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37-594: The Walt Disney Elementary School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Tullytown is located at 40°8′42″N 74°49′4″W  /  40.14500°N 74.81778°W  / 40.14500; -74.81778 (40.145077, −74.817841). Wickus Sippus Creek passes through Tullytown. According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km)

74-627: A brief time. Such a storm will rapidly intensify, tracking northward and following the topography of the East Coast, sometimes continuing to grow stronger during its entire existence. A nor'easter usually reaches its peak intensity while off the Canadian coast . The storm then reaches Arctic areas, and can reach intensities equal to that of a weak hurricane . It then meanders throughout the North Atlantic and can last for several weeks. Meteorologists use

111-400: A kink in a frontal surface that causes a surface low-pressure area to develop. Such storms are very often formed from the merging of several weaker storms, a "parent storm", and a polar jet stream mixing with the tropical jet stream. Temperatures usually fall significantly due to the presence of the cooler air from winds that typically come from a northeasterly direction. During a single storm,

148-415: A library and the second to provide a two-story classroom and larger library. The building was subsequently renovated between 2005 and 2006. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Nor%E2%80%99easter A nor'easter (also northeaster ; see below ) is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean . The name derives from the direction of

185-627: A parent low-pressure system over the Ohio Valley, which then undergoes a center reformation over Gulf Stream off North Carolina or Virginia. These storms can bring a swath of wintry precipitation from the Great Plains and the Ohio River Valley to the Middle Atlantic and New England. Nor'easters are usually formed by an area of vorticity associated with an upper-level disturbance or from

222-666: Is 1.6 °F (−16.9 °C). Since 1981, the coldest air temperature was −9.6 °F (−23.1 °C) on January 22, 1984. Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur, with wind chill values < −9 °F (−23 °C). The average annual snowfall (Nov-Apr) is between 24 and 30 inches (61 and 76 cm). Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥ 12 inches (30 cm) occur once every few years, particularly during nor’easters from December through February. As of 2018 there were 12.98 miles (20.89 km) of public roads in Tullytown, of which 6.46 miles (10.40 km) were maintained by

259-585: Is an historic American elementary school building that is located in Tullytown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania . It is part of the Pennsbury School District . Erected between 1953 and 1955, with expansions made in 1964 and, again, between 1967 and 1969, this historic structure was originally built to accommodate the growing population with the development of Levittown . Dedicated on September 24, 1955,

296-425: Is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km) (24.88%) is water. As of the 2010 census, the borough was 92.5% Non-Hispanic White, 3.2% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 1.1% were two or more races. 3.0% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,031 people, 803 households, and 501 families residing in the borough. The population density

333-575: Is typically near 70 °F (21 °C) even mid-winter, often causes low-pressure areas to develop and intensify. In the upper atmosphere , the strong winds of the jet stream remove and replace rising air from the Atlantic more rapidly than the Atlantic air is replaced at lower levels; this and the Coriolis force help develop a strong storm. The storm tracks northeast along the East Coast, normally from North Carolina to Long Island, then tracks east toward

370-431: The 1991 Perfect Storm , a small tropical cyclone can develop inside the warm seclusion of an intense nor'easter if the sea surface temperatures are sufficiently warm. Nor'easters can rarely also turn into tropical or subtropical cyclones, such as Tropical Storm Wanda in 2021. A nor'easter is a strong extratropical cyclone , often experiencing explosive cyclogenesis . While this formation occurs in many places around

407-494: The A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Tullytown would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian Oak ( 104 ) with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern Hardwood Forest ( 25 ). The plant hardiness zone is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 1.6 °F (−16.9 °C). The spring bloom typically begins by April 7 and fall color usually peaks by November 4. Walt Disney Elementary School The Walt Disney Elementary School

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444-564: The Miller classification to determine the track and severity of a nor'easter. The technique is named after J.E. Miller, who created the system in 1946. The Miller classification classified storms into two categories: type A and type B. Type A storms form in the Gulf of Mexico or along the coast of Georgia or South Carolina , and cause heavy snow mainly to parts of the inland upper south, Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Atlantic Canada. Type B storms form from

