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: AUGUST YEAR: 2003 * 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 79 71 72 0 10 1.11 0 0 SW 3 12sw C 10 2 86 68 75 0 12 0 0 0 SW 4 19sw PC 60 F 3 83 71 72 0 12 T 0 0 SE 5 22se PC 30 4 84 68 70 0 11 .02 0 0 SW 2 13sw PC 50 5 83 67 70 0 10 .12 0 0 SW 3 14sw PC 65 T 6 82 63 69 0 8 .28 0 0 SW 3 13sw PC 60 F,T 7 83 65 71 0 9 T 0 0 SE 2 12sw PC 30 8 84 66 73 0 10 .01 0 0 SW 2 11sw PC 30 9 83 70 73 0 12 0 0 0 S 3 14sw PC 40 F 10 84 69 74 0 12 0 0 0 SE 3 13se PC 40 11 80 69 69 0 9 .77 0 0 NNW 3 16e PC 60 F,T 12 87 65 74 0 11 T 0 0 SE 3 22se PC 60 F,T 13 87 69 74 0 13 0 0 0 SE 3 15se PC 70 F 14 91 70 74 0 16 0 0 0 NNE 2 10n S 80 F 15 90 70 74 0 15 0 0 0 NNE 3 14ne S 90 F 16 85 69 69 0 12 .13 0 0 SW 4 24n PC 30 T 17 84 66 74 0 10 1.31 0 0 N 4 18n S 80 F,T 18 82 65 66 0 8 0 0 0 N 4 14n PC 50 19 84 60 70 0 7 0 0 0 SSE 2 11se S 80 20 86 64 73 0 10 0 0 0 SE 3 14se S 80 21 89 67 76 0 13 0 0 0 SE 3 13se PC 70 F 22 90 71 74 0 16 0 0 0 SW 4 18se PC 60 F,T 23 82 67 69 0 10 0 0 0 NNW 4 18nw S 95 24 79 54 61 0 1 0 0 0 N 3 14n S 95 25 89 60 73 0 9 0 0 0 SW 4 20sw PC 75 26 81 67 67 0 9 .82 0 0 SW 4 35nw C 15 T 27 81 67 68 0 9 .28 0 0 SW 4 23nw C 15 T 28 86 61 73 0 9 0 0 0 SW 2 11sw S 80 F 29 89 71 75 0 15 0 0 0 SW 4 20sw PC 70 F 30 86 71 71 0 14 .20 0 0 SW 5 24n PC 50 T 31 71 63 68 0 2 T 0 0 N 3 12n C 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2610 2064 0 324 5.05 0 0 SW 3.3 35nw 55.6% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2003 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 75.4 Normal 73.5 Dep +1.9 AVG MAX 84.2 Normal 85.3 Dep -1.1 AVG MIN 66.6 Normal 61.7 Dep +4.9 MAXIMUM 91 on 14th Lowest Max 71 on 31st MINIMUM 54 on 25th Highest Min 71 on 1st,3rd,22nd,29th,30th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 3 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 5.05 Normal 3.32 Dep +1.73 YEAR TO DATE 39.63 Normal 25.57 Dep +14.06 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.31 on 17th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.31 on 17th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Normal Dep SEASON TOTAL Normal Dep 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 13 Thunder 10 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 4 Partly Cloudy 19 Sunny 8 Sunshine% 55.6% AVERAGE WIND SW @ 3.3 mph PEAK GUST 35nw on 26th MAX BAROMETER 30.38 on 14th MIN BAROMETER 29.80 on 16th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 324 Normal 263 AUGUST 2003 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HEAVY DOWNPOURS 1st: Rain overnight with heavy downpours mainly between 1:30am - 3:00am 1.09" fell. Mostly cloudy and very muggy today high 79 F. A few more light showers during the afternoon .02". Total rain today 1.11". WARM HUMID TROPICAL 2nd: Fog overnight. Partly cloudy very warm and very humid high of 86 F. Dew points in low to mid 70's. 3rd: Warm and very humid today high 83 F. with dew points in the low to mid 70's again. A few light sprinkles this afternoon. 4th: A light shower around 3am .02". Partly cloudy warm and humid today. 5th: Partly cloudy warm and humid today. Thunderstorms late this evening near midnight with some intense lightning and quick downpours with .12" by midnight. 6th: Thunderstorms just after midnight with some intense lightning and quick downpours with another .28" by 12:30am .40" total fell from event. Some fog overnight. Warm hazy and humid today. 