Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT: 39.64028 LONG: -77.69792 ELEV: 540 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: DECEMBER YEAR: 2013 * 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 37 18 35 37 0 0 0 0 SE 2 11s C 20 2 44 34 37 26 0 0 0 0 NNW 1 9nw C 0 3 50 33 34 23 0 0 0 0 N 1 8s PC 25 4 57 30 40 22 0 0 0 0 S 3 16w PC 50 5 66 40 58 12 0 .03 0 0 SSE 5 22se PC 30 F 6 58 35 36 18 0 2.14 T 0 NW 7 20nw C 0 7 38 27 27 33 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 22nw C 20 8 28 23 28 39 0 .57 6.9 6 N 2 10n C 0 F,S,G 9 35 28 32 34 0 .15 0.1 4 SW 3 14sw C 5 10 35 23 23 36 0 .36 3.9 6 WSW 7 34w PC 60 11 35 20 29 37 0 0 0 5 S 5 18s S 90 12 32 17 17 41 0 0 0 4 WSW 6 25nw S 100 13 39 17 26 37 0 0 0 4 SW 6 22sw S 100 14 35 26 30 34 0 .45 2.0 6 ENE 2 13e C 0 F,S,G 15 39 28 34 31 0 0 0 5 WSW 9 38w PC 25 16 34 25 29 36 0 T T 4 E 6 29nw C 5 17 34 25 29 36 0 .02 0.4 4 N 3 12n C 15 F 18 35 22 22 37 0 T T 3 W 6 26w PC 40 19 52 20 39 29 0 0 0 2 S 5 18s S 80 20 53 33 50 22 0 T 0 1 S 7 21s C 20 21 *65 48 64 8 0 T 0 0 S 7 22s C 25 22 *68 57 59 2 0 .25 0 0 S 10 36s C 0 23 59 33 33 19 0 .50 0 0 NW 8 25nw C 0 F 24 37 20 20 37 0 T T 0 WNW 9 34w PC 25 25 29 16 26 42 0 0 0 0 SSE 7 19se PC 50 26 42 25 29 32 0 T T 0 S 6 27w PC 65 27 50 20 27 30 0 0 0 0 WSW 5 22w S 95 28 57 27 43 23 0 0 0 0 SSW 6 20s S 95 29 46 39 43 22 0 1.02 0 0 NW 4 20nw C 0 30 44 26 28 30 0 .01 0 0 NW 7 29w C 0 31 37 22 23 35 0 0 0 0 W 9 36w PC 40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1370 857 900 0 5.50 13.3 S 5.5 38w 34.8% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS DECEMBER 2013 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 35.9 Normal 34.5 Dep +1.4 AVG MAX 44.2 Normal 42.4 Dep +1.8 AVG MIN 27.6 Normal 25.4 Dep +2.2 MAXIMUM 68 on 22nd Lowest Max 28 on 8th MINIMUM 16 on 25th Highest Min 57 on 22nd NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 3 Min 32 or Lower 22 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 5.50 Normal 3.22 Dep +2.28 YEAR TO DATE 41.59 Normal 42.36 Dep +0.77 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 8 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 2.14 on 6th Largest 24 Hr Amount 2.14 on 6th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 13.3 Normal 5.3 Dep +8.0 SEASON TOTAL 13.3 Normal 6.7 Dep +6.6 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 5 1.0" or more 3 Snow Cover 1" or more 13 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 6.9" on 8th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 6.9 on 8th Storm Max 6.9 on 8th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 5 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 2 Glaze 2 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 15 Partly Cloudy 10 Sunny 6 Sunshine% 34.8% AVERAGE WIND: SOUTH @ 5.5 mph PEAK GUST 38w on 15th MAX BAROMETER 30.60 on 25th MIN BAROMETER 29.55 on 29th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 900 Normal 967 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 DECEMBER 2013 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Mostly cloudy and cold high 37 F. 2nd: Cloudy high 44 F. 3rd: Mostly to partly cloudy hazy milder high 50 F. 4th: Partly cloudy hazy mild high 57 F. 5th: Fog overnight and through the morning. Mostly to partly cloudy and very mild today high of 66 F. A few light showers during the evening .03" COLD HEAVY RAIN 2.17" TOTAL 6th: Rain overnight and all day today and into the evening. 2.14" fell today. A few wet snowflakes mixed in wth rain during the evening. Precip ended just before midnight. The high of 58 occured just after midnight temps fell into 30's in the afternoon. 