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: 2007 * 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 47 26 38 28 0 .54 0 1 SE 6 23se PC 40 2 58 36 37 18 0 .96 0 T WSW 12 43w S 80 3 49 28 34 27 0 T 0 T WNW 10 39w PC 40 4 35 26 28 35 0 .01 T T W 14 38w PC 30 5 41 21 21 34 0 T T T WNW 17 50nw PC 50 DW 6 28 13 21 44 0 0 0 T NW 13 38nw S 85 7 24 6 6 50 0 .31 5.3 5 SE 4 13se C 5 8 35 -3* 21 49 0 0 0 3 WNW 4 18w S 95 9 43 15 33 36 0 0 0 1 SE 7 32se S 100 10 60 30 42 20 0 .21 0 T SSE 5 22se PC 60 11 54 33 33 22 0 0 0 T NW 9 29nw S 95 12 59 24 45 23 0 0 0 0 SSE 4 21se PC 60 13 76 42 55 6 0 0 0 0 SSW 5 25sw PC 70 14 75 46 57 4 0 .02 0 0 SW 6 27sw PC 30 15 66 35 35 15 0 .33 0 0 N 8 36n C 0 16 35 27 27 35 0 1.04 6.7 7 N 8 24n C 0 S 17 33 23 29 37 0 T T 6 NW 12 33nw PC 30 18 39 21 28 35 0 0 0 4 WNW 11 34nw PC 80 19 48 19 48 32 0 .02 0 2 S 6 29s PC 40 20 56 37 37 18 0 0 0 T NNW 7 25nw S 90 21 44 27 40 29 0 0 0 0 SE 6 25se PC 40 22 75 38 60 9 0 .12 0 0 SSW 8 31sw PC 60 23 66 51 51 7 0 .51 0 0 SW 4 15sw C 0 24 51 46 50 16 0 .49 0 0 N 4 15n C 0 F 25 65 38 48 13 0 0 0 0 SE 5 19se S 85 F 26 64 40 52 13 0 .02 0 0 SE 7 24se C 20 T 27 81 46 61 1 0 0 0 0 W 7 30w PC 40 28 67 45 45 9 0 0 0 0 NE 6 25ne C 20 29 60 35 38 18 0 0 0 0 N 7 23n S 85 30 66 27 43 18 0 0 0 0 SE 4 16se S 95 31 61 38 53 16 0 0 0 0 NNE 5 19ne PC 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1661 936 717 0 4.58 12.0 WNW 7.5 50nw 50.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2007 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 41.9 Normal 42.6 Dep -0.7 AVG MAX 53.6 Normal 52.7 Dep +0.9 AVG MIN 30.2 Normal 32.4 Dep -2.2 MAXIMUM 81 on 27th Lowest Max 24 on 7th MINIMUM -3 0n 8th Highest Min 51 on 23rd NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 2 Min 32 or Lower 14 Min 0 or Lower 1 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 4.58 Normal 3.05 Dep +1.53 YEAR TO DATE 9.06 Normal 8.05 Dep +1.01 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 13 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.04 16th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.50 1st - 2nd SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 12.0 Normal 4.6 Dep +7.4 SEASON TOTAL 23.6 Normal 29.4 Dep -5.8 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 2 1.0" or more 2 Snow Cover 1" or more 8 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 6.7 on 16th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 6.7 on 16th Storm Max 6.7 on 16th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 2 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 1 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 7 Partly Cloudy 15 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 50.5% AVERAGE WIND WNW @ 7.5 mph PEAK GUST 50nw on 5th MAX BAROMETER 30.65 on 21st MIN BAROMETER 29.28 on 2nd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 717 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2007 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY RAIN 1.50" 1st: Rain during the evening began around 5pm .54" fell by midnight. 2nd: Rain overnight moderate to heavy at times ended by 9am .96" fell. Total from event 1.50" Became much warmer and windy today with WSW winds guting to 43 mph. Large rapid drop in humidity from near 100% to 18%. Dewpoint fell from 44 to 13. This is very rare. 4th: Snow showers this morning coated the ground around 8am. Strong west winds gusting to 38 mph today. 5th: Windy today with strong NW winds gusting to 45 mph and 50 mph at one point just after 4pm. Snow showers late this afternoon. Windy with rapidly falling temperatures this evening into low 20's. 6th: Cold overnight low of 13 F. Cold and windy today high 28 F. NW winds gusting to 38 mph. COLD / SNOW 5.3" *RECORD LOW - VERY RARE EVENT* 7th: Snow began just after 2am. Snow continued throughout the morning light to moderate and became heavy noon through 2pm . Snow ended around 2:30pm Total snow from event 5.3". High today was only 24 F. 8th: *RECORD LOW of -3 F this morning. That breaks the old record for this date of +2 set in 1960. This is only the 4th time since 1898 that the temperature in March has been below zero. It's the 3rd lowest temperature ever recorded in March. The last time is was below zero in March was 1934 when it was -4. The lowest ever was -7 in 1900. 2nd lowest was -2 in 1914. 9th: Sunny warmer high 43 F. 10th: Partly cloudy warmer high 60 F. 11th: Sunny breezy high 54 F. 13th: Much warmer today high of 76 F. 14th: Breezy high of 75 F. Showers late this evening .02". RAPID WEATHER CHANGES 15th: Showers overnight .10" Warm during the morning with a high of 66 F just before noon. Rapidly falling temperatures during the afternoon with rain between 3pm - midnight. Temperature fell into 30's. Rainfall .33". Strong winds from North during the afternoon gusting to 36 mph. COLDER SLEET THEN SNOW 6.7" EVENT TOTAL 16th: Rain and sleet fell overnight as temperatures continued to fall. Sleet during the morning changed to all snow by 11am. Moderate to heavy snow fell during the afternoon. Light snow during the evening ended by 11pm. Total snow and ice from event 6.7". about 0.1 was sleet. Water equivalent from event 1.39" 17th: Cold windy with a few snow flurries today high 33 F. NW winds gusting to 33 mph. 18th: Mostly sunny windy high 39 F. WNW winds gusting to 34 mph. 19th: Partly cloudy breezy with a few light evening showers. WARMER 22nd: Much warmer and windy high 75 F. Rain showers between 5pm - 8pm .12" fell. 23rd: Rain during the afternoon and evening .51" fell. 24th: Rain with fog today .49" fell. Very dense evening fog with near zero visibilties. 25th: Very dense fog overnight. 26th: Quick passing thundershower this evening just after 9pm only .02" fell with some thunder and lightning. TASTE OF EARLY SUMMER 27th: Became much warmer and windy today with a high of 81 F. That was close to the record of 85 in 1998. 28th: Mostly cloudy high 67 F. 29th: Sunny cooler high 60 F. MARCH 2007