Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight APRIL 1998 Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Occuring events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 75 54 54 .81 SSE 5 33 nw 25 Thunder 2 70 44 44 0 W 8 31 w 70 3 63 37 49 0 NE 3 18 ne 60 4 52 40 40 .11 N 7 28 n 5 5 59 38 46 0 N 8 29 n 85 6 63 31 40 0 NW 5 22 nw 100 7 68 29 52 0 SW 2 14 sw 50 8 70 45 55 .10 N 4 27 nw 40 Thunder 9 55 44 44 .96 N 4 17 n 0 Fog, Thunder 10 60 38 39 .06 N 4 20 n 40 11 64 29 44 0 NW 2 17 nw 95 12 68 31 43 0 N 2 13 n 100 13 71 34 58 0 SE 3 15 se 80 14 67 51 57 .05 SSE 3 16 se 40 15 74 49 57 .01 W 4 22 w 70 Fog 16 78 55 66 T S 4 19 s 30 17 80 50 50 .53 SSE 7 31 w 60 Thunder 18 66 43 54 0 SSE 3 13 s 50 19 54 48 49 2.01 N 2 13 n 0 Thunder,Fog 20 64 47 47 0 NNW 6 26 nw 70 21 70 39 50 0 SW 2 13 sw 50 22 69 44 50 0 SE 3 16 se 50 23 64 45 51 0 SW 2 12 sw 15 24 75 39 63 0 W 5 22 w 80 25 76 47 61 0 NW 6 24 nw 70 Thunder 26 65 44 44 .42 N 5 31 n 10 27 61 40 41 .01 N 5 27 n 85 28 66 35 43 0 N 3 14 n 90 29 76 38 62 0 SW 3 15 sw 70 30 75 56 60 .10 SW 2 13 sw 10 31 2018 1264 5.17 N 4.1 33 1st 52.7% APRIL STATS Average Temperature 54.7 F. (normal 52.6) Average Maximum 67.3 F. (normal 64.0) Average Minimum 42.1 F. (normal 41.1) Maximum Temp 80 F. on 17th Minimum Temp 29 F. on 7th & 8th Total Precip 5.17" (normal 3.17) Total year to date 22.27" (normal 11.22) SnowFall Total 0.0" (normal 0.3) Season Total 13.3" (normal 29.7) Max Barometer 30.44" on 27th Min Barometer 29.35" on 9th Wind Average North at 4.1 mph Peak Gust 33 mph on 1st. Average Sunshine 52.7% APRIL 1998 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HEAVY DOWNPOURS 1st: Light rain showers this morning 8am - 10am. Heavy downpours and thunderstorms between 11:30am & 1:30pm .81" fell today. 2nd: Became windy from west with gusts to 31 mph. Much cooler this evening. 4th: Light rain fell began between 3:30am and noon .11" Cool and Breezy. FROST / FREEZE 6th: Some light frost this morning with a low of 31 F. Bright sunny day with very low humidity and dew points both in the teens. 7th: Hard Freeze, moderate frost this morning low of 29 F. RAIN 8th: Light showers this morning 10:45 - noon. Some neaby thunderstorms this evening 6-7pm with only a light shower .10" today. 9th: Some thunder and lightning around 3am. Periods of rain and showers since 4am with the heavier rains late this morning and this afternoon. Some light rain and drizzle this evening. Total rain today .96". 10th: Light rain and drizzle overnight .06" by 9am. Clearing by noon. HEAVY FROST / FREEZE 11th: Low of 29 F. this morning with heavy frost and hard freeze. 12th: Low of 31 F. with more frost this morning. LIGHT RAIN 14th: A few very light showers today. Some more light showers late this evening .05" today. 15th: Shower around midnight. Some fog overnight. THUNDERSTORM 17th: Thunderstorm between 2pm -2:30pm developed very rapidy overhead and produced a very quick .50" of rain in 10 minutes. Temperature shot up quicky to 80 F. as sun came out just before storm. Skies became very ominous in a very short time. Some pea size hail reported in area. Became windy late this afternoon from west gusts to 31 mph. Much cooler this evening. RAIN 19th: Rain began shortly after 4am. Periods of rain all day with moderate to heavy downpours at times and some thunderstorms this afternoon. Rain ended just before midnight. Total today 2.01" 25th: Very low humidity & dew points past 2 days. 26th: Few light showers between 4am and 11am .10" fell. More rain, wind, and some thunder and lightning this evening. Wind gusts from the north up to 31 mph and rapid drop in temp into the 40's rain began 7:30pm and continued through midnight .42". 27th: Rain ended just after midnight .01". 28th: Low of 35 F. with light frost this morning. 30th: Few showers today between 6am - 11am, 5:45pm an 7:30pm. January through April was the wettest first 4 months ever recorded with 22.27" of precipitation. The previous record was in 1994 when 18.94" fell.