7th: Fog overnight and this morning. Warm and humid today with some threatening skies at times with just a few sprinkles of rain today only a trace. 8th: Warm humid and hazy today. A light shower early this evening but only .01" of rain. 9th: Some fog overnight. Partly cloudy hazy warm humid threatening skies but no rain here. 10th: Same old song. Partly cloudy hazy warm and humid. No rain. 11th: Rain and thunderstorms very close overnight 1am - 4am heavy rainfall nearby but once again missed this station and only got .02" of rain. Heavy downpours did occur later in morning between 8:30am - 10:30am with .75" of rain. Became mostly sunny warm and humid in afternoon. 12th: Partly clody hazy very warm and humid today high of 87 F. Some cooler around 5pm from outflow from a thunderstorm to the east. Some distant thunder. A few drops of rain around 7:30pm, trace. 13th: Some fog overnight. Partly cloudy hot and humid high 87 F. HAZY HOT HUMID STORMS 14th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Hot hazy and humid high of 91 F. Dew points into the mid 70's. Heat index peaked at 101 F. 15th: Fog overnight. Sunny and hot but a little less humid today high of 90 F. 16th: Partly cloudy warm hazy and humid. Thunderstorms in the area 2:30 - 3:30pm but as usual not much happend at this location. A split in the storms the worst being just to the NNE and S and E of this Station. Only .01" of rain and wind gusts to 24 mph. More storms late this evening between 10pm -midnight with another .12" of rain. 17th: Series of intense thunderstorms overnight between midnight - 3:30am with heavy downpours and frequent sharp lightning and some very explosive thunder 1.31" of rain fell. Became mostly sunny today but still rather warm and humid high 84 F. 18th: Partly cloudy not as warm or humid today. 19th: Low of 60 F. Coolest morning of the month. 20th: Sunny very warm high 86 F. 21st: Some fog overnight. Hazy hot and humid high 89 F. 22nd: Hazy hot and very humid high of 90 F. Dew points in the mid 70's. Some thunder early evening from distant storms. 23rd: Summy and nice with lower humidity high 82 F. 24th: Chilly morning low of 54 F. A rare event this summer to have a low that cool. Sunny and pleasant today high of only 79 F. 25th: Heat,humidity and hazy skies return high of 89 F. INTENSE STORMS 26th: Showers this morning with some thunder between 7am - 11am. A large and intense line of severe thunderstorms rolled through the area this afternoon between 3:30pm - 4:30pm began with very black ominous skies. Heavy downpours and strong winds up to 35 mph at my location but higher gusts reported. Lightning was extremely intense with frequent strikes and loud explosive thunder. Total rain today .82". Some wind damage reported across the 4 state area but not in this immediate location. A good bit of power outages across the county from lightning and wind. 27th: Some light showers overnight between 2-3am .02". Some showers and thunderstorms between 8:30am-11am. A few more storms in the area late this afternoon but broke apart as they came through with just a trace of rain. Total rain today .28". 28th: Some fog overnight. Suny warm and rather humid today high 86 F. 29th: Fog overnight. Hazy hot and very humid today. high 89 F. Dew points in mid 70's. 30th: Hazy warm and humid today. Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon between 2-3pm with .20" of rain. 31st: Mostly cloudy, cooler with a few spits of rain during the morning, trace. High only 71. AUGUST 2003