Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT: 39.64028 LONG: -77.69792 ELEV: 540 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2024 * 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 64 59 61 4 0 .36 0 0 N 4 15n C 0 F 2 66 57 57 4 0 .05 0 0 SSE 1 9s C 0 F 3 76 50 59 2 0 0 0 0 S 3 14s S 90 F 4 77 59 63 0 3 0 0 0 S 1 10s PC 35 F 5 75 53 53 1 0 0 0 0 N 5 22n S 100 F 6 78 46 68 3 0 0 0 0 S 6 24s S 100 7 70 56 56 2 0 .16 0 0 NW 7 38w PC 50 F,T 8 68 43 48 9 0 0 0 0 WNW 4 18w S 90 9 69 45 53 8 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 24w S 95 10 63 43 44 12 0 0 0 0 NNW 7 22nw S 100 11 68 36 50 13 0 0 0 0 W 4 16w S 100 12 78 45 61 3 0 0 0 0 SSW 4 18nw S 90 13 82 52 67 0 2 0 0 0 S 9 35s S 95 14 67 47 47 8 0 0 0 0 W 10 39w PC 25 15 57 39 43 17 0 T 0 0 W 6 23w PC 30 16 56 33 37 20 0 0 0 0 WNW 6 23nw PC 55 17 60 31 38 20 0 0 0 0 NW 5 24n S 100 18 69 31 43 15 0 0 0 0 NW 3 15n S 100 19 72 34 43 12 0 0 0 0 W 2 10w S 100 20 74 33 45 11 0 0 0 0 S 2 14s S 100 21 77 37 52 8 0 0 0 0 S 2 13sw S 100 22 82 45 55 2 0 0 0 0 S 3 15s S 100 23 79 44 58 3 0 0 0 0 S 6 20s S 100 24 65 44 44 11 0 0 0 0 NW 6 23nw S 100 25 67 33 52 15 0 0 0 0 S 3 21s S 95 26 64 45 50 10 0 0 0 0 NW 7 28nw PC 55 27 58 32 36 20 0 0 0 0 NNW 3 11n S 95 28 64 31 51 17 0 0 0 0 S 4 21s S 90 29 68 41 58 10 0 0 0 0 S 6 22s S 90 30 80 44 61 2 0 0 0 0 S 5 18s S 80 31 *84 51 69 0 2 0 0 0 S 7 28s S 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70.2 43.2 262 7 0.57 0 0 S 4.8 39w 79.2% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS OCTOBER 2024 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 56.7 Normal 55.0 Dep +1.7 AVG MAX 70.2 Normal 66.7 Dep +3.5 AVG MIN 43.2 Normal 43.3 Dep -0.1 MAXIMUM 84 on 31st Lowest Max 56 on 16th MINIMUM 31 on 17th,18th,28th Highest Min 59 on 4th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 4 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.57 Normal 3.53 Dep -2.96 YEAR TO DATE 33.88 Normal 35.85 Dep -1.97 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 3 .10" or more 2 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.36 on 1st Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.36 on 1st SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0 Normal Trace 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 6 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 2 Partly Cloudy 6 Sunny 23 Sunshine% 79.2% AVERAGE WIND SOUTH @ 4.8 mph PEAK GUST 39w on 14th MAX BAROMETER 30.59 on 19th MIN BAROMETER 29.63 on 13th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 262 Normal 322 / COOLING 7 Normal 9 OCTOBER 2024 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Periods of rain and drizzle overnight and throughout the day and into the evening. High 64F. Rainfall today .36". 2nd: Periods of light rain, drizzle, mist and fog overnight. Overcast today high 66F. 3rd: Dense fog overnight and this morning through 8am. Became sunny and warmer high 76F. We had 11 days in a row of dreary weather with clouds and rain. 4th: Morning clouds then clearing later this afternoon high 77F. 5th: Periods of dense fog overnight and through 9am. Sunny 100% sunshine today high 75F. 6th: Sunny 100% sunshine high 78F. 7th: Thunderstorm this morning mainly from 12:30am -2am with strong gusty winds to 38 mph and .16" of rain. Dense fog 6-8am. Morning sun then afternoon clouds breezy with NW winds gusting to 25 mph. High of 70F. 8th: Mostly sunny high 68F. 9th: Sunny and breezy high 69F. WNW winds gusting to 24 mph. 10th: Sunny 100% sunshine today high 63F. LIGHT FROST 36F. 11th: Low of 36 this morning with light frost. Sunny 100% sunshine today high 68F. 12th: Mostly sunny and warmer high 78F. 13th: Sunny windy and very warm high 82F. South winds gusting to 35 mph. 14th: High of 67 just after midnight. Partly to mostly cloudy windy and turning much cooler today. West winds gusting to 39 mph. 15th: Partly cloudy today high 57F. A few sprinkles late this morning. MODERATE TO HEAVY FROST 33F. 16th: Low of 33F with moderate to heavy frost. Morning sunshine then some afternoon clouds high 56F. HARD FREEZE HEAVY FROST 31F. 17th: Low of 31F. Was below 32 for several hours for a Hard Freeze and Heavy Frost. First Freeze of Season. Sunny 100% sunshine today high 60F. 18th: Low of 31F this morning with frost and freeze. Sunny 100% sunshine today high 69F. 19th: Sunny mild high 72F. 100% Sunshine 20th: Sunny mild high 74F. 100% Sunshine 21st: Sunny and warm high 77F. 100% Sunshine 22nd: Sunny and very warm high 82F. Not a record though which was 85 in 1974. 100% sunshine again today. 23rd: Sunny and warm high 79F. Another 100% sunshine day. 24th: Sunny and cooler high 65F. Yet another 100% sunshine day 8 in a row. 25th: Sunny high 67F. 26th: Partly cloudy and breezy high 64F. NW winds gusting to 28 mph. 27th: Sunny high 58F. 28th: Sunny high 64F. 29th: Mostly sunny and mild high 68F. VERY WARM 80F NEAR RECORD 30th: Mostly sunny and very warm high 80F close to the record of 81 set in 1996. *RECORD WARM HALLOWEEN 84F 31st: Sunny and very warm with a *Record High of 84F breaking the old record of 82 set in 1950 on this date. October 2024 was the 4th driest on record with only 0.57" of rain. The driest ever was in 1963 with 0.24". October was the 2nd sunniest month on record with 79.2% sunshine with 12 100% sunshine days with 8 in a row September 2007 was the record sunniest with 81.5% sunshine. 2005 had 73.3% for 3rd sunniest. OCTOBER 2024