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: 2011 * 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 47 35 35 24 0 .07 T 0 NW 9 30nw C 10 S 2 50 31 39 24 0 .04 0 0 WSW 8 30w C 15 S 3 56 33 51 21 0 .06 T T W 7 30w PC 40 T,H 4 *82 46 65 1 0 .06 0 0 SSE 11 35w PC 40 T 5 67 37 37 13 0 .42 0 0 NW 13 35nw C 20 6 62 31 49 19 0 0 0 0 S 8 32s PC 60 7 64 41 50 12 0 0 0 0 NNE 7 19n PC 40 8 50 41 41 19 0 .49 0 0 E 6 19e C 0 9 49 40 47 21 0 0 0 0 SSE 5 15s C 0 10 64 47 60 9 0 0 0 0 SSE 7 27se C 20 11 85 52 68 0 4 0 0 0 S 9 32s PC 40 12 68 51 51 5 0 .78 0 0 NE 8 30ne C 0 13 54 47 49 15 0 .39 0 0 W 7 22w C 0 14 70 40 48 10 0 0 0 0 W 4 19w PC 65 15 66 45 48 9 0 0 0 0 ESE 10 35e S 85 16 60 47 51 12 0 1.83 0 0 ESE 14 40se C 0 T 17 64 42 58 12 0 T 0 0 WSW 16 51w PC 30 18 71 45 55 7 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 28w PC 60 19 58 46 53 13 0 .92 0 0 N 4 28w C 0 F,T 20 81 47 58 1 0 0 0 0 WSW 10 50sw PC 35 F 21 61 42 42 14 0 0 0 0 NW 10 34nw PC 75 22 45 41 41 22 0 .14 0 0 ESE 8 22se C 0 23 72 41 61 9 0 .44 0 0 SE 8 26se PC 35 24 81 59 64 0 5 T 0 0 SSE 7 23se PC 35 25 85 60 70 0 7 0 0 0 SSE 8 36s PC 75 26 84 63 70 0 8 .01 0 0 SE 9 36s PC 75 27 81 66 72 0 9 0 0 0 SE 12 34se PC 65 28 76 54 54 0 0 2.42 0 0 W 13 51sw PC 30 T,DW 29 61 50 50 10 0 T 0 0 W 12 34w C 25 30 65 44 54 10 0 0 0 0 N 6 20n S 85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1979 1363 312 33 8.07 T SE 8.7 51sw 35.3% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS APRIL 2011 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 55.7 Normal 52.9 Dep +2.8 AVG MAX 66.0 Normal 64.3 Dep +1.7 AVG MIN 45.5 Normal 41.5 Dep +4.0 MAXIMUM 85 on 11th Lowest Max 45 on 22nd MINIMUM 31 on 2nd Highest Min 66 on 27th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 2 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 8.07 Normal 3.53 Dep +4.54 YEAR TO DATE 17.27 Normal 12.61 Dep +4.66 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 14 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 2.42 on 28th Largest 24 Hr Amount 2.42 on 28th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Trace Normal 0.3 Dep 0.3 SEASON TOTAL 23.4 Normal 29.7 Dep -6.3 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 0 1.0" or more 0 Snow Cover 1" or more 0 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 3 Thunder 4 Hail 1 Sleet 2 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 2 Sunshine% 35.3% AVERAGE WIND SE @ 8.7 mph PEAK GUST 51mph on 17th & 28th MAX BAROMETER 30.43 on 22nd MIN BAROMETER 29.15 on 5th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 312 Normal 396 / COOLING 33 Normal 0 APRIL 2011 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Rain showers overnight with a trace of snow and sleet mixed in. Mostly cloudy & windy today high 47 F. 2nd: Rain showers with trace of sleet mixed in this morning. Mostly cloudy and windy today high 50 F. STORMS / HAIL 3rd: Partly cloudy today high 56 F. Thunderstorms in the area this evening between 8pm - midnight. Storms had frequent lightning and thunder with some very close strikes also some marble sized hail fell around 10:30pm. Most of the storms passed just N&NE of the city only .07" of rain fell here. * RECORD HIGH 82 F. 4th: Showers just after midnight. Partly cloudy and warm today high of 82F. *RECORD HIGH for Date. That breaks the old record of 81 set in 1956. Windy fron SSE today. with gusts to 31 mph. Showers this evening and some thunder with wind gust to 35 mph from west. Rainfall today .06" 5th: Showers overnight and all morning with falling temperatures. Rain ended around 11:30am. 42" fell. High of 67 but that happened at 3am. Mostly cloudy and windy today NW winds gusting to 35mph. 6th: Partly cloudy windy high 62 F. South winds gusting up to 32 mph this afternoon. 7th: Partly cloudy high 64 F. 8th: Cloudy chilly and rainy today high 50 F. Rainfall .49". 9th: Cloudy high 49 F. 10th: Mostly cloudy high 64 F. VERY WARM 85F 11th: Partly cloudy windy and very warm with a high of 85 F. Not a record which was 88 in 1977. Sought winds gusting to 32 mph. 12th: Periods of rain overnight and all day .78" fell 13th: Periods of rain overnight and through early afternoon .39" fell 14th: Partly cloudy high 70 F. 15th: Sunny today high 66 F. Windy this evening ESE winds gusting to 35 mph. RAIN / WIND / THUNDERSTORMS 16th: Rain today between 8am - 9pm. Rain had heavier downpours at times and several thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The heaviest rains fell between 3pm and 6:30pm. Total rain today 1.83". Also stong ESE winds throughout the day with gusts up to 45 mph. Minor creek and river flooding reported and some roads. 17th: Partly cloudy and windy today with a few sprinkles. Stromg WSW winds all day and evening with gusts up to 51 mph just after 7pm. 18th: Partly cloudy high 58 F. 19th: Cloudy today with periods of rain and thunderstorms between 7am - 4pm. More rain and storms 6:30-7:30pm. Total rain today .92". Fog late this evening. 20th: Fog overnight and this morning. Became much warmer and windy this afternoon high of 81 F. One very strong wind gust of 50 mph from SW around 4:45pm. 21st: Partly cloudy high 61 F. 22nd: Cloudy cold rainy. Periods of rain during the afternoon and evening .14" fell. High only 45 F. 23rd: Rain overnight mid -8am .18" fell. Partly cloudy today high 72 F. Showers and a thunderstorm this evening between 9pm-11pm. Total rain today .44" 24th: EASTER- Few sprinkles overnight. Partly cloudy and warm today high 81 F. Few sprinkles this evening, trace. 25th: Partly cloudy and warm high 85 F. Gusty SSE winds this evening up to 36 mph. 26th: Partly cloudy windy and warm high 84 F. SE winds gusting to 36 mph. Dissipating thunderstorms in the area late this evening produced a light shower of .01" 27th: Partly cloudy windy and warm high 81 F. SE winds gusting to 34 mph. STRONG STORMS HEAVY RAINS FLOODING DAMAGING WINDS 28th: Series of stong thunderstorms overnight between 2am - 7am with very heavy downpours frequent lightning and strong winds with gusts up to 51 mph. 2.42" inches of rain fell in a very short time. Flash flooding reported on roads and in creeks and rivers. Wind gusts caused down trees and some power outages in area. 29th: Mostly cloudy and windy today high 61 F. A few sprinkles of rain during the afternoon. West winds gusting to 34 mph. 30th: Mostly sunny high 65 F. APRRIL 2011 WAS WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 8.07" OF RAIN BREAKING OLD RECORD OF 7.80" IN 1952 APRIL 2011