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:JULY YEAR: 2002 * 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 90 66 74 0 13 0 0 0 SW 2 10sw PC 65 2 96 68 80 0 17 0 0 0 SW 2 11sw PC 60 F 3 97 73 78 0 20 0 0 0 WNW 3 13nw PC 70 4 98 70 81 0 19 0 0 0 NW 3 16nw PC 70 5 89 68 68 0 14 0 0 0 NNW 6 23nw S 95 6 85 59 66 0 7 0 0 0 N 5 20n S 90 7 85 55 65 0 5 0 0 0 SW 2 13sw PC 50 8 92 58 73 0 10 0 0 0 SW 3 14sw PC 60 9 96 69 71 0 17 .15 0 0 WSW 5 28w PC 60 T 10 83 65 66 0 11 0 0 0 NNE 3 15n PC 30 F 11 79 55 59 0 4 0 0 0 NNE 4 17n PC 70 12 83 49 62 0 1 0 0 0 SW 3 14sw S 80 13 76 59 67 0 2 .04 0 0 SE 2 15se C 0 14 79 64 67 0 6 .72 0 0 SW 2 13sw C 10 F 15 90 63 71 0 11 0 0 0 SW 4 18sw PC 50 F 16 93 66 77 0 14 0 0 0 NNW 6 23n S 95 17 93 62 77 0 13 0 0 0 SW 4 20sw S 90 18 89 73 74 0 16 0 0 0 SW 3 17sw PC 30 19 91 70 70 0 15 .03 0 0 SW 3 19w PC 50 F,T 20 88 68 75 0 13 0 0 0 ESE 2 12se PC 30 F 21 92 70 78 0 16 0 0 0 SW 3 17sw PC 60 22 95 70 79 0 18 0 0 0 SW 4 18sw S 80 23 96 71 71 0 19 .32 0 0 SW 6 35nw S 75 T 24 82 64 73 0 8 0 0 0 NNE 3 16ne PC 40 25 78 70 72 0 9 T 0 0 SE 3 15se C 0 26 72 62 68 0 2 .81 0 0 SE 3 15se C 0 F,T 27 85 68 73 0 12 .23 0 0 SE 4 26w PC 40 F,T 28 94 71 79 0 18 0 0 0 SW 4 26sw PC 60 29 94 73 81 0 19 0 0 0 SW 6 24sw PC 70 30 92 74 79 0 18 0 0 0 WNW 6 25w S 80 31 94 68 77 0 16 0 0 0 N 4 16n S 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2746 2041 0 383 2.30 0 0 SW 3.6 35nw 56.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS JULY 2002 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 77.2 Normal 74.9 Dep +2.3 AVG MAX 88.6 Normal 86.8 Dep +1.8 AVG MIN 65.8 Normal 63.0 Dep +2.8 MAXIMUM 98 on 4th Lowest Max 72 on 26th MINIMUM 49 on 12th Highest Min 74 on 30th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 17 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.30 Normal 3.33 Dep -1.03 YEAR TO DATE 18.97 Normal 22.25 Dep -3.28 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 7 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.81 on 26th Largest 24 Hr Amount Same SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.0 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 8 Thunder 5 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 4 Partly Cloudy 18 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 56.5% AVERAGE WIND SW @ 3.6mph PEAK GUST 35nw on 23rd MAX BAROMETER 30.25 on 8th MIN BAROMETER 29.80 on 19th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 383 Normal 306 JULY 2002 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HEAT WAVE 1st: Hazy hot and humid high of 90 F. 2nd: Hazy, very hot and very humid today high of 96 F. Heat index averaging 103 this afternoon and peaked at 106. 3rd: Very hot today but not as hazy high 97 F. Heat index averaging 103 Peaked at 105. 4th: Very hot again today high of 98 F. Heat index averaging 103 peaked at 107. NOT SO HOT 5th: Sunny and very warm high 89 F. with much lower humidity and dew points. 6th: Another fine sunny day with low humidity. 7th: Very hazy smokey skies and visibility from Canadian forrest fires. High 85 F. 8th: Hazy smokey hot and rather humid high 92 F. HOT HUMID / THUNDERSTORM 9th: Very hot hazy and humid high of 96 F. Heat index peaked at 100. Thunderstorm this evening 6:30pm-7:30pm .15" rain and wind gusts to 28 mph. COOLER 10th: Warm became less humid today hig 83 F. 11th: A very nice day for July high only 79 with low humidity. 12th: Very chilly morning with a low of 49 F. That's rare in July! Sunny and warm this afternoon high 83 F. RAIN 13th: Cloudy all day and cool high 76 F. A few sprinkles at times. Steady rain began around 10pm this evening with .04' by midnight. 14th: Rain all night, good soaking rains .72" by 9am when it ended. Fog overnight and this morning. Sun came out just before sundown. HOT 15th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Became hot and rather humid today high 90 F. 16th: Sunny and hot but not humid high 93 F. 17th: Sunny hot and a bit more humid today hiiigh 93 F. heat index peaked at 99. 18th: Hazy very warm and very humid today high 89 F. Heat index 98. 19th: Hazy hot and humid today a brief high of 91 F. Heat index in upper 90's Thunderstorms in the area 3pm -6pm but no direct hit and only .03" of rain. 20th: Partly cloudy very warm and rather humid today. 21st: Hazy hot and humid today high 92 F. 22nd: Hazy very hot and humid today high 95 F. Heat index averaging 102 peaked at 105. 23rd: Hazy very hot and humid again high 96 F. Heat index averaging 104 peaked at 107. Thunderstorms in the area began just after 4pm with winds out ahead of storm up to 35 mph .22" of rain fell with the storm and some sharp lightning. More showers and storms throughout the evening through 8pm total rain today .32". 24th: Partly cloudy cooler high 82 F. 25th: Cloudy and cool high only 78 F. A few sprinkels of rain this evening, trace. RAIN 26th: Good soaking rains overnight from showers and thunderstorms from warm front approaching area. Rain and storms between 2-4am and 6-9am .81" fell. Cloudy and cool all day day time high only in the 60's High of 72 was at midnight. 27th: Partly cloudy warm and humid today. Thunderstorm between 3:30pm-5pm .23" of rain and wind gusts to 26 mph. HOT VERY HUMID 28th: Hot and very oppressive high 94 F. with dew points briefly in the upper 70's at one point and heat indices averaging at 105 peaking at 109 this afternoon. 29th: Hot hazy and very humid again today high of 94 F. Heat index averaging around 103 peaked at 106 this afternoon. Dew points in the mid 70's 30th: Sunny and hot but not quite as humid high 92 F. Heat index averaging 94 this afternoon peaking at 96. 31st: Sunny and hot today high 94 F. July 2002 was the 10th hottest on record with an average of 77.2 F. The hottest ever was in 1999 with an 80.0 average.