Weather For Mount Joy, PA On Friday, May 8, 2026

Summary

This morning when I woke up it was a much cooler than the than yesterday. The temperature was in the middle 40s. Dawn brought clear skies with a low just barely dipping into the upper 30s. The temperature rose quickly under sunny skies. Clouds moved in around mid morning and the temperature stalled in the Lower 50s. Early this afternoon it was in the middle 60s with plenty of clouds. We reached the upper 60s by late afternoon.

Weather Station Data

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

Today
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	56.2 ℉	41.3 ℉	56.2 ℉
High	68.0 ℉ at 3:47 PM	48.8 ℉ at 10:31 PM	68.0 ℉ at 3:47 PM
Low	39.9 ℉ at 6:25 AM	36.7 ℉ at 6:07 AM	39.9 ℉ at 6:25 AM
Range	28.1 ℉	12.1 ℉	28.1 ℉

Yesterday
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	57.7 ℉	43.2 ℉	57.7 ℉
High	69.4 ℉ at 4:43 PM	52.0 ℉ at 12:00 AM	68.0 ℉ at 4:11 PM
Low	49.1 ℉ at 5:33 AM	36.6 ℉ at 5:16 PM	49.1 ℉ at 5:33 AM
Range	20.3 ℉	15.4 ℉	18.9 ℉

Difference
	Temperature	Dew Point	Feels Like
Average	1.5℉ cooler	1.9℉ cooler	1.5℉ cooler
High	1.4℉ cooler	3.2℉ cooler	0.0 was the same
Low	9.2℉ cooler	0.1℉ warmer	9.2℉ cooler

There were 11.0 heating degree days today

There were 6.0 heating degree days yesterday

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

Average	High	Low	Range
59.0%	90.0% at 6:26 AM	38.0% at 1:40 PM	52.0%

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

	Pressure	Time
Average	29.98″
High	30.05″	8:46 AM
Low	29.91″	12:01 AM
Range	0.14″

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This table contains the solar data from my weather station

UV Radiation Max	Solar Radiation Max
9 at 11:58 AM	948.1 W/m² at 11:58 AM

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This table sunrise and sunset information for the day.

	Today	Difference From Yesterday
Sunrise	5:57:29 AM at 106.13°	1 minute and 7 seconds earlier than yesterday and 0.27° north of yesterday's sunset.
Sunset	8:07:02 PM at 106.14°	1 minute later than yesterday and 0.26° north of yesterday's sunset.
Solar Noon	1:02:27 PM at 67.12°	3 seconds earlier than yesterday and 0.27° higher than yesterday.
Sunlight Duration	14 hours, 9 minutes and 34 seconds	2 minutes and 6 seconds longer than yesterday

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This table contains the wind data from my weather station in miles per hour.

	Wind Speed	Gust	Time
Average Wind	2.1 mph	21.7 mph	12:25 PM
High	5.8 mph	23.0 mph	12:10 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″	0.0″ per hour	0.0″	0″	0.0″	0.0″	18.2″
The last measurable rain was 42 days ago on Friday, March 27, 2026 and when 0.16″ rain fell. The Storm Total was 0.17″.

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This table contains the lightning data from my weather station.

	Max	Time
Strikes Per Hour	0.0
Strikes Per Day	0
The last lightning strike detected was 24 days ago on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

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