Werner is a cooperative observer for the National Weather Service who lives in Malone. At that time, in the winter of , the weather service had an observer in the village of Saranac Lake who was also recording temperature and other weather data. Goff said the Lake Clear airport weather site is not an anomaly.
In operation since the mid s, the site has a temperature and a dewpoint sensor, a barometer, an anemometer to measure wind speeds, a precipitation gauge and other equipment. The lowest temperature the weather station recorded last week was minus The parade went on. The carnival started in This year's day event opened, as always, with the crowning of the king and queen. The coronation is a two-hour ceremony before hundreds of people in the Harrietstown Town Hall on Main Street.
John Wamsganz, a native of Saranac Lake and a volunteer firefighter for 45 years, was crowned carnival king. The carnival features outdoor events, including a 4-mile fun run, a snowshoeing race and a frying pan toss across the ice.
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The predominant average hourly wind direction in Saranac Lake is from the west throughout the year. To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Saranac Lake throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.
Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Saranac Lake for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to late August , with a peak score in the last week of July. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Saranac Lake for hot-weather activities is from early July to early August , with a peak score in the last week of July. For each hour between AM and PM of each day in the analysis period to , independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation.
Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed. Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies. Our precipitation score , which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.
The growing season in Saranac Lake typically lasts for 3. Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature.
Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms in Saranac Lake should appear around May 7 , only rarely appearing before April 26 or after May This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents.
Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation. The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year. The brighter period of the year lasts for 3. The brightest month of the year in Saranac Lake is June , with an average of 6. The darker period of the year lasts for 3. The darkest month of the year in Saranac Lake is December , with an average of 1. For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Saranac Lake are The topography within 2 miles of Saranac Lake contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1, feet.
Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation 2, feet. Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation 5, feet. This report illustrates the typical weather in Saranac Lake, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, to December 31, There are 5 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Saranac Lake.
For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Saranac Lake according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. The estimated value at Saranac Lake is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Saranac Lake and a given station.
To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Saranac Lake and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.
All data relating to the Sun's position e. This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a kilometer grid.
Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database.
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