Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight Month: May 1996 Temperature Precipitation Snow On gnd. Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Obsn. 1 69 34 48 .21 2 72 42 52 .08 3 73 51 58 .16 4 79 55 61 .25 5 74 51 58 1.46 6 66 47 47 .01 7 52 45 48 .19 8 57 48 54 .34 9 63 54 56 .95 10 76 55 65 .02 11 84 50 50 .87 12 55 41 41 0 13 57 30 38 0 14 64 30 46 0 15 58 45 46 .27 16 59 46 56 .51 17 66 51 62 .41 18 91 62 72 T 19 97 64 71 0 20 97 62 73 0 21 92 66 66 .35 22 81 54 58 0 23 85 49 71 0 24 79 63 65 0 25 70 50 50 0 26 61 49 51 .08 27 55 50 51 .95 28 58 50 54 .06 29 60 47 47 .66 30 71 37 48 0 31 75 40 52 0 2196 1518 7.83" Average temp. 59.9 F. Average max 70.8 Average min 49.0 MAY 1996 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND DAY VERY WET PERIOD 1: A rather intense evening thunderstorm between 10:15pm and 11pm with strong winds up to 43 mph and brief heavy rains. Showers continued through midnight. .21" fell. 2: Showers midnight till 2am .08". 3: Morning showers 3:30am till 9am .16" fell. 4: Few light showers this morning. Some heavier showers this evening between 9pm and midnight .26" fell. 5: Evening showers and thunderstorms 5:30pm - 10:30pm. Storms produced heavy downpours 1.46" fell. 6: Some very light early morning showers 1-2am .01". 7: Evening rain and showers 3:30pm through midnight .19" 8: Early morning showers midnight - 3am, Evening showers 5pm-11pm .34" fell. 9: Heavy downpours and thunderstorms midnight - 2:30am, showers 3-8am .95" fell. 10: Some light rain and drizzle 6-8am .02"fell. 11: A few early morning showers and drizzle. Became sunny and much warmer today high of 84. A rather powerfull thunderstorm from a very strong cold front came through at 2:45pm with strong winds up to 39 mph and heavy rains. Showers continued after the storm untill about 7:30pm. Total rain today .87". 12: Much cooler and windy today. High only 55 F. West winds up to 33 mph. FROST AND FREEZE 13: Very cool morning 30 F. with a light frost. Near record low of 29 in 1941. 14: RECORD LOW of 30 F. beats 31 set in 1928 also a heavy killing frost and freeze temperature was below freezing for about 4 hrs. 15: Rain and showers 2:30pm - midnight .27". 16: Rain overnight midnight - 8am .51" 17: Heavy downpours and some thunder and lightning 12:15pm - 1:30pm Evening shower around 10pm, total rain today .41". INSTANT SUMMER / RAPID WARM UP / RECORD HEAT 18: Dense fog overnight and this morning, became sunny and HOT today high of 91 F. near record 93 in 1962. 19: RECORD HIGH FOR MONTH OF MAY 97 F. Beats the all time May high temperature of 96 set on May 29th 1899. 20: ANOTHER RECORD HIGH 97 F. AGAIN. Beats the old record for the date of 91 set in 1964. 21: RECORD HIGH AGAIN FOR DATE 92 F. Beats old record of 90 in 1941. Showers and thunderstorms today 3:30pm till 7:00pm .35" fell. Nothing severe. COLD AND RAINY AGAIN 26: Light shower early this afternoon, Light rain and drizzle late this afternoon and evening .08" fell. 27: Periods of rain and drizzle all day with some heavier downpours and some thunder late this afternoon. .95" fell today. 28: Periods of dizzle today .06". 29: Rain and thunderstorms this morning 4:30am - 6:30am more rain during the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon .66" fell. 30: Finally bright sunshine today. THIS WAS THE SECOND WETTEST MAY ON RECORD WITH 7.83" THE WETTEST IS 8.09" IN 1989. I've never seen so many days in one month with measurable rain, 19.