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: 2010 * 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 85 69 70 0 12 0 0 0 SSE 7 24s PC 40 2 82 66 72 0 9 T 0 0 SE 5 19se C 20 3 87 70 78 0 13 0 0 0 S 7 19s PC 30 4 95 73 73 0 19 .01 0 0 S 6 21s PC 60 T 5 93 70 76 0 16 0 0 0 S 6 22w PC 40 6 88 70 73 0 14 0 0 0 NNW 10 32nw S 80 7 88 58 71 0 8 0 0 0 S 4 18sw PC 75 8 91 62 75 0 11 0 0 0 S 5 22s PC 70 9 97 67 82 0 17 0 0 0 S 5 20s S 80 10 98 72 82 0 20 0 0 0 SSW 5 18sw PC 70 11 98 71 82 0 20 0 0 0 N 4 21n PC 70 12 90 71 72 0 16 1.42 0 0 E 5 30w PC 40 T 13 76 70 72 0 8 .05 0 0 E 6 20e C 0 14 78 69 75 0 9 0 0 0 ESE 5 18e C 0 15 85 73 76 0 14 .03 0 0 SSE 6 22se C 10 16 96 72 74 0 19 .02 0 0 S 5 23s PC 50 T 17 91 68 74 0 14 0 0 0 NNE 4 15ne PC 60 18 82 68 68 0 10 .06 0 0 SSE 3 13n C 5 19 87 65 69 0 11 0 0 0 SSE 4 13s PC 60 F 20 93 62 74 0 13 0 0 0 E 4 16e S 90 21 90 68 78 0 14 0 0 0 SE 5 23se S 80 22 85 72 73 0 13 .12 0 0 SSE 7 24w PC 30 23 81 66 68 0 9 .06 0 0 N 8 22n PC 30 24 71 62 65 0 2 .01 0 0 NNE 6 18ne C 5 25 81 64 68 0 7 0 0 0 NNW 3 15n PC 35 26 84 63 64 0 8 0 0 0 NNW 7 27n PC 75 27 85 53 64 0 4 0 0 0 N 4 15n S 95 28 89 55 65 0 7 0 0 0 E 4 13e S 100 29 95 57 71 0 11 0 0 0 S 4 13s S 100 30 94 63 69 0 13 0 0 0 E 6 24ne S 100 31 97 61 72 0 14 0 0 0 SSE 4 15s S 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2732 2050 0 361 1.78 0 0 S 5.3 32nw 54.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2010 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 77.1 Normal 73.5 Dep +3.6 AVG MAX 88.1 Normal 85.3 Dep +2.8 AVG MIN 66.1 Normal 61.7 Dep +4.4 MAXIMUM 98 on 10th & 11th Lowest Max 71 on 24th MINIMUM 53 on 27th Highest Min 73 on 4th & 15th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 14 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 1.78 Normal 3.32 Dep -1.54 YEAR TO DATE 21.43 Normal 25.57 Dep -4.14 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 9 .10" or more 2 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.42 on 12th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.42 on 12th 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 1 Thunder 3 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 6 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 54.8% AVERAGE WIND S @ 5.3 mph PEAK GUST 32nw on 6th MAX BAROMETER 30.29 on 30th MIN BAROMETER 29.64 on 5th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 375 Normal 263 AUGUST 2010 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Partly cloudy high 85 F. 2nd: Mostly cloudy today high 82 F. A few sprinkles this morning, trace. 3rd: Warm humid mostly to partly cloudy high 87 F. 4th: Very light shower overnight around 2am .01". Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 95 F. Heat index peaked at 103. Some thunder and a few drops of rain this evening between 7-8pm. Large cluster of storms missed this area again. 5th: Partly cloudy hot and humid high 93 F. No rain again. 6th: Sunny windy not as hot and much less humid today high 88 F. NNW winds gusting to 32 mph. 7th: Partly cloudy high 88 F. HOT WEATHER 8th: Partly cloudy hot high 91 F. 9th: Mostly sunny and very hot high 97 F. Not that humid. Heat index same as temperature. 10th: Hazy and very hot high of 98 F. Close to the record of 99 set in 1913. Heat index about the same as the temperature peaked at 100. 11th: Very hot again today high of 98 F. Heat index same as temperature or slightly lower. Humidity down to 21 %. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN 12th: Intense thunderstorm this morning between 5am-6am with frequent intense lightning and heavy downpours of rain 1.19" fell. Wind gusts only to 22 mph. Hot and humid today high 90 F. Thundershower between 4pm-5pm produced another .23" of rain and wind gusts to 30 mph. Total rain today 1.42". 13th: A few light showers overnight. Cloudy much cooler high only 76 F. with a few light showers today. 14th: Cloudy high 78 F. 15th: Cloudy warm and humid high 85 F. Some light showers between 10:30am - 1pm .03". 16th: Very hot and humid today high of 96 F. Heat index peaking at 104. Few very light showers between 5-6pm some distant thunder. 17th: Partly cloudy hot high 91 F. 18th: Cloudy today high 82 F. A few light showers between 2pm - 4pm .06" fell. 19th: Fog overnight. Partly cloudy today high 87 F. 20th: Sunny and hot high 93 F. 21st: Mostly sunny hot high 90 F. 22nd: A few light showers overnight and this morning .12" fell. Mostly to party cloudy high 85 F. 23rd: Partly to mostly cloudy high 81 F. Light showers between 4pm - 7pm .06" fell. 24th: Light sprinkle overnight .01" Cloudy and cool today high 71 F. 25th: Partly cloudy high 81 F. 26th: Partly cloudy high 84 F. Breezy with NNW winds to 27 mph. 27th: Sunny high 85 F. 28th: Sunny high 89 F. 29th: Sunny Hot high 95 F. 30th: Sunny hot high 94 F. 31st: Sunny hot high 97 F. **THIS WAS THE HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD & 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD The 3 month summer average temperature of 77.7 F. Shattered the old record of 76.0 in 1995 This was 2nd driest summer on record with 4.96" of rain The driest was 4.49" in 1966 This was the 3rd hottest August on record with an average of 77.1 F. The record hottest was 78.3 in 1995 AUGUST 2010