed by twelve days a very narrow range of 2 degrees, 36/38 (same at RDG) on 11 December. Numerous days with 2-degree ranges occurred during 125 years of continuous temperature records at Reading.
24 March 2023 5 PM EDT: Explosion and fire, which killed seven at a West Reading chocolate factory, were captured on the Reading PA skyline traffic/weather camera which is mounted directly across the street from the scene approximately 100 feet from ground-zero (3 miles ENE of LPWB) and had been re-aimed to show the scene for several days then returned to the usual Reading skyline field of view. Event made national news.
Weather at time of explosion: Cloudy sky, 51 degrees, light wind.
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