A cold valley start. Some areas didn’t drop until post midnight and the Northern Canaan Valley station not until 4a.m but still managed 32. A pleasant fall like day again.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
Dyacon Data Below
Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades morning West of Bittinger morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon-rotten mushroomBittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley evening West of Bittinger evening
The Glades
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Garrett County Airport
Deep Creek Lake morning
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Canaan Ski areaCanaan Ski area
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis
Canaan area temps
High Ground Comparison
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
The Valleys
Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA
RTMA
Radar
void
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Colder sheltered valleys this morning, east breeze. Some areas of high clouds, lots of sun. Pleasant fall like day
Bittinger 2NW Valley
Dyacon Data Below
West of Bittinger morning West of Bittinger morning Up from Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening Bittinger 2NW Valley eveningWest of Bittinger evening Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades evening
The Glades
By The Glades morning The Glades morning. A surface freeze in sheltered spots. Air temps remained above freezing Something got in to a yellow jacket nest in spaghnum moss––By The Glades morning
Garrett County Airport
Cherry Creek at Mosser Road morning Rock Lodge Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morning Deep Creek Lake morning…that same reflection occured on multiple pics. Not took through window
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop BP
Climate Reference Network Canaan
Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
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Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis
Canaan area temps
High Ground Comparison
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
The Valleys
Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA
RTMA
Radar
void
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Lots of sun, easterly breezes. Low humidity. Fall like. Few high clouds late.
Bittinger 2NW Valley
Dyacon Data Below
Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Bittinger 2NW Valley morning Rock Lodge Rd near The Glades afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley afternoon Bittinger 2NW Valley evening West of Bittinger evening
Garrett County Airport
Rock Lodge Rd morning State Park Rd morning Deep Creek Lake morning
Top of Wisp
Canaan Heights/Davis 3SE
7am to 7am data mmts coop
Climate Reference Network Canaan
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Cabin Mt at Bald Knob
Canaan Ski area Canaan Ski area
Cabin Mt-Western Sods
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Spruce Knob
Canaan Valley Refuge
Mt.Davis
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Snowshoe
Petersburg Grant County Airport
Elkins Airport
Site Comparison
Dy007-Canaan Valley Refuge 3150′, Dy008-Bittinger 2nw Valley 2600′, Dy002-Cabin Mt at Bald Knob 4350′, Dy003-Cabin Mt-Western Sods 4035′, Dy004-Spruce Knob 4820′, Cvpw2-Climate Reference Network Canaan 3380′, KW99-Petersburg Grant County Airport 961, K2G4 Garrett County Airport 2933′, KCBE Cumberland Airport 774′, KEKN Elkins Airport 1985′, KMGW Morgantown Airport 1227′, PMN16-Mt.Davis 3038′, KDCA-Reagan National 15′, G1472 Snowshoe 4500′, F0183 Burkes Garden 3050′
The Valley vs Cabin Mt
Bittinger 2NW Valley vs Mt.Davis
Canaan area temps
High Ground Comparison
Up High and Down Low
Up High, High Valley, Low Valley
The Valleys
Wv High Ground Cold Spots vs DCA
RTMA
Radar
Satellite
Flow
Current Surface Features and 500mb Height Anomalies and Flow
Meteorological summer runs June 1st through August 31st. In the dates all summer time weather records are kept.
Overall when many think of the summer of 2024. 2 things will probably stand out. Those are
Warm
Dry
While it has been a warm and dry summer, it doesn’t go without periods of wet and cool. While we didn’t see many periods of wet and cool in June and July, those showed up in areas in August and that does tamper the overall extremity for the summer as a whole.
Let’s start with precipitation. Summer time precipitation is largely convective in nature. This August we did however see some impacts from the remnants of what was once Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Debby. Areas east most impacted by that.
in June:
JUNE ACCUMULATION
JUNE DEPARTURE
JULY ACCUMULATION
JULY DEPARTURE
AUGUST ACCUMULATION
Some of these areas east over 12″ of rain in August!
AUGUST DEPARTURE
August in many areas across the Alleghenies coming in near normal with precipitation. Some areas just above, some areas just below. Drier west, wetter east and also the northern Alleghenies as you worked in to Somerset and Cambria. Partially because of Debby, but also the past week seen plenty of rain in that area.
