CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA STATION HAGERSTOWN MD 1E OBSERVER GREG KEEFER MONTH JANUARY 1996 TEMPERATURE F. PRECIPATATION (24 HR. MIDNIGHT AMOUNTS) RAIN/SNOW/ICE MIDNIGHT WATER CONTENT SNOW/ICE TOTAL SNOW/ICE DAY MAX MIN READING (HUNDRETHS) (TENTHS) ON GROUND 1 39 35 36 .05 0 0 2 37 34 34 .86 0 0 3 38 20 20 .18 T 0 4 30 17 21 0 0 0 5 31 20 20 0 0 0 6 23 14 15 .01 0.2 T 7 19 12 19 2.14 26.0 26 8 30 15 17 .72 8.7 35 9 25 2 22 T T 32 10 29 10 10 T T 28 11 22 2 16 T T 26 12 27 16 25 .69 8.0 34 13 42 20 31 0 0 28 14 46 21 23 0 0 22 15 47 19 19 0 0 18 16 31 16 24 0 0 17 17 47 21 32 .03 0 16 18 52 32 52 .07 0 13 18 59 15 15 1.43 T 3 20 29 12 14 0 0 3 21 35 13 18 0 0 3 22 44 13 32 0 0 2 23 37 28 34 .13 0 2 24 48 33 33 .82 T 1 25 36 22 22 T T 1 26 40 22 39 .15 0 1 27 57 29 29 .42 0 T 28 33 21 23 0 0 T 29 34 21 22 0 0 T 30 46 28 35 0 0 T 31 35 16 16 T T T JANUARY 1996 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND DAY 1- CLOUDY FOG DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND THIS EVENING WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN .05". 2- RAIN AND FOG RAIN MODERATE AT TIMES .86" FELL. 3- RAIN AND DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT SOME LIGHT SNOW 7 -8 AM, TRACE. FLURRIES THIS ATERNOON AND EVENING WINDY AND COLDER NW WINDS TO 31 MPH. .18" RAIN TODAY. "EXTREME SNOWSTORM SHATTERS ALL PREVIOUS SNOW RECORDS" 6- LIGHT SNOW BEGINS AROUND 11 PM WITH 0.2" BY MIDNIGHT. 7- SNOW ALL DAY, STORM GRADUALLY INTENSIFIES AS DAY GOES ON WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW AND HEAVY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WIND GUSTS TO 37 MPH. SNOW DEPTH AND TIME. 7AM 7"/ 10AM 9"/ 12 NOON 11"/ 4PM 15"/ 9PM 23" MIDNIGHT 26". 8- HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALL NIGHT LONG WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW FINALLY ENDS AT 8:30 AM. 9" SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH A GRAND TOTAL FROM THE 33 HOUR STORM OF 34.9" INCHES. THIS STORM BREAKS THE RECORD FOR FOR THE MOST SNOW IN A 24 HR PERIOD YESTERDAY WHEN 26" FELL BEATING THE OLD RECORD OF 25" SET FEB. 11TH 1983. THIS STORM BREAKS THE ALL TIME STORM TOTAL RECORD. THE 35" INCHES BEATS THE OLD RECORD OF 25" SET FEB. 11TH 1983. THIS STORM ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOW EVER MEASURED ON THE GROUND EITHER FROM A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL SNOWS OR ONE STORM. THE OLD RECORD IS 31" SET FEB. 8TH 1961 FROM SEVERAL SNOWS. THIS ALSO BREAKS A RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOW TOTAL FOR ANY MONTH. THE OLD RECORD IS 33" IN JANUARY OF 1925. 9- CLOUDY COLD, SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. 10- SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS TODAY, DUSTING. 30 MPH WINDS CAUSED SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 11- FEW EVENING FLURRIES. MORE SNOW! MORE SNOW! MORE SNOW! 12- SNOW BEGAN AGAIN THIS MORNING AT 3:30 AM. SNOWED ALL DAY MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES ENDED BY 5 PM WITH ANOTHER 8.0" OF NEW SNOW. TOTAL ON THE GROUND IS BACK UP TO 34.0" UNREAL! ICE! 17- LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT CAUSED VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. ONLY .02 RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH BECAUSE TEMPS WERE IN THE LOW 20'S. NUMEROUS ACCIDNTS REPORTED. WILD WEATHER EXTREMES, SNOW MELT, SEVERE FLOODING 19- LIGHT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 50'S ALL NIGHT. FOG ROLLED OFF THE RAPIDLY MELTING SNOW COVER WHICH WENT FROM 13" TO 3" OVERNIGHT WINDS SAVED US FROM SEVERE DENSE FOG. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FROM SEVERE ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA, THE HEAVIEST RAINS CAME 9:30 -10AM AND PRODUCED SEVERE WIDE SPREAD FLASH FLOODING WITH ALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THERE BANKS, MANY ROADS FLOODED, MANY BASEMENTS FLOODED, RESCUES WERE MADE FROM THE RISING WATERS. ALSO HIGH WINDS WITH SOME DAMAGE REPORTED 1.43" OF RAIN FELL AT THIS STATION WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS REPORTED BUT THAT COMBINED WITH THE LARGE SNOW AMOUNTS RECENTLY CAUSED THE SEVERE FLOODING. THE RAIN CAME DOWN AT A RATE OF 4.80" PER HOUR. RAIN CHANGED BRIEFLY TO SLEET BEFORE ENDING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY AND SHARPLY COLDER THIS EVENING. PEAK WIND GUSTS REACHED 44 MPH BOTH THIS MORNING AND THIS EVENING. 20- AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS CREST TODAY WITH THE WORST FLOODING SINCE 1985 POTOMAC AT WILLAMSPORT MD 34.8 FT. 1985 WAS 36.3 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 23 FT. NEARBY ANTIETAM CREEK CAUSED WIDE SPREAD FLOODING THEN WATER FROZE MAKING AN EVEN BIGGER MESS. 23- SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING CAUSED SLIPPERY ROADS AGAIN ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MORE RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH FOG. .13" FELL. 24- RAIN TODAY BETWEEN 5AM AND 3PM WAS HEAVY AT TIMES .82" FELL SOME MINOR FLOODING REPORTED. GUSTY NW WINDS THIS EVENING UP TO 38 MPH. 25- SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING 6-10 AM TRACE ACCUM. 26- RAIN THIS EVENING BEGAN 8:30PM .16" BY MIDNIGHT. 27- RAIN OVERNIGHT WAS NOT AS HEAVY IN THIS AREA AS PREDICTED ALSO STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVERNIGHT UP TO 36 MPH, SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS AS COLD FRONT PASSED AROUND NOON. RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT .42". STRONG NW WINDS TODAY UP TO 45 MPH. STREAMS AND CREEKS DID COME UP TO BANKFULL AGAIN WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING 28- WINDY,COLD NW WINDS UP TO 36 MPH. 31- VERY LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 4 AM (TRACE). WINDY AND COLDER TODAY WITH FALLING TEMPS. THIS MONTH BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE SNOWIEST JANUARY AND THE SNOWIEST FOR ANY MONTH. SNOW TOTAL WAS 42.9" BEATING THE 1925 RECORD OF 33.0" THIS WAS ALSO THE RECORD WETTEST JANUARY IN HISTORY 7.71" FELL BEATING THE OLD RECORD OF 6.68" IN 1979.