Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT:39.38.31 LONG:77.42.06 ELEV:519 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: APRIL YEAR: 2004 * Record Set or Tied EVENTS F=Fog T=Thunder TEMPERATURE F. DEGREE DAYS PRECIPITATION WIND(MPH) SKY H=Hail S=Sleet 12am (Base 65) Amt. Snow On Average G=Glaze(Frz Rain) Day MAX MIN Read HDD CDD Liq. Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust Cover %Sun DW=Damaging Wind 1 48 43 43 20 0 .91 0 0 N 7 20n C 0 F 2 47 42 43 21 0 .15 0 0 NNE 3 14n C 0 F 3 53 43 43 17 0 .01 0 0 WNW 7 25nw C 20 F 4 44 32 32 27 0 .01 T 0 NW 15 45nw C 20 5 45 27 35 29 0 0 0 0 NW 15 43nw S 95 6 59 29 42 21 0 0 0 0 NW 8 28nw S 80 7 71 42 45 8 0 0 0 0 WSW 7 31w S 80 8 52 38 43 20 0 .18 0 0 SE 5 25n C 10 9 61 42 42 13 0 0 0 0 NW 7 28nw S 85 F 10 62 38 51 15 0 0 0 0 SSW 4 16sw PC 50 11 51 39 41 20 0 .14 0 0 NNE 6 22n C 0 F 12 43 41 41 24 0 1.63 0 0 NNE 6 24n C 0 F 13 45 40 44 22 0 1.01 0 0 NNE 7 22n C 0 F,T 14 49 43 45 19 0 T 0 0 NNW 7 29nw C 0 F 15 62 39 43 15 0 0 0 0 N 8 32n S 95 16 65 30 47 17 0 0 0 0 SE 3 13se S 95 17 81 39 61 5 0 0 0 0 SSW 6 26s S 90 18 85 51 65 0 3 0 0 0 SSW 6 26sw S 80 19 89 59 73 0 9 0 0 0 SW 10 40sw PC 60 20 75 60 60 0 2 .02 0 0 N 8 33nw PC 40 21 77 54 68 0 0 0 0 0 SE 8 32se PC 60 22 75 55 61 0 0 .01 0 0 NNE 4 21nw C 20 23 78 54 60 0 1 .15 0 0 SW 5 37nw PC 60 F,T 24 71 52 52 3 0 .01 0 0 N 6 21n S 90 25 63 51 53 8 0 .69 0 0 SE 8 34se C 0 F,T 26 59 52 52 10 0 1.88 0 0 SW 5 25sw C 0 F,T 27 61 39 40 15 0 .01 0 0 WNW 7 43nw PC 60 F 28 61 32 52 18 0 0 0 0 NW 7 28nw S 100 29 78 43 64 7 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 23se PC 70 30 78 53 65 0 1 0 0 0 SSE 7 30se PC 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1888 1302 374 16 6.81 0 NNW 6.9 45nw 47.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS APRIL 2004 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 53.2 Normal 52.6 Dep +0.6 AVG MAX 62.9 Normal 64.0 Dep -1.1 AVG MIN 43.4 Normal 41.1 Dep +2.3 MAXIMUM 89 on 19th Lowest Max 43 on 12th MINIMUM 27 on 5th Highest Min 60 on 29th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 5 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 6.81 Normal 3.17 Dep +3.64 YEAR TO DATE 15.04 Normal 11.22 Dep +3.82 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 15 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 3 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.88 on 26th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.88 on 26th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Trace Normal 0.3 Dep -0.3 SEASON TOTAL 37.2 Normal 29.7 Dep +7.5 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 1.0" or more Snow Cover 1" or more MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 12 Thunder 7 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 8 Sunny 10 Sunshine% 47.7% AVERAGE WIND NNW @ 6.9 mph PEAK GUST 45nw on 4th MAX BAROMETER 30.38 on 16th MIN BAROMETER 29.37 on 1st TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 374 Normal 396 / COOLING 16 Normal 0 APRIL 2004 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY CLOUDY COLD RAIN 1st: Cold rain overnight and most of the day was moderate at times tapered off to drizzle this evening .91" fell. High only 48 F. 2nd: More light rain and fog overnight. Cold with periods of light rain and drizzle through out the day. High