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: MARCH 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 52 16 28 31 0 0 0 0 SW 4 28sw PC 70 2 48 27 48 27 0 .62 T 0 ESE 5 27e C 0 S 3 58 29 29 21 0 .03 0 0 WNW 8 40nw PC 25 F 4 29 17 18 42 0 T T 0 WNW 12 36nw PC 50 5 44 12 26 37 0 0 0 0 SW 6 35w S 80 6 66 25 41 20 0 0 0 0 SSW 5 25sw PC 50 7 66 32 38 16 0 0 0 0 SW 4 19sw PC 50 8 72 32 55 13 0 0 0 0 SSE 5 23s PC 65 9 67 50 53 7 0 .08 0 0 SSE 8 48w PC 50 T 10 53 30 30 23 0 0 0 0 WNW 17 50nw S 80 DW 11 45 24 35 30 0 0 0 0 NW 5 21nw PC 60 12 57 34 45 19 0 .02 0 0 SSE 3 13se C 15 13 49 43 46 18 0 .18 0 0 N 2 13n C 0 F 14 69 42 56 10 0 0 0 0 SSE 3 19sw PC 50 F 15 78 50 67 1 0 0 0 0 SSW 4 20sw PC 60 16 68 39 39 11 0 T 0 0 N 5 24n C 20 17 39 33 36 29 0 .27 T 0 N 4 15n C 0 F,S 18 44 36 40 25 0 .36 0 0 N 2 12n C 0 F 19 50 36 42 22 0 .15 0 0 SE 2 10se C 10 F 20 48 38 46 22 0 1.37 T 0 SSE 5 25se C 0 F,S 21 60 27 27 22 0 T T 0 NNW 9 41nw S 80 S 22 33 20 24 38 0 T T 0 WNW 11 33nw PC 40 23 53 23 32 27 0 0 0 0 WSW 11 33nw S 90 24 57 28 42 22 0 0 0 0 SSW 5 26sw PC 40 25 52 38 38 20 0 0 0 0 N 5 18n C 10 26 44 38 43 24 0 .79 0 0 ENE 4 32w C 0 F,T 27 48 32 32 25 0 0 0 0 NW 8 28nw PC 50 28 53 25 41 26 0 0 0 0 SW 2 12sw S 80 29 68 41 59 11 0 0 0 0 SSE 7 29se PC 70 30 68 54 54 4 0 0 0 0 WNW 6 22nw PC 50 31 54 44 44 16 0 .44 0 0 N 3 15n C 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1693 1016 658 0 4.31 T SSE 5.8 50nw 40.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2002 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 43.7 Normal 42.6 Dep +1.1 AVG MAX 54.6 Normal 52.7 Dep +1.9 AVG MIN 32.8 Normal 32.4 Dep +0.4 MAXIMUM 78 on 15th Lowest Max 29 on 4th MINIMUM 12 on 5th Highest Min 54 on 30th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 1 Min 32 or Lower 16 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 4.31 Normal 3.05 Dep +1.26 YEAR TO DATE 6.83 Normal 8.05 Dep -1.22 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 8 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.37 on 20th Largest 24 Hr Amount Same SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Trace Normal 4.6 Dep -4.6 SEASON TOTAL 7.0 Normal 29.4 Dep -22.4 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 0 1.0" or more 0 Snow Cover 1" or more 0 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 9 Thunder 2 Hail 0 Sleet 4 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 10 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 5 Sunshine% 40.2 AVERAGE WIND SSE @ 5.8mph PEAK GUST 50mph(nw) on 10th MAX BAROMETER 30.49 on 1st MIN BAROMETER 29.53 on 3rd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 658 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2002 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Cold morning low of 16 F. Mostly sunny breezy and warmer in afternoon 52 F. RAIN !! 2nd: Some sleet fell today around midday no accumulation. Steady rain began this afternoon around 3pm. Rain this evening moderate at times .62" by midnight. WIND COLDER 3rd: Another .03" fell after midnight ended bt 2am. Also some fog overnight. Mild today with a high of 58 F. Became windy and colder this afternoon with strong WNW winds gusting to 40 mph. 4th: Windy and cold overnight NW winds to 32 mph also a few snow flurries. Windy and cold all day with a few snow flurries high only 29 F. NW winds gusting to 36 mph wind chills in single digits and lower. 5th: Cold morning low of 12 F. Sunny windy and cold today. West winds with a peak gust of 35 mph. WARMER 6th: Became warm by afternoon with a high of 66 F. 7th: Partly cloudy and warm again today with a high of 66 F. 8th: Very warm with near record warmth with a high of 72 F. 9th: Partly cloudy windy and mild. Afew sprinkles during the afternoon. A quick .08" of rain this evening around 10:30pm with the passages of a very strong cold front some thunder and lightning, then very strong WNW winds gusting to 48 mph. STRONG WIND / COLDER 10th: Strong winds continued all night and all day today with many gust 40+ mph peaking at 50 mph several times today. Colder with temps hovering in the low 40's. A LITTLE MORE RAIN 12th: Mostly cloudy day with a few sprinkles this morning. Light rain moved in late this evening with .02" by midnight. 13th: Fog and periods of light rain overnight. Light rain today untill around 2pm. .18" total for today. WARM 14th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Became sunny and warm this afternoon high 69 F. 15th: Very warm today with a HIGH OF 78 F. 16th: A few sprinkles of rain overnight and this morning only a trace. Gradually became cooler today. COLDER / RAIN / SLEET 17th: Cold and cloudy today with periods of rain and sleet this afternoon was briefly moderate at times but no measurable accumulation of sleet. Rain total .27" 18th: Rain began just after midnight ended by 10am with another .36" Cloudy rest of day with some drizzle. GOOD SOAKING RAINS ! 19th: Mostly cloudy today. light rain began this evening around 8pm with .15" by midnight. 20th: Rain all night mixed with sleet at times. Rain all morning was moderate to heavy at times ended by 2pm with 1.37" for the day. COLDER 21st: Sunny and warm today high 60 F. Colder and windy this evening with some rain, sleet and snow showers between 7-9pm but no accumulatiom. Also strong NW winds gusting to 41 mph and rapidly falling temps into the 20's. 22nd: Cold low of 20 F. Intense but narrow band of snow squall this morning 6:45am - 8am was not measurable but enough to whiten the ground and roads and cause some accidents. Very cold an windy all day high only 33 F. Wind chills in single digits and below zero at times. WNW winds up to 33 mph. 23rd: Cold morning low of 23 F. Sunny windy and warmer today. WSW winds gusting to 33 mph. RAIN / THUNDERSTORM 26th: Cloudy today some drizzle began late this morning with a few showers around noon. Heavier rain with douwnpours late in afternoon with lightning and thunder and gusty winds to 32 mph. Showers cointinued into the evening ended by 9pm with good amount of .79". 31st: A few sprinkles overnight .01". Rain today began 12:30 pm continued into the evening ended by 10pm with .44" total. First month with above normal rainfall since last June helped a lot with the drought.