Monday, March 16, 2026 Weather For Mount Joy, PA

Summary

This morning when I woke up it was much milder than yesterday. The temperature was in the middle 50s. The wind was gusty from the south. There were some showers moving through the area. Dawn brought cloudy skies. It was drizzling and in the upper 50s shortly after sunrise. It was humid and into the lower 60s by mid morning. It was still cloudy but into the middle 60s late this morning. The line of thunderstorms split just before getting here around lunchtime so we just had a shower and gusty winds. THe temperature got knocked back into the lower 60s. The sun peeked out after that ended. Early this afternoon we had some heavy showers move through with gusty winds. My rain collector must be clogged. We had a few rumbles of thunder late this afternoon but nothing major. There was a good wind with it though. Early this evening it dropped into the upper 50s with the wind decreasing a bit.

The cold front moved through late this evening. It was one of the sharpest cold fronts I can remember. The temperature dropped 15 degrees in about 5 minutes. By late tonight the rain had chaNged to snow.

Weather Station Data

This table contains the temperature data from my weather station in degrees Fahrenheit.
Today
TemperatureDew Point Feels Like
Average 56.4 ℉ 55.5 ℉ 56.1 ℉
High 65.1 ℉ at 63 ℉ at 65.1 ℉ at
Low 32.7 ℉ at 32.5 ℉ at 25.7 ℉ at
Range32.4 ℉ 30.5 ℉39.4 ℉
Yesterday
TemperatureDew Point Feels Like
Average43.2 ℉31.7 ℉40.6 ℉
High48.7 ℉ at 45 ℉ at 48.7 ℉ at
Low35.4 ℉ at 22.4 ℉ at 30.1 ℉ at
Range13.3 ℉ 22.6 ℉18.6 ℉
Difference
TemperatureDew Point Feels Like
Average13.2℉ warmer23.8℉ warmer 15.5℉ warmer
High16.4℉ warmer 18℉ warmer 16.4℉ warmer
Low2.7 ℉ cooler 10.1℉ warmer 4.4 ℉ cooler

There were 16.1 heating degree days today

There were 23 heating degree days yesterday

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This table contains the relative humidity data from my weather station.
AverageHighLow Range
96%99% at 87% at 12%
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This table contains the relative barometric pressure data from my weather station in Inches of mercury.
PressureTime
Average29.63″
High30.05″
Low29.29″
Range0.76″
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This table contains the solar data from my weather station
UV Radiation MaxSolar Radiation Max
3 at 320.5 W/m² at
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This table sunrise and sunset information for the day.
TodayDifference From Yesterday
Sunrise at 89.52° and 0.33° north of yesterday's sunset.
Sunset at 89.62° and 0.33° north of yesterday's sunset.
Solar Noon at 48.35° and 0.4° higher than yesterday.
Sunlight Duration
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This table contains the wind data from my weather station in mph.
Wind SpeedGustTime
Average Wind6.7 mph23.3 mph
High13.6 mph28.4 mph
DirectionSE
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This table contains the rainfall data from my weather station in inches.
Daily Rain Max HourlyEvent RainYesterday's RainWeekly RainMonthly RainYearly Rain
0.01″0.05″ per hour0.01″ 0″0.01″0.01″18.02″
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This table contains the lightning data from my weather station.
MaxTime
Strikes Per Hour0
Strikes Per Day0
The last lightning strike detected was days ago on .
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