Main page http://nfis.com/~i4storms Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight DECEMBER 1997 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 47 30 30 0 NNW 8 29 nw 70 2 46 27 27 0 NW 7 26 nw 90 3 50 25 44 0 SSW 3 14 sw 20 4 52 41 43 T SW 3 14 sw 0 5 43 30 30 0 W 8 29 w 25 6 34 28 29 0 W 11 35 w 25 7 43 29 38 T T 0 W 10 32 w 20 8 41 28 28 0 W 4 16 w 0 9 38 26 37 T T 0 SSW 2 13 sw 0 10 39 25 36 .46 T 0 SE 2 16 se 0 Fog,Sleet 11 46 35 38 .09 N 2 11 n 5 Fog 12 43 34 35 .15 WNW 4 21 w 10 Fog 13 46 24 37 0 SW 7 25 nw 50 14 44 26 26 0 NW 7 27 nw 80 15 50 19 27 0 SW 2 13 sw 100 16 60 23 29 0 SW 2 11 sw 90 17 54 23 27 0 N 2 13 n 60 18 49 19 28 0 SW 1 9 sw 70 19 60 27 35 0 SW 3 20 sw 25 20 56 28 37 0 NNW 5 28 nw 25 21 45 25 29 0 N 2 12 n 60 22 34 28 33 .39 T T N 2 14 n 0 Slt,FzR,Fog 23 42 33 42 0 SW 1 9 sw 0 Fog 24 42 30 37 .35 SE 3 18 se 10 Fog 25 49 37 43 .23 SW 3 15 sw 10 26 48 30 30 0 W 8 28 w 30 27 35 28 31 .21 0.8 0.5 NNE 3 14 n 0 28 38 22 22 0 0 T NW 3 17 nw 60 29 35 21 31 .42 6.8" 6.8 N 5 22 n 5 Sleet 30 38 26 27 .18 1.9 7 W 10 36 w 15 31 33 16 16 .01 0.2 6 1380 854 2.49 9.7" NW 4.4 36w 31.8% Average Temp 36.0 F.(normal 34.3) Average Max 44.5 F.(normal 42.4) Average Min 27.5 F.(normal 26.2) Precip Total 2.49" (normal 2.84) Snow Total 9.7" (normal 5.2) Season Total 9.7" (normal 6.9) DECEMBER 1997 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny breezy & cold NNW winds to 29 mph. 2nd: Sunny Dreezy NW winds to 26 mph. 4th: Cloudy. Few periods very light rain or drizzle today, Trace. COLD WINDY 5th: Windy & cold west winds gusting to 29 mph. 6th: Mostly cloudy windy and very cold today. West winds gusting to 35 mph. 7th: Mostly cloudy windy & cold today with a few Spits of snow late this afternoon and this evening. West winds up to 32 mph in gusts. SOME SNOW 9th: Some light snow fell this morning between 8:30am and 11am but not enough to measure just a few very light white patches in the dirt and that was it. RAIN / SOME SLEET / FOG 10th: Rain and some sleet. Periods of rain mainly between 7am - 1:30pm and 4-6pm. Brief period of sleet 5am then again around 1pm. Precip total .46". 11th: Light shower and drizzle overnight .01". Very Dense fog. More drizzle late this afternoon and evening. Rain developed again 10pm - midnight. .09" today. 12th: Rain Midnight - 2am .15" Then very dense fog again through mid morning. RECORD HIGH 16th: RECORD HIGH for Date of 60 F. Beats the old record of 59 in 1971. 19th: Another warm day of 60 F. but not a record which was 64 in 1929. SOME SLEET SNOW & FREEZING RAIN 22nd: Periods of light sleet, snow, and freezing rain today 9am - 1pm But no measurable accumulation on the ground. Rain and freezing rain became a little heavier late this afternoon and evening with some very light ice buildup on trees. Total.39". Fog. CHRISTMAS RAIN 24th: Rain moved in around 5pm. Rain 5pm-8:30pm,& 11pm- midnight .35" 25th: Rain midnight - 3:30am .23" A few peaks of sun today. SNOW!! FIRST MEASURABLE 27th: Light wet snow began just before 6am. Continued steady through noon. Became light and intermittent this afternoon and evening. Maximum snow total on ground 0.8". Most of the snow was melting as fast as it fell and not accumulating very well because temps were above 32. SNOW SNOW SNOW 29th: Intermittent snow & sleet between 5pm and 7pm. Snow became rapidly heavy and steady at 8pm and was continuing at midnight with 6.8" on the ground. 30th: Snow continued light to moderate midnight through 5am another 1.9" inches fell. Grand total from storm 8.7" A few more periods of light snow this morning. Windy today with WNW winds up to 32 mph in gusts some blowing and drifting this morning. Snow squalls this evening dusted the ground again. Also very windy this evening with West winds gusting to 36 mph. 31st: Some light snow and snow showers this morning 8:30am - 10am produced 0.2" of new snow. Rapidly falling temps this evening into the teens.