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| Event typeevent_type | Cold/Wind Chill |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 494,632 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 80,547 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2014-01-07T07:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2014-01-07T18:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | PENNSYLVANIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | UPPER BUCKS |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | ASOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | One of the harshest arctic outbreaks in years occurred in Eastern Pennsylvania on the 7th. Record calendar day low temperatures occurred and combined with strong northwest winds produced wind chill factors as low as around 30 degrees below zero in the Poconos and around 20 degrees below zero elsewhere. High temperatures struggled to get above zero in the Poconos and reach double digit figures elsewhere. The excessive cold caused many schools and universities to either cancel classes or have delayed openings.||The severe cold led to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed a Proclamation of Propane and Heating Oil Emergency��� to waive federal and state motor carrier regulations related to hours of service for drivers of commercial motor vehicles transporting propane gas and heating oil in Pennsylvania. AAA Mid-Atlantic reported an 81 percent increase in service calls, mainly for dead batteries. Amtrak reported extensive delays in its rail service. The cold weather also affected SEPTA Regional Rail service in the Philadelphia area as there were delays on the Paoli/Thorndale line. The cold weather strained power supplies. PJM Interconnection, the agency that oversees the electric grid supplying the region, said electricity suppliers were struggling to keep up with surging demand as the cold forced some power plants to shut. An all-time winter record usage was recorded at 8 a.m. EST on the 7th, 138,600 megawatts surpassing the previous record from 2007. Utilities asked their customers where possible to switch to diesel or fuel oil. Three thousand homeless people in Philadelphia were sheltered.| |The low temperature of 4 degrees above zero at the Philadelphia International Airport was the coldest of the winter and the coldest air temperature day since January 24, 2005 when the low reached 3 degrees above zero. The low temperature of zero at Reading (Berks County) was the coldest of the winter season and matched the low last set on January 24, 2011. The low temperatures of 8 degrees below zero in Mount Pocono (Monroe County) and one degree below zero at the Lehigh Valley International Airport were higher than the morning of January 4th. ||Other actual low temperatures included 3 degrees below zero in Lehighton (Carbon County) and Fleetwood (Berks County), 2 degrees below zero in East Stroudsburg (Monroe County), Glenmoore (Chester County) and Macungie (Lehigh County), 1 degree below zero in Easton (Northampton County), zero in West Chester (Chester County) and Perkasie (Bucks County), 1 degree above zero in Newtown Square (Delaware County) and Pottstown (Montgomery County), 2 degrees above zero in Horsham (Montgomery County) and 3 degrees above zero in Langhorne (Bucks County). ||Lowest hourly wind chill factors included (they all occurred during the morning of the 7th) 32 degrees below zero in Mount Pocono (Monroe County), 23 degrees below zero at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 22 degrees below zero in Doylestown (Bucks County) 21 degrees below zero in Reading (Berks County) and Coatesville (Chester County) and 18 degrees below zero at the Philadelphia International Airport. |
| Yearyear | 2,014 |
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