Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight FEBRUARY: 1998 Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Occurring events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 49 20 27 0 0 0 SW 2 11 sw 80 2 47 24 39 0 0 0 SW 2 14 sw 30 3 42 37 38 0 0 0 N 4 21 n 10 4 38 34 36 .93 T 0 NE 11 35 ne 0 Sleet 5 40 35 39 .36 0 0 N 8 31 n 0 6 47 31 33 0 0 0 N 4 17 n 10 7 47 32 37 0 0 0 N 3 16 n 15 8 52 27 28 0 0 0 N 4 18 n 75 9 53 22 28 0 0 0 SW 2 11 sw 95 10 57 22 31 0 0 0 SW 2 13 sw 40 11 50 29 44 .32 0 0 SSE 4 21 se 40 Fog 12 52 38 38 T 0 0 W 10 33 w 30 Fog 13 42 32 36 0 0 0 NW 7 26 nw 20 14 42 28 28 T T 0 N 5 26 n 20 15 44 21 28 0 0 0 N 2 11 n 80 16 42 24 35 .12 T 0 ESE 2 16 se 20 Sleet 17 48 35 44 .63 0 0 ENE 10 40 ne 0 18 52 44 45 .20 0 0 N 2 11 n 0 Fog 19 50 39 42 0 0 0 W 6 24 w 5 20 48 39 44 .15 0 0 SW 3 17 sw 0 21 47 42 43 T 0 0 WNW 8 29 nw 0 22 50 32 40 0 0 0 N 3 16 n 25 23 41 35 37 1.36 T T NNE 7 29 n 0 24 42 33 39 .47 T 0 NNW 11 36 nw 0 25 54 36 36 0 0 0 NW 13 43 nw 75 26 59 31 38 0 0 0 N 3 13 n 60 27 59 30 40 .03 0 0 N 2 15 n 50 28 51 38 43 .26 0 0 N 2 12 n 5 Fog 29 30 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1345 890 4.83" T T N 5 43 nw 27.9% sun -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Temperature 39.9 F. (normal 32.6) Average Maximum 48.8 F. (normal 41.5) Average Minimum 31.8 F. (normal 23.7) Total Precip 4.83" (normal 2.46) Total year to date 11.05" (normal 5.00) Snowfall Total Trace (normal 8.6) Season Total 13.0" (normal 24.8) FEBRUARY 1998 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM 4th: A few spits of snow and sleet overnight but precipitation of snow rain & sleet became steady at 5:45am. Trace on ground at 7am. 35 F. Light sleet and rain with just a little snow through noon. Almost all rain this afternoon mostly light, but winds increasing from NE with gusts to 35 mph late this afternoon. Wind Blown rain all evening with just a little sleet. .80" at 10pm. Reports of several inches of snow and sleet on ground in all directions just outside of town but mostly a rain event here. Rain .93" by midnight. Alot of Flooding reported in the area. 5th: Light rain overnight through noon .36" Some drizzle this afternoon. Still windy today with North wind gusts to 31 mph. RAIN / WIND 11th: Rain this evening 5pm - 11pm .31". Fog 12th: Fog overnight, trace of rain. Windy today with West wind gusts to 33 mph. 14th: Period of very light fine snow this morning 9am-11am, Trace. 16th: Rain began around 5pm with a little sleet mixed in quickly turned to all rain. .12" by midnight. 17th: Periods of rain today moderate at times, with some heavier downpours late this evening .63" total. Also some gusty NE winds up to 40 mph. 18th: Some rain just after midnight .04". Cloudy today. Some more rain again this afternoon and this evening total today .20". 20th: Light rain today between 7:30 am and 4:00pm .15" fell. 21st: Cloudy, Breezy today few spits of rain this afternoon. RAIN / SLEET / SNOW 23rd: Rain began around 6:15am. Rain all day with some snow and sleet mixed in at times. Windy this evening with heavier downpours, again mixed with snow and sleet. NNE winds up to 29mph this evening. 1.36" by midnight. 24th: Rain overnight with some sleet. Rain today through 1:00pm. .47" fell. Windy late this afternoon and this evening with NNW winds gusting as high as 36 mph. 25th: Very windy today Nw winds all day with many gusts of 35 mph with a peak wind of 43 mph around noon. 27th: Few Showers 1:30pm - 2:30pm .03" 28th: Few light showers today around 11am and 1pm some heavier downpours 4pm-6pm .26" fell. Dense evening fog. February 1998 was the 3rd warmest on Record with an average temperature of 39.9 F. The Record warmest was in 1976 with a 41.9 average. 1997 was also a very warm February with an average of 39.3. February 1998 was the 2nd Wettest ever with 4.83" of precipitation. The wettest ever was 5.20 in 1984. There was no measurable Snow or ice in February just traces This has only happend 6 other times before the last time was in 1976. This was the 2nd Warmest Winter in History for the 3 meteorological months of Dec,Jan,& Feb with an average temperature of 38.4 F. The warmest winter ever was the 1931-32 winter with a 40.2 average.