Thursday, March 5, 2026 Weather For Mount Joy, PA

Summary

This morning when I woke up it was warmer than yesterday. The temperature was in the lower 40s. Dawn brought cloudy skies with the temperature still in the lower 40s. By mid morning it was into the middle 40s. There was some rain around mid morning with the temperature slowly rising through the middle 40s. Late this afternoon it was into the upper 40s. We had some heavy showers move through early this evening. Later this evening we had our first thunderstorm of the year!

Weather Station Data

This table contains the temperature data from my weather station in degrees Fahrenheit.

Today
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	44.9 ℉	44.6 ℉	44.7 ℉
High	48.9 ℉ at 3:47 PM	48.6 ℉ at 3:47 PM	48.9 ℉ at 3:47 PM
Low	41.9 ℉ at 12:07 AM	41.6 ℉ at 12:07 AM	39.7 ℉ at 11:41 PM
Range	7 ℉	7 ℉	9.2 ℉

Yesterday
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	40 ℉	39.7 ℉	39.9 ℉
High	44.1 ℉ at 3:16 PM	43.8 ℉ at 3:16 PM	44.1 ℉ at 3:16 PM
Low	35.6 ℉ at 12:00 AM	35.3 ℉ at 12:00 AM	32.2 ℉ at 4:22 AM
Range	8.5 ℉	8.5 ℉	11.9 ℉

Difference
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	4.9℉ warmer	4.9℉ warmer	4.8℉ warmer
High	4.8℉ warmer	4.8℉ warmer	4.8℉ warmer
Low	6.3℉ warmer	6.3℉ warmer	7.5℉ warmer

There were 19.6 heating degree days today

There were 25 heating degree days yesterday

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This table contains the relative humidity data from my weather station.

Average	High	Low	Range
99%	99% at 12:00 AM	99% at 12:00 AM	0%

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This table contains the relative barometric pressure data from my weather station in Inches of mercury.

	Pressure	Time
Average	30.24″
High	30.3″	12:58 AM
Low	30.19″	7:09 PM
Range	0.11″

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This table contains the solar data from my weather station

UV Radiation Max	Solar Radiation Max
1 at 10:15 AM	185.9 W/m² at 12:49 PM

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This table sunrise and sunset information for the day.

	Today	Difference From Yesterday
Sunrise	6:33:10 AM at 85.88°	1 minute and 32 seconds earlier than yesterday and 0.33° north of yesterday's sunset.
Sunset	6:02:13 PM at 85.96°	1 minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday and 0.33° north of yesterday's sunset.
Solar Noon	12:17:23 PM at 44.04°	13 seconds earlier than yesterday and 0.39° higher than yesterday.
Sunlight Duration	11 hours, 29 minutes and 2 seconds	2 minutes and 37 seconds longer than yesterday

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This table contains the wind data from my weather station in mph.

	Wind Speed	Gust	Time
Average Wind	1.4 mph	7.2 mph	8:08 PM
High	3.5 mph	10.5 mph	6:43 PM
Direction	E

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This table contains the rainfall data from my weather station in inches.

Daily Rain	Max Hourly	Event Rain	Yesterday's Rain	Weekly Rain	Monthly Rain	Yearly Rain
0″	0″ per hour	0″	0″	0″	0″	18.02″
The last measurable rain was 17 days ago on Monday, February 16, 2026 and when 0.02″ rain fell. The Storm Total was 0.3″.

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This table contains the lightning data from my weather station.

	Max	Time
Strikes Per Hour	9	9:41 PM
Strikes Per Day	9

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