481-561: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 6.52 miles (10.49 km) were maintained by the borough. U.S. Route 13 is the only numbered highway serving Tullytown directly. It follows a southwest-to-northeast alignment across the northwestern portion of the borough. Tullytown is served by the Levittown station along SEPTA Regional Rail 's Trenton Line that provides service between Center City Philadelphia and

518-760: The Trenton Transit Center . Trains along Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor pass through Tullytown but do not stop; the nearest Amtrak station is in Trenton. SEPTA provides Suburban Bus service to Tullytown along Route 127 , which runs between the Oxford Valley Mall and the Trenton Transit Center, and Route 128 , which runs between the Neshaminy Mall and the Oxford Valley Mall. According to

555-399: The "R": no'theastuh' . He describes nor'easter as a "fake" word. However, this view neglects the little-known etymology and the historical maritime usage described above. 19th-century Downeast mariners pronounced the compass point "north northeast" as "no'nuth-east", and so on. For decades, Edgar Comee, of Brunswick, Maine , waged a determined battle against use of the term "nor'easter" by

592-482: The 32 points of the compass , known in maritime training as "boxing the compass", is described by Ansted with pronunciations "Nor'east (or west)," "Nor' Nor'-east (or west)," "Nor'east b' east (or west)," and so forth. According to the OED, the first recorded use of the term "nor'easter" occurs in 1836 in a translation of Aristophanes . The term "nor'easter" naturally developed from the historical spellings and pronunciations of

629-487: The East Coast track usually indicates the presence of a high-pressure area in the vicinity of Nova Scotia . Sometimes a nor'easter will move slightly inland and bring rain to the cities on the coastal plain (New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc.) and snow in New England (Boston northward). On occasion, nor'easters can pull cold air as far south as Virginia or North Carolina, bringing wet snow inland in those areas for

666-423: The age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.24. In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.5% under

703-463: The age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $ 45,625, and the median income for a family was $ 57,917. Males had a median income of $ 35,774 versus $ 28,352 for females. The per capita income for

740-582: The areas in the Atlantic Canada and New England . The effects of a nor'easter sometimes bring high surf, strong winds and rain as far south as coastal South Carolina . Nor'easters cause a significant amount of beach erosion in these areas, as well as flooding in the associated low-lying areas. Biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod have determined nor'easters are an environmental factor for red tides on

777-851: The borough was $ 22,206. About 1.6% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including none of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Tullytown has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ). Cfa climates are characterized by all months having an average mean temperature > 32.0 °F (0.0 °C), at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ 50.0 °F (10.0 °C), at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥ 71.6 °F (22.0 °C) and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. Although most summer days are slightly humid in Tullytown, episodes of heat and high humidity can occur with heat index values > 108 °F (42 °C). Since 1981,

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814-651: The center of the storm can take on the circular shape more typical of a hurricane and have a small "dry slot" near the center, which can be mistaken for an eye , although it is not an eye. Often, people mistake nor'easters for tropical cyclones and do not differentiate between the two weather systems. Nor'easters differ from tropical cyclones in that nor'easters are cold-core low-pressure systems , meaning that they thrive on drastic changes in temperature of Canadian air and warm Atlantic waters. Tropical cyclones are warm-core low-pressure systems, which means they thrive on purely warm temperatures. However, in rare cases, such as

851-467: The ceremony was attended by the school's namesake Walt Disney (1901-1966). This historic structure features a one-story, original section that was erected as a steel frame building that was faced in orange brick and had a flat roof. Reflective of the Modern Movement , it also features large, multi-framed rectangular windows with aluminum sashes. The first expansion was undertaken to create space for

888-476: The compass points and the direction of wind or sailing. As noted in a January 2006 editorial by William Sisson, editor of Soundings magazine, use of "nor'easter" to describe the storm system is common along the U.S. East Coast. Yet it has been asserted by linguist Mark Liberman (see below) that "nor'easter" as a contraction for "northeaster" has no basis in regional New England dialect; the Boston accent would elide

925-518: The contraction nor (for north ) in combinations such as nor'-east and nor-nor-west , as reported by the Oxford English Dictionary , date to the late 16th century, as in John Davis's 1594 The Seaman's Secrets : "Noreast by North raiseth a degree in sayling 24 leagues." The spelling appears, for instance, on a compass card published in 1607. Thus, the manner of pronouncing from memory