only 47 F. 3rd: Some drizzle overnight and this morning .01". A little warmer with a few peeks of sun this afternoon high of 53 F. 4th: Windy with a few showers and some snow showers overnight and this morning .01". Strong NW winds overnight and today gusting to 45 mph. 5th: Cold and windy overnight low of 27 F. this morning. Sunny and windy today with strong NW winds gusting to 43 mph. 6th: Sunny warmer and breezy today high of 59 F. NW winds to 28 mph. MUCH WARMER 7th: Mostly sunny and much warmer today high of 71 F. Still windy with WSW winds gusting to 31 mph. 8th: Mostly cloudy with a few showers at times today. Some heavier showers this evening between 8:30pm - 10:30pm. Total today .18". 9th: Mostly sunny breezy and mild high 61 F. COLD / WET 11th: Periods of rain 9:30am - 2pm. Some drizzle rest of day. Total .14" 12th: Cold with rain all day today began around 8am. Rain all day moderate at times 1.63" total rain. High temp of only 43 F. 13th: Rain again today mainly between 10am - 7pm. Rain was moderate to heavy at times also an embedded thunderstorm around 11am. Still cold with a high of only 45 F. Rain total today 1.01". Past 3 days 2.78" 14th: Cloudy and cold again today with some drizzle and a few sprinkles but no measurable rain. Breezy with NNW winds to 29 mph. High 49 F. 15th: Sunny and warmer today high 62 F. but windy with N winds gusting to 32 mph. 16th: Chilly overnight low of 30 F. with a touch of frost. Became sunny and warmer with a high of 65 F. MUCH WARMER 17th: Sunny and warm high of 81 F. 18th: Sunny and very warm with a high of 85 F. 19th: Partly cloudy and very warm with a high of 89 F. Close to the record of 91 in 1976. Very windy today with strong SW winds gusting to 40 mph. Humidity was very low down 19% this afternoon and dew points in the 30's 20th: Partly cloudy windy and not as warm today high 75 F. Some light showers late this evening with .02" of rain and some gusty winds with the showers up to 33 mph. 21st: Partly cloudy windy and warm with gusty SE winds to 32 mph. 22nd: Mostly cloudy today with some light showers late this afternnon. SHOWERS / THUNDER 23rd: Light shower around 4am. Showers and a thunderstorm between 4:30pm - 7pm only .13" of rain but a wind gust to 37 mph. Light shower around 10pm. Total rain today .15" 24th: Light shower around 3:30am .01". Sunny breezy and pleasant today high 71 F. RAIN / THUNDER 25th: Showers and thunderstornm this morning 8:30 -11am. Strong SE winds today up to 34 mph More showers late this afternoon and this evening with total of .69" by midnight. 26th: Showers and thunderstorms overnight since 2am with another .72" by 7am. Rain all day moderate to heavy at times with some thunder. Rain ended by 5pm Total for day 1.88" 27th: Dense fog overnight. A few sprinkles and windy this afternoon. Strong winds and a brief shower just after 7pm with NW winds to 43 mph as strong cold front came through. Also a spectacular double rainbow at that time. FREEZING TEMPS 28th: A chilly but very brief low of 32 F. this morning. Not much frost formed for two reasons. The air was very dry, No dew and the winds kept the air stirred up just enough. Sunny with 100% sunshine today high 61 F. April 2004 was the 3rd wettest on record with 6.81" of rain. The all time wettest was in 1952 with 7.80. 2nd wettest was 7.26 in 1993 APRIL 2004