7th: Mostly cloudy colder breezy high 38 F. HEAVY SNOW - SNOW BURST 6.9" THEN FREZZING RAIN 8th: Snow began around 10am and became very heavy very quickly. Snow was heaviest between 11am -12pm with snowfall rates at one point was over 3" per hour. Snow fall measurements 11am 0.5", 11:30am 2.5", 12noon 5.2", 1pm 5.8" 3pm 6.9" Some light snow and sleet the rest of the afternoon after 3pm. Periods of light freezing rain throughout the evening. 9th: Periods of freezing rain overnight through 5am with 0.1" of ice accumulation. Total snow and ice 7.0" Cloudy today high 35 F. Dense fog this evening. MORE SNOW 3.9" 10th: Snow began just before 5:30am became heavy very quickly falling at a rate of 1.5" per Hour. 3 inches on the ground by 7:00. Mainly light snow fell the rest of the morning. Total snowfall 3.9" Became windy during the afternoon and evening with one peak gust of 34 mph from the west. 11th: Low of 20 this morning. Sunny today high 35 F. Temperture began rising sharply this evening just before midnight from 20 F to 29 at midnight as as south winds inreased ahead of a cold front. 12th Temperature rose to 32 just after midnight with gusty winds then began falling again. Sunny breezy and cold with an afternoon high of 28 F. 13th: Sunny breezy high 39 F. SNOW / ICE 2.0" 14th: Light snow began around 7am this morning. Periods of snow throughout the day. Snow was briefly moderate at times. Not much snow fell between 11am - 1pm. Snow changed mainly to sleet and freezing rain during the evening and caused light ice buildup. Precipitation ended by 11pm. Total new snow and ice today was 2.0" 15th: Mostly to partly cloudy and windy today high of 39 F. WSW winds gusting to 38 mph this afternoon. 16th: Windy overnight NW winds gusting to 29 mph. Snow flurries overnight and during the morning.Snow flurries during the evening. SOME SNOW 0.4" 17th: Periods of light snow fell overnight through 8am with 0.4" of new snow. Mostly cloudy today with another period of light snow midday but no additional accumulation. High 34 F. 18th: Partly cloudy breezy with a few snow flurries high 35 F. 19th: Cold start low of 20 F but much warmer by afternoon with a high of 52 F. 20th: Mostly cloudy high 53 F. A few sprinkles during the evening, trace. * RECORD WARMTH * 21st:*RECORD HIGH - High temperature today of 65 F breaks the old record for this date set in 1998. Mostly cloudy breezy and warm today with a few sprinkles at times, trace. 22nd *RECORD HIGH - A high temperature of 68 F this morning just after 6am breaks the record for this date of 65 set in 1990 A few showers overnight and some strong gusty winds from the SSE up to 35 mph. Warm with periods of rain today and some strong gusty south withs during the afternoon up to 36 mph. Rainfall today .25". 23rd: Fog and rainfall overnight rain ended by 10am .50" fell. High of 59 just after midnight. Windy with falling temperatures during the afternoon and evening into 30's. Cloudy all day. COLDER 24th: Partly to mostly cloudy today high 37 F. Became windy and colder during the afternoon with several snow showers and falling temperatures into low 20's this evening. WNW winds gusting to 34 mph. 25th: CHRISTmas - Cold morning low of 16 F. Partly cloudy and cold today high 29 F. 26th: Snow showers earlier this morning bwtween 4am -7am. Partly cloudy today high 42 F. Windy during the afternoon with west winds up to 27 mph. MILD 27th: Sunny high 50 F. 28th: Sunny mild high 57 F. SOAKING RAINS 29th: A cold rain today between 5am - 5pm with 1.02" falling. Rain was moderate at times and briefly heavy at times. 30th: A light shower overnight .01". Mostly cloudy and cold today. High of 44 just after midnight. 31st: Partly cloudy cold and windy today hig 37 F. West winds gusting to 36 mph during the afternoon. DECEMBER 2013