It was an ordinary day. Lancaster County's unseasonably warm autumn continues as temperatures reached record levels this past week. The thermometer at Lancaster Airport topped out at 81 degrees Wednesday, the highest temperature ever recorded for. November 6. According to Millersville University Weather Information Center, that's a full 4 degrees hotter than the previous record of 77 degrees, set in 1978. Temperatures were 20 to 25 degrees above normal this past Wednesday afternoon. John Guseman, a forecaster with th National Weaher Service in State College, said the region's warm temperatures are a result of southwesterly winds from a high-pressure system in the Atlantic bringing warm air into the region. Wind from the high pressure system has kept storm fronts to the west of Pennsylvania, contributing to drought conditions in the region. Guseman said there will be moderate relief at the end of the week. The National Weather Service does not forecast rainfall accumulations more than three days in advance. Last month was the second-driest October on record. Only 0.04 inches of rain fell in October. In the past 110 years since meteorologists began tracking that data, only October of 1963 was drier. No rain fell that month. On November 1, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection placed Lancaster County under a drought watch. Drought conditions have led several county municipalities to ask residents to begin conserving water and have been a factor in recent brush fires. It was another extraordinary day the life of an ordinary guy.
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