Main page http://nfis.com/~i4storms Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight APRIL: 1997 Temperature Precipitation Snow On gnd. Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Obsn. 1 60 35 44 0 0 0 2 67 38 43 0 0 0 3 74 37 57 0 0 0 4 78 46 54 0 0 0 5 71 52 54 0 0 0 6 68 52 62 0 0 0 7 67 46 46 0 0 0 8 60 38 38 T T 0 9 41 27 29 T T 0 10 51 24 35 0 0 0 11 56 33 39 0 0 0 12 54 34 54 .46 0 0 13 55 42 42 .01 0 0 14 58 36 37 0 0 0 15 63 28 40 0 0 0 16 71 31 56 0 0 0 17 59 39 39 .03 0 0 18 52 37 41 T T 0 19 62 35 39 0 0 0 20 65 30 41 0 0 0 21 53 32 37 .08 0 0 22 66 32 51 0 0 0 23 58 46 46 .02 0 0 24 64 43 49 .17 0 0 25 63 38 43 .31 T 0 26 70 39 43 0 0 0 27 67 36 47 .31 0 0 28 62 47 47 .09 0 0 29 71 39 47 0 0 0 30 77 38 65 0 0 0 31 1883 1130 1.48 T Average Temp 50.2 Average Max 62.3 Average Min 37.7 APRIL 1997 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY FIRST WEEK OF APRIL A MILD DRY PERIOD 1st- Windy, Strong NW winds up to 43 mph. 7th- Strong WNW winds up to 36 mph. 8th- Windy became colder today with a trace of rain and snow showers this evening wind gusts to 33 mph. COLDER 9th- Windy and much colder High only 41 F. Low 27 F. A few snow flurries overnight and this morning. NW winds up to 35 mph. 10th- Low of 24 F. Up to 70% Damage reported from area orchards. Winds kept temperature from going into teens. SOME RAIN 12th- Rain 10:30am - 7:30pm .46" fell. Evening fog. 13th- Light shower just after midnight .01". Windy, NW Winds up to 37 mph today. 15th- Cold Low of 28 F. 17th- Few Periods of light rain 5-7am and 10am- 2pm .03" fell. 18th- Few snow flurries overnight. Very windy today with NW gusts up to 40 mph. 20th- Low of 30 F. with a rather heavy frost. 21st- Low of 32 with more frost. Some light rain Noon - 5pm .08". 22nd- Low of 32 with a light to moderate frost. 23rd- Cloudy cool few light showers 7:30am - 10:30am and again near midnight .02". 24th- Periods of rain overnight through 2:30pm .17" fell. 25th- Few light showers noon - 2pm. Thunderstorm 3:30 - 4pm with very sharp lightning, brief heavy rain and a trace of very small hail (smaller than pea). .31" rain fell. 27th- Periods of rain 1pm - midnight .31". 28th- Some rain overnight midnight - 4am .09". Am fog.