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HAGERSTOWN MD      REMARKS ON WINTER OF 1917-1918  COLDEST EVER

THE AVERAGE TEMP FOR DEC-FEB WAS 23.9 F. NORMAL IS ABOUT 32.1 F.
DEC 22.2, JAN 17.6, FEB 31.8.
THE LOWEST TEMP WAS -16 ON 1/21.
86 DAYS DURING THOSE THREE MONTHS HAD LOW TEMPS OF 32 F. OR LOWER.
THERE WERE 66 STRAIGHT NIGHTS IN A ROW OF FREEZING TEMPS FROM 11/23 TO 2/6.
46 DAYS DURING THOSE THREE MONTHS HAD A HIGH TEMP OF 32 F. OR LOWER.(NORM 16).
THE TEMP HIT 1O F. OR LOWER 31 TIMES.
THE TEMP HIT 0 F. OR LOWER 14 TIMES. 12/11 -07, 12/15 -10, 12/16 -05, 
12/30 -12 12/31 -10, 1/1 -09, 1/3 -13, 1/4 -14, 1/19 -14, 1/20 -10, 
1/21 -16, 1/24 -01, 2/5 -12, 2/6 -05.
THE TOTAL SEASON SNOWFALL WAS 56". DURING THOSE THREE MONTHS THERE WERE 71
STRAIGHT DAYS WITH SNOW COVER.
THE WINTER WAS WINDY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM A LOT OF SMALL SNOWS
THAT JUST KEPT ON ADDING UP AND NEVER MELTING. THE LARGEST SNOWFALL DURING
THAT PERIOD WAS ONLY 8.0" ON 1/28 WHICH MADE 21" ON THE GROUND THROUGH EARLY
FEBRUARY.
THE SEVERE WINTER ENDED BY FEBRUARY 24TH WITH 62 DEGREE TEMPS AND SEVERE WIND
AND THUNDERSTORMS ON 26TH WITH 62 F. TEMPS.
MARCH WAS NORMAL WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW BUT THERE WAS A BIG SURPRISE 
COMING IN APRIL.
IN APRIL OF 1918 A TOTAL OF 19.0" OF SNOW FELL OVER A 4 DAY PERIOD FROM THE
9TH TO THE 12TH ALONG WITH SEVERE WINDS. IT WAS A WET SNOW, ITS UNKNOWN 
EXACTLY HOW MUCH SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND AT ONE TIME BUT ESTIMATES ARE 8-10 
INCHES. OF COURSE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR THE SNOW MELTED VERY QUICKLY.