THE SUMMER AS A WHOLE
ACCUMULATION
DEPARTURE
Areas east, that were dry more than made up for it in August. Enough so when years from now, folks look back at the summer in it’s entirety, they’ll see an above normal precipitation summer there. While over the Alleghenies, what was mostly very dry, saw improvement in August.
My summer time precipitation from June 1- August 31:
Bittinger 2NW Valley
June 2.71″, July 2.92″, August 4.97″ for a summer total of 10.60″
The old Bittinger 2NW Coop that ran from 1953 to 1975 recieved equal or less amounts 9 times. Lots of dry summers in that period area wide.
Bayard with a summer total of 8.66. Here’s a discontinuity factor, as observation times change. Older data often was 5 or 6pm recordings, and it’s 7am now. So any precip that fell after 7am at most area coops does go in the books for Sept 1st. That said as it is. Bayard finished with the 7th driest summer in 122 years. That is throwing out any year’s that had more than 10 missing days of data. Which were few.
Canaan Heights(Davis 3SE), since 2003 coming in with the 2nd driest summer at 12.17. Again any precip after 7am yesterday, goes in to the books as Sept 1.
Canaan Valley coming in with the 15th driest summer since 1945 at 11.93. Once again, the p.m precip of yesterday goes in the books for September. Also any years with more than 10 missing summer days we’re eliminated in which there were plenty at the original coop. 93 was a overlap year as transition to new observer occured and counted as 1.
At Elkins, the 7th driest summer since 1926. At 9.29″. Great data continuity here. Also those is a midnight recording station, so that included any precip from yesterday up through midnight last night.
Laurel Summit PA coming in with the 10th driest summer since 1971 with 11.56″. That’s 2 sites, and again eliminating years with more than 10 missing days of data.
Frostburg coming in with as the 13th driest summer since 1898 with 7.75″.
Cumberland coming in with the 27th driest summer since 1893 at 7.47″
Down to Snowshoe, coming in with the 3rd driest summer since 1977 with 9.08. Again, this does not count the precipitation that occured yesterday for August. It does go in the books for September 1st.
In summary, a very dry summer that was occuring saw some August improvement. August totals
August tallies:
Snowshoe 3.24
Canaan Heights 4.62
Bayard 2.88
Elkins 4.08 (includes yesterdays)
Bittinger 2NW Valley 4.97, includes through 6pm yesterday
Frostburg 4.78
Cumberland 5.02
Somerset 4.94
Confluence 4.34
Laurel Summit 4.90
Spruce Knob 6.75
SUMMER TEMPS
August
August tempered the summer as a whole that was well above normal, to still above normal, but a ease back from how much above. Had it not been for August, these site below would have been a bit higher.
Stations: at the coops
Bayard – 28th warmest summer. Eliminating summers with 10 plus days. Observation times can have a impact here.
Canaan Heights(Davis 3SE) 4th warmest in 21 years. Station site change can have a impact. Mostly in this case. Maxes a touch cooler, mins a touch warmer with the site change.
Frostburg 20th warmest
Confluence
Some COOL data, literally cool
The Northern Canaan Valley station with a average August Min of 45.4. 3 days with below freezing. Now, this next part is a apple to orange comparison due to site location. That 45.4 is the coldest average min recorded in the Valley for August. The original coop had recorded a 46.4 in 1957. At a site location that is just a bit warmer. At the coop site in 57, a low of 25 occured, and freezing obtained 4 times. A good assumption would be the northern valley station had it existed in 57′ may have ran 2 or 3 degrees colder on average vs the coop site for the month.
The 45.4 this month also tied Mt.Washington for the coldest average min in the east. Also 48.5 avg min in July was a tie to Mt. Washington for coldest avg min in the east . No other site in the east has reached below freezing this month. Now those temps occur in 2 entirely different manners. One is under calm conditions allowing the valley temp to decouple from the airmass above, while Mt.Washington is occuring with the airmass in place at the more northerly latitude and is accompanied by strong winds!
Allegheny Mountains Weather 