Main page http://i4weather.net HAGERSTOWN MD REMARKS ON THE WINTER OF 1993-1994 THE WINTER OF 1993-1994 WAS A WINTER TO REMEMBER IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST WINTER IN YEARS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 29.1 WHICH IS BELOW THE NORMAL OF 32.1 BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE RECORD COLD WINTER OF 1917-18 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 23.9. BUT THERE WERE SOME VERY EXTREME TEMPERATURES THIS WINTER.SNOWFALL WAS WAY ABOVE NORMAL WITH 53.8" NORMAL IS 29.7". THE ALL TIME RECORDIS 74.0" IN 1960-61. THIS WAS THE 4TH SNOWIEST. THE FIRST HALF OF DECEMBER WAS RATHER MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 40'S AND 50'S BUT WINTER WEATHER BEGAN RIGHT ON TIME WITH THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER DECEMBER 21ST. JANUARY WAS A VERY BRUTAL MONTH WITH ITS EXTREME COLD, HIGH WINDS, EXTREME WIND CHILLS, AND TONS OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE WINTER WAS VERY CONSISTENT WITH ITS SNOW,ICE,WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES AND SOME VERY EXTREME WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS -50 F. MANY TIMES WITH THE STORMS WE WERE RIGHT ON THE BORDER LINE BETWEEN RAIN/SNOW OR SNOW/ICE. NEARBY AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST BY JUST SEVERAL MILES SOMETIMES GOT TWO AND THREE TIMES AS MUCH SNOW AS THE HAGERSTOWN AREA WHILE WE WERE GETTING SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. THE WATER CONTENT OF ALL THE STORMS WAS VERY HIGH WITH 19.84" DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH. NORMAL IN THAT PERIOD IS ABOUT 10.00" WE HAD 74 DAYS WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND OF AN INCH OR MORE. THERE WERE 68 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH SNOW COVER OF AN INCH OR MORE FROM JANUARY 4TH TO MARCH 12TH. THE LAST TIME WE HAD ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT WAS IN THE WINTER OF 1977-78 WHEN THERE WERE 6O IN A ROW. WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO ALL TIME RECORD OF 71 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN 1917-18. TEMPERATURE DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY AVERAGE/TOTAL AVERAGE TEMP 33.6 23.3 30.3 29.1 NORMAL (34.3)-0.7 (29.5)-6.2 (32.6)-2.3 (32.1)-3.0 AVERAGE MAX. 41.8 32.0 41.5 38.4 NORMAL (42.2)-0.4 (37.6)-5.6 (41.5) 0.0 (40.4)-2.0 AVERAGE MIN. 25.3 14.7 19.2 19.7 NORMAL (26.2)-0.9 (21.3)-6.6 (23.7)-4.5 (23.7)-4.0 HIGHEST 59 ON 3RD 51 ON 24TH 63 ON 2OTH 63 2/20/94 TEMP LOWEST 8 ON 29TH -21 ON 21ST 6 ON 2ND -21 1/21/94 TEMP NO. OF DAYS WITH.... MAX.TEMP 32 5 12 8 25 OR LOWER NORMAL (5) (7) (4) (16) MIN.TEMP 32 24 28 28 80 OR LOWER NORMAL (20) (20) (23) (63) MIN.TEMP 0 0 6 0 6 OR LOWER NORMAL (0) (1) (0) (1) SNOWFALL NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL TOTAL TOTAL SNOW AND ICE TRACE 4.2" 21.4" 15.6" 12.6 0.0 53.8" NORMAL (1.7) (5.2) (9.3) (8.6) (4.6) (0.3) (29.7) STORM MAX. TRACE 1.6" 13.0" 9.0" 9.0" 0.00 13.0" DATE 21ST 17TH 11TH 1-3 1/17 NO. OF DAYS WITH.... SNOW COVER 0 5 28 28 13 74 MEASURABLE PRECIP. 6 9 11 8 15 49 MEASURABLE SNOW & ICE 0 4 9 6 5 24 MOST SNOW ON GROUND T 1.6" 16" 14" 11" 16" DATE 17TH 21ST 11TH 2ND 1/21 TOTAL PRECIP. WATER CONTENT 2.39" 3.93 4.91" 4.10" 6.90" 3.03 25.26" NORMAL (3.21) (2.84) (2.54) (2.46) (3.05) (3.17) (17.27)