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(Readings are from Midnight to Midnight) MONTH:AUGUST YEAR:2000 * 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 88 70 72 14.1 .02 SW 3 23 w PC 50 F,T 2 87 69 73 13.1 .02 SW 3 16 sw PC 50 T 3 85 68 68 11.4 .08 SW 3 15 sw PC 25 T 4 83 66 67 9.5 .57 SW 3 15 w C 10 F,T 5 82 58 62 4.8 0 N 2 11 n S 85 6 74 59 73 1.5 .74 SW 4 24 se C 0 F.T 7 92 72 77 17.3 0 SW 5 24 sw PC 60 F 8 91 71 78 15.8 0 SW 3 16 sw PC 60 9 88 71 71 14.0 T SW 5 27 se PC 60 T 10 89 68 70 13.4 0 N 4 17 n PC 70 11 85 65 70 9.9 0 WNW 3 17 w PC 65 12 81 61 64 6.2 0 N 5 20 n PC 75 13 75 60 64 2.6 .09 N 4 19 n PC 30 14 83 61 66 6.5 0 N 4 16 n PC 40 15 88 61 72 9.3 0 SW 4 14 sw PC 50 16 86 67 67 11.3 0 NW 6 26 nw S 80 17 74 56 65 0.3 T WNW 3 14 w C 20 18 68 59 59 1.3 0.0 .01 N 2 10 n C 0 F 19 79 54 58 1.1 0 NNW 4 23 n PC 75 F 20 79 51 55 0.2 0 N 3 13 n PC 60 21 78 48 57 1.8 0.0 0 N 3 13 n S 85 22 83 55 68 4.0 0 SE 4 13 se PC 70 23 79 63 68 6.1 .02 SW 4 19 sw C 20 24 82 65 65 8.5 .01 N 3 15 n PC 30 F,T 25 83 58 64 5.4 0 NE 2 9 ne PC 60 F 26 86 57 67 6.6 0 SW 3 13 sw PC 60 F 27 78 64 66 5.9 .88 ENE 3 21 w C 20 F,T 28 83 65 68 9.3 .07 SE 2 11 e PC 40 F 29 76 66 70 5.8 .03 ENE 5 18 ne C 0 F 30 81 68 70 9.4 .06 ENE 3 12 e C 20 31 79 70 75 9.5 .06 ESE 3 15 se C 5 2545 1945 3.1 233.1 2.66 MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2000 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP: 72.4 Normal: 73.5 Dep: -1.1 AVG MAX: 82.1 Normal: 85.3 Dep: -3.2 AVG MIN: 62.7 Normal: 61.7 Dep: 1.0 MAXIMUM: 92 on 7th Lowest Max: 68 on 18th MINIMUM: 48 on 21st Highest Min: 72 on 7th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 of Higher:2 Max 32 or Lower:0 Min 32 or Lower:0 Min 0 or Lower:0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL: 2.66" Normal: 3.32 Dep: -0.66 YEAR TO DATE: 32.65" Normal: 25.57 Dep: +7.08 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or More 14 .10" or More 3 1.00" or More 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT: .88" on 27th Largest 24 Hr Amount(if available): .88" on 27th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL: 0 Normal: Dep: SEASON TOTAL: normal: Dep: NUMBER OF DAYS .1+ 1.0+ Snow Cover: MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL: MAX 24 Hr Snowfall: Storm Max: OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog:12 Thunder:8 Hail:0 Sleet:0 Glaze:0 Damaging Wind:0 Cloudy:9 Partly Cloudy:19 Clear:3 % Sunshine:45.0% AVERAGE WIND:SW @ 3.5 mph PEAK GUST:27 mph on 9th MAX BAROMETER:30.36" on 21st MIN BAROMETER:29.75" on 9th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING:3.1 COOLING:233.1 AUGUST 2000 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY WARM HUMID / STORMS 1st: Hazy hot and humid high of 88 F with a heat index of 99. Nearby thunderstorms between 5pm-6:30pm only dropped .02" of rain and wind gusts to 23 mph. 2nd: Hot and humid today. Nearby thunderstorms just to S & E between 3pm-5:30pm only a trace of rain at this station. Showers 7-8pm .02" fell. 3rd: A few light showers overnight around 2am with another .02". A few light sprinkles today. Nearby thunderstorms mainly to the south again 5-6:30pm only produced .06" here. 4th: Cloudy hazy and humid today. Thunderstorm this afternoon between 3:30pm-4:30pm dropped a quick .57" most fell in 15 minutes. NICE DAY 5th: Finally a sunny, less humid, haze, rain and fog free day since the first week of July. RAIN 6th: Rain with embedded thunderstorms today 8:30am - 5pm. Rain was moderate at times .74" fell. Fog this evening. OPPRESSIVE 7th: Hot and very humid today high of 92 F. First 90 degree day since June 26th. Heat index peaked at 103. Dew point hit 78 around noon before leveling out into the mid 70's 8th: Hot and humid high 91 F. 9th: Warm and humid but not as bad as the previous 2 days. Nearby storms around 5pm with only a trace of rain and some lightning and thunder to the south. Also a very large and unusual barometric pressure drop 5-6pm West winds gusted to 27 mph around that time. 13th: Rain showers 6am - 8am .09" CLOUDY / COOL / SPRINKLES 17th: Cool day. Just a few sprinkles late this afternoon and evening, trace. 18th: Cloudy and very cool high on 68 F. Few sprinkles this morning and some very light rain and drizzle this afternoon only .01" 19th: Partly cloudy cool weather. 20th: Partly cloudy cool weather again. 21st: Very chilly morning low of 48 F. 23rd: Some light rain showers this afternoon only .02" fell. 24th: Nearby thunderstorms to NNE this morning 4-5am only produced .01" of rain. 26th: Warm and humid high 86F. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 27th: Thunderstorms 5-6:30pm with heavy downpours and some intense lightning. .88" of rain. 28th: Showers this morning between 3-5am .06" Warm and humid today. Another light shower 6-6:30pm .01". 29th: Cloudy, cool and humid with a few periods of drizzle and light showers .03". 30th: Mostly cloudy warm and humid. Showers this evening between 8-8:30pm .06" 31st: Cloudy warm and humid. Showers this afternoon between 1pm-4pm .06" The 3 month summer average of June, July, and August was 72.5 F. That was only a little cooler that the normal of 73.0. That was also far from the record cool summer of 1927 with an average of 68.1. We were short on 90 degee days. So far only 12 have occured since May and none occured in July and that was a first. Normally we have 28 in a year.