Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT:39.38.31 LONG:77.42.06 ELEV:519 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: APRIL YEAR: 2002 * 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 56 37 38 19 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 35nw S 90 2 71 38 64 11 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 29se PC 75 3 64 37 38 14 0 .02 0 0 NW 8 30nw C 20 4 51 28 35 25 0 0 0 0 NW 6 21nw PC 70 5 49 26 33 28 0 0 0 0 N 5 24n PC 50 6 45 28 33 28 0 0 0 0 NW 6 24n PC 70 7 54 22 47 27 0 0 0 0 SSW 4 23sw S 80 8 70 43 63 9 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 25se PC 60 9 68 56 56 3 0 .38 0 0 SSE 6 24se C 0 10 66 44 45 10 0 .01 0 0 N 5 21n S 80 11 68 34 49 14 0 0 0 0 SE 5 23se S 80 12 64 46 58 10 0 0 0 0 SE 4 18se PC 30 13 68 57 57 3 0 .38 0 0 SSW 4 15sw C 0 F 14 77 50 61 2 0 .41 0 0 SW 3 30nw PC 30 F,T 15 81 59 68 0 5 .02 0 0 SW 5 24sw PC 70 F 16 *90 58 66 0 9 0 0 0 SW 2 13sw S 85 T 17 *93 57 69 0 10 0 0 0 WNW 4 21w S 80 18 88 60 66 0 9 T 0 0 SW 3 16sw PC 60 T 19 90 58 69 0 9 .03 0 0 SW 5 26sw PC 60 T 20 75 63 63 0 4 T 0 0 N 5 20n C 5 21 63 41 41 13 0 .29 0 0 N 4 17n C 0 T 22 61 41 46 14 0 .09 0 0 WNW 6 40nw PC 25 F,T 23 56 35 40 20 0 0 0 0 NW 7 25nw S 80 24 63 30 52 19 0 0 0 0 SE 4 17se S 90 25 62 46 48 11 0 .07 0 0 WNW 8 35nw PC 30 26 66 41 44 12 0 0 0 0 WNW 7 26nw S 85 27 63 35 51 16 0 .15 0 0 SE 4 15se PC 75 28 74 51 61 2 0 .89 0 0 SW 6 29sw C 20 T 29 61 46 46 12 0 0 0 0 WNW 9 30w C 0 30 68 39 55 12 T 0 0 SW 7 32w PC 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2026 1306 334 46 2.74 0 NW 5.4 40nw 52.0% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS APRIL 2002 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 55.5 Normal 52.6 Dep +2.9 AVG MAX 67.5 Normal 64.0 Dep +3.5 AVG MIN 43.5 Normal 41.1 Dep +2.4 MAXIMUM 93 on 17th Lowest Max 45 on 6th MINIMUM 22 on 7th Highest Min 63 on 20th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 3 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 5 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.74 Normal 3.17 Dep -0.43 YEAR TO DATE 9.57 Normal 11.22 Dep -1.65 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 12 .10" or more 6 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.89 on 28th Largest 24 Hr Amount Same SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.0 Normal T Dep SEASON TOTAL 7.0 Normal 29.7 Dep -22.7 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 4 Thunder 7 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 7 Partly Cloudy 14 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 52.0% AVERAGE WIND From NW at 5.4 mph PEAK GUST 40nw on 22nd MAX BAROMETER 30.55 on 11th MIN BAROMETER 29.44 on 28th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 334 Normal 396 / COOLING 46 Normal 0 APRIL 2002 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny but windy with WNW winds to 35 mph. 2nd: Partly cloudy windy and warm high 71 F. SSE winds to 29 mph. 3rd: Warm overnight 64 at midnight. Mostly cloudy today with some light rain showers this afternoon 12:30pm - 2:30pm only .02" fell. Became windy and colder this afternoon and evening with NW winds gusting to 30 mph. FREEZING TEMPS 4th: Low of 28 F. 5th: Low of 26 F. this morning.Partly cloudy cold and breezy today high only 49 F. 6th: Low of 28 F. Cold breezy day high only 45 F. HARD KILLING FREEZE 7th: Low of 22 F. Hard killing frost and freeze. Warmer in afternoon high 54 F. WARMER 8th: Partly cloudy breezy and warmer today high 70 F. RAIN 9th: Warm breezy overnight low only 60 F. Rain showers today began just after 12 noon. Rain all afternoon and this evening .38" fell by midnight. 10th: Rain ended just after midnight with only .01". Sunny and nice today. 13th: Periods of light rain today with a heavier downpour around 8pm .38" fell today. 14th: Fog overnight and this morning. Became very warm and humid today high 77 F. Thundershower this afternoon around 4pm .05" rain fell. VERY WARM 15th: A few showers overnight .02". Mostly sunny and very warm today high of 81 F. *RECORD HEAT !!! 16th: Some thunder just after midnight and a few sprinkles as storms pass by to NE. *RECORD HIGH of 90 F. Broke the record of 86 in 1976. This is also the earliest 90 degree day ever just beating the old record by one day April 17th in 1976. 17th: *RECORD HIGH of 93 F. Broke the old record of 90 in 1976. Sunny & Hot today. 18th: Hot again today with a high of 88 F. but not a record. Thunderstorms in the area 4-7pm but only a trace of rain fell here at this station. Some nearby areas had heavy storms and rain. 19th: Another hot humid day high of 90 F. close to the record of 91 in 1976. Nearby thunder shower this afternoon 4pm only .03" of rain. 20th: Mostly cloudy today, trace of rain 1:30pm. COLDER / RAIN / THUNDERSTORMS 21st: Cloudy with periods of rain today and falling temps into the low 40's this afternoon. .10" of rain fell between 10am - 4pm. Cold air thunderstorms this evening 10:30pm - midnight dropped another .19" of rain, with .29 total for day. 22nd: Thunderstorms just after midnight - 1:30am. Fog drizzle and a few more light showers overnight .09" rain. Windy this afternoon and evening with WNW winds gusting to 40 mph. 23rd: Mostly sunny breezy and cool today. LIGHT FREEZE 24th: Low of 30 F. this morning with a light frost and freeze only about 3 hours of temps 30-32 F. 25th: Periods of light rain and drizzle 5am - noon .07" fell. Clearing and windy this afternoon with WNW winds up to 35 mph. RAIN / THUNDERSTORMS 27th: Light rain began this evening 8pm with .15 by midnight. 28th: Rain all night and all morning moderate at times until 11:30am with another .88" of rain. Thunderstorms brush by area between 4pm and 8pm but no direct hits and very little additional rain .89" total today. 29th: Cloudy cool and windy today high of 61 was at midnight, afternoon temps in uppper 40's. WNW winds to 30 mph. 30th: Clouds moved in late in afternoon with a few sprinkles. Became windy this evening with stormy looking skies and WNW winds gusting to 32 mph.