Category Archives: Weather Updates

As 2011 draws to a close, we did break several records, here in Fairmount and for the city of Syracuse 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 8th place. is where we ended the year, as of 12-30-11 We were close to the … Continue reading →

After the rain/snow mix we had today and then the temp dropping below freezing, my anemometer is now frozen. You can see the “little” bump in speed about 16:00, from when I tapped the cups with a pole. That has … Continue reading →

Here in Fairmount we’ve got just about 2″ of snow so far this year, a little here and a little there add’s up to very little. Last year at this time we had 4 Feet on the ground! Other area’s … Continue reading →

We lucked out with another great weather weekend, it was 60 F both Saturday and Sunday in Syracuse. Here in Fairmount we hit 56 F on Saturday and did get 60 F on Sunday. These nice temps are putting us … Continue reading →

Had our 1st snow flakes flying around yesterday afternoon, nothing stuck here, but surrounding areas saw anywhere from a trace, to several inches accumulation yesterday. What a difference a couple hundred feet in elevation can make. We had the 1st … Continue reading →

08-12-2012 Changed the batteries in the transmitter today for the 1st time since we went on-line, almost 2 years ago! 22 months on one set of batteries is very good in my book! Today, Sat Oct 15, 2011 marks our … Continue reading →

Baby it was HOT yesterday! We broke the record at the Syracuse airport of 98°F (2002) with a NEW record of 101°F yesterday 07-21-2011 My station recorded a record high temp of 102°F at 14:38 with a heat index of … Continue reading →

The wet weather of the past week in Syracuse has pushed the April rainfall total to almost 8.53  (officially) which now makes it the wettest April on record in over 100 years of record keeping. My station here has recorded … Continue reading →

Did some maintenance on the weather station over vacation. Since putting the station up last October on a 20 ft PVC pole, (should have used galvanized fence poles), but what the heck, I used what I had on hand.  Anyways … Continue reading →