962-419: The contributions of a handful of non-New England poets and writers. Liberman posits that "nor'easter" may have originally been a literary affectation , akin to "e'en" for "even" and "th'only" for "the only", which is an indication in spelling that two syllables count for only one position in metered verse, with no implications for actual pronunciation. However, despite these assertions, the term can be found in

999-407: The cyclones' primary winds can blow from any direction, while the primary winds in nor'easters usually blow from the northeast. Nor'easters develop in response to the sharp contrast in the warm Gulf Stream ocean current coming up from the tropical Atlantic and the cold air masses coming down from Canada. Very cold and dry air rushing southward and meeting up with the warm Gulf stream current, which

1036-441: The highest air temperature was 103.2 °F (39.6 °C) on July 6, 2010, and the highest daily average mean dew point was 75.3 °F (24.1 °C) on August 3, 2016. The average wettest month is July, which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity. Since 1981, the wettest calendar day was 6.35 inches (161 mm) on August 27, 2011. During the winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature

1073-600: The months of November and March, because of the difference in temperature between the cold polar air mass coming down from central Canada and the warm ocean waters off the upper East Coast. The susceptible regions—the upper north Atlantic coast of the United States and the Atlantic Provinces of Canada —are generally impacted by nor'easters a few times each winter. The term nor'easter came to American English by way of British English . Early recorded uses of

1110-400: The precipitation can range from a torrential downpour to a fine mist. All precipitation types can occur in a nor'easter. High wind gusts, which can reach hurricane strength, are also associated with a nor'easter. On very rare occasions, such as in the nor'easter in 1978 , North American blizzard of 2006 , Early February 2013 North American blizzard , and January 2018 North American blizzard ,

1147-467: The press, which usage he considered "a pretentious and altogether lamentable affectation" and "the odious, even loathsome, practice of landlubbers who would be seen as salty as the sea itself". His efforts, which included mailing hundreds of postcards, were profiled, just before his death in 2005 at the age of 88, in The New Yorker . Despite the efforts of Comee and others, use of the term continues by

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1184-508: The press. According to Boston Globe writer Jan Freeman , "from 1975 to 1980, journalists used the nor'easter spelling only once in five mentions of such storms; in the past year (2003), more than 80 percent of northeasters were spelled nor'easter". University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman has pointed out that while the Oxford English Dictionary cites examples dating back to 1837, these examples represent

1221-469: The waters off Cape Cod . Counterclockwise winds around the low-pressure system blow the moist air over land. The relatively warm, moist air meets cold air coming southward from Canada. The low increases the surrounding pressure difference, which causes the very different air masses to collide at a faster speed. When the difference in temperature of the air masses is larger, so is the storm's instability, turbulence, and thus severity. The nor'easters taking

1258-519: The winds that blow from the northeast. Typically, such storms originate as a low-pressure area that forms within 100 miles (160 km) of the shore between North Carolina and Massachusetts . The precipitation pattern is similar to that of other extratropical storms , although nor'easters are usually accompanied by heavy rain or snow , and can cause severe coastal flooding , coastal erosion , hurricane-force winds, or blizzard conditions . They tend to develop most often and most powerfully between

1295-671: The world, nor'easters are unique for their combination of northeast winds and moisture content of the swirling clouds. Nearly similar conditions sometimes occur during winter in the Pacific Northeast (northern Japan and northwards) with winds from NNW. In Europe, similar weather systems with such severity are hardly possible; the moisture content of the clouds is usually not high enough to cause flooding or heavy snow, although northeasterly winds can be strong. The eastern United States , from North Carolina to Maine , and Eastern Canada can experience nor'easters, though most often they affect

1332-472: The writings of New Englanders, and was frequently used by the press in the 19th century. Usage existed into the 20th century in the form of: The Pacific Northwest is also affected by a similar class of powerful extratropical cyclones, known as Pacific Northwest windstorms . While the storms on the East Coast are named "nor'easters", the Pacific Northwest windstorms are not called "nor'westers" because

1369-457: Was 1,289.2 people per square mile (497.8 people/km). There were 819 housing units at an average density of 519.9 per square mile (200.7/km). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.74% White , 1.48% African American , 0.05% Native American , 0.49% Asian , 0.10% from other races , and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population. There were 803 households, out of which 29.0% had children under

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