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For 1,400 days, rain or shine, Helen Kendall of Hilger has reported the weather. A member of a small but dedicated group, Kendall is a weather observer for the National Weather Service. Using weather station instruments provided by the Service, Kendall sends data about the temperature and precipitation every day. “When I first started, there was a tape we used to take off and

It may seem a mundane task undertaken every 10 years, but defining whats normal is imperative in measuring how the climate is changing.

By GCN Staff May 05, 2021 This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the 2021 Climate Normals, data on the 30-year average of weather and climate made from statistical calculations based on observations from approximately 15,000 federal weather stations and thousands of citizen scientists across the country.  Every 10 years, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information generates the official U.S. Normals, which rely on daily and hourly recordings of temp...

LINVILLE — Data recorded at the official National Weather Service reporting station at Grandfather Mountain’s Mile High Swinging Bridge indicated average March weather at the Linville nature park. The lowest temperature observed was 17° Fahrenheit on both March 6 and 7, with the lowest wind chill at -1.7 on March 2. On March 28, the station recorded a wind gust of 83.7 mph, while the highest sustained wind speed clocked in at 69 mph on March 1. The lowest recorded temperature ever ...

How much snow fell in Upstate storm, and why was it so hard to shovel? (chart) Syracuse.com 2/16/2021 Glenn Coin, syracuse.com © Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com/syracuse.com/TNS Traffic is slow in James St in Syracuse. A nor’easter swept up yjhe coast of the eastern part of the Unites States and brought with it snow including about a foot in Central New York Feb 2, 2021 Syracuse, N.Y. — While snowfall totals ended up lower than expected in the big winter storm that hit ...

LINVILLE — 2021 is off to a chilly start on Grandfather Mountain. Weather data recorded at the official National Weather Service reporting station at Grandfather Mountain’s Mile High Swinging Bridge showed high winds and low wind chills in January. The lowest temperature observed was 5.9° Fahrenheit on Jan. 29, while a wind chill of -16.3° was recorded on Jan. 28. January’s highest wind gust was observed on Jan. 20, clocking in at 92.9 mph, while the highest sustained wind ...