Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MAY 1998 Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Occuring events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 68 55 59 .30 SE 2 13 se 0 Fog 2 71 52 52 .87 W 3 19 w 10 Fog 3 76 52 60 .02 SW 2 17 se 20 Thunder 4 71 54 62 .02 SE 3 16 se 25 Fog Thunder 5 71 55 55 .17 SE 3 17 se 15 Thunder 6 72 51 56 .03 SW 2 8 sw 25 Fog 7 74 51 61 .43 SE 3 20 se 35 Fog 8 63 57 57 2.53 N 4 20 n 0 Fog Thunder 9 70 57 62 .01 N 6 21 n 5 10 65 57 59 .12 N 4 16 n 0 11 59 54 56 .35 N 3 13 n 0 12 56 52 54 .49 N 3 13 n 0 13 74 49 52 0 ENE 3 13 e 80 14 81 44 57 0 N 2 9 n 100 15 88 50 65 0 N 2 12 n 100 16 91 57 73 T SW 2 13 w 65 17 87 67 68 0 NW 4 18 w 100 18 89 53 66 0 WNW 3 18 w 95 19 91 58 72 0 W 5 22 w 95 20 91 66 72 0 WNW 5 20 w 70 21 83 62 62 0 NW 6 30 nw 70 22 74 52 59 0 NNW 5 17 nw 90 23 75 54 56 0 N 3 12 n 75 24 72 49 62 T SW 2 11 sw 30 25 84 60 70 .09 SW 5 24 sw 40 Thunder,Fog 26 78 61 61 0 NW 4 16 nw 50 27 80 59 63 0 SW 2 13 sw 40 28 85 57 67 0 SW 2 11 sw 50 Fog 29 89 60 68 .09 SW 3 20 ne 60 Thunder 30 90 64 71 0 SW 2 13 sw 60 31 90 65 68 .20 SW 4 33 nw 65 Thunder 2408 1734 5.72 MAY Stats. Average Temperature 66.8 F. (normal 62.4) Average Maximum 77.7 F. (normal 74.3) Average Minimum 55.9 (normal 51.4) Maximum Temp 91 F. on 16,17,19 Minimum Temp 44 F. 14th Total Precip 5.72" (normal 3.87) Total year to date 27.99" (normal 15.01) SnowFall Total 0 (normal T) Season Total 13.3" (normal 29.7) Max Barometer 30.20" on 14th Min Barometer 29.54" on 6th Wind Average North at 3.3mph Peak Gust 33mph(nw) on 31st Average Sunshine 47.4% MAY 1998 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY RAIN 1st: Cloudy today. Rain 4:30pm - 8:00pm .30" fell. 2nd: Few light showers overnight. Moderate rain 7:30am - 10:30am .87" fell. 3rd: Light rain shower around 9:30am. Became partly sunny and warmer. Nearby thunderstorms to SE between 6-7pm produced .02" of rain. 4th: Light shower overnight 2:45am .02". Fog overnight. Some thunder and lightning to S and W this evening 9pm-10pm with a light shower. RAIN RAIN 5th: A light shower around 10am and again 3:30pm .02". Thunderstorms developed all around the area between 9pm and midnight and were very close just 2 miles to NE. Some very sharp lightning but this station never did get a direct hit. Rainfall from the storms 10:30pm - midnight .17". 6th: Showers midnight - 12:30am .02". Fog overnight. Some drizzle and light rain 8-10am. Some clearing today. RAIN RAIN RAIN 7th: A quick heavy burst of rain between 4-4:30 pm .21" fell in a few minutes. Periods of rain this evening with .43" by midnight. 8th: Periods of rain overnight and this morning with very heavy downpours later this morning and this afternoon with some embedded thunderstorms. Some light rain and drizzle this evening 2.53" fell today. Creeks out of banks and roads flooded. 9th: Some drizzle overnight and this morning .01". 10th: Periods of light rain and drizzle today. 12" fell 11th: Periods of light rain and drizzle overnight and all day .35" fell. 12th: Periods of rain and drizzle overnight and all day again. .49" fell SUN / DRY / WARMER / HOT 13th: Became bright, sunny, and warmer today after 13 days in a row with measurable rain. 14th-19th Beautiful bright sunny warm days with near 100% sunshine and low humidiitys. 14th: Bright sunny warm day. High 81 F. 15th: Sunny and Very warm today high of 88 F. RECORD HIGH TEMP TIED 16th: High of 91 F. TIED the RECORD of 91 set in 1900. Hot and hazy today. Thunderstorms dissipated as they moved in from NW between 9-10pm only a trace of rain and some distant lightning. 17th: Sunny and warm 87 F. 18th: Sunny and warm 89 F. 19th: Sunny, Hot, Dry 91F. 20th: Hot more humid 91 F. 21st: Not as hot today, low humiditys. Became windy from NW this afternoon with gusts to 30 mph. 22nd-24th Cooler but still dry. LITTLE RAIN 24th: Few drops of rain around 1pm and 6pm, Trace. 25th: Thunderstorm just to north 12mid - 1am produced .09" rain and some very sharp lightning and loud thunder. 28th: Dense morning fog. 29th: Thunderstorms develope overhead and move east and intensify 9:40pm - 10pm. A quick burst of rain dropped .09" in just a few minutes. A lot of sharp lightning. 30th: Hot 90 F. 31st: Hazy, Hot and Humid 90 F. Thunderstorms with wicked frequent lightning began 10:30pm not much rain fell by midnight .20" Wind gusts to 33 mph. Storms continued past midnight..