Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight Month: April 1996 Temperature Precipitation Snow On gnd. Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Obsn. 1 51 39 39 1.03 2 52 34 35 0 3 74 30 45 0 4 72 38 52 0 5 52 35 35 .01 6 44 32 37 0 7 50 30 31 0 8 50 27 37 .03 t 0 9 38 33 35 .26 t 0 10 47 29 43 .01 t 0 11 71 32 56 0 12 86 49 63 0 13 75 48 55 0 14 58 38 39 0 15 53 35 44 .95 16 53 41 41 .14 17 56 37 49 0 18 73 30 57 0 19 76 45 65 t 20 78 60 64 0 21 79 53 56 0 22 87 49 70 0 23 83 44 44 t 24 63 41 44 0 25 76 43 67 t 26 67 52 52 .34 t(hail) 0 27 60 38 38 0 28 72 37 61 0 29 85 57 74 .03 30 74 43 43 .53 31 1955 1199 3.33" trace Average temp 52.6 Average Max 65.2 Average Min 40.0 Total season snowfall 68.8" APRIL 1996 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND DAY 1: Alot of rain today 7am till 9pm 1.03" fell. 2: Windy and cool NW gusts to 31 mph. WARMER 3: Warmer today high of 74 F. First time it's been this warm since November 2nd. 4: Another nice warm day high of 72 F. 5: Light shower this morning around 2:30 am .01". SOME SNOW 8: Some light snow and rain late this evening trace of snow .03" water. 9: Periods of sleet, snow and rain overnight produced a very light coating, trace. Periods of snow with rain at times all day but no accumulation. Water content .26". 10: Few snow flurries mixed with rain today windy and cold NW gusts to 33 mph. SPRING AGAIN 11: Much warmer today and breezy, high of 71 F. 12: Very warm today high of 86 F. TIES RECORD set in 1977 also strong SW winds up to 30 mph. 13: Another nice day 75 F. 15: Rain 2:30 pm through midnight moderate to heavy at times .95" 16: Showers overnight and this morning .14". WIndy today wnw winds up to 34 mph. Light shower with some snow mixed in this evening. 17: Cool and windy today wnw winds up to 35 mph. 19: Some very light showers late this morning and early this afternoon only a trace. 20: Warm and windy today south winds up to 33 mph. 22: Very warm 87 F. HIGH WINDS 23: Warm with strong SSW winds today gusting to 36 mph. Ominous skies moved in late this afternoon as cold front approached no thunderstorms in this area but very strong winds blew in from the west with gusts to 51 mph. The strong winds continued all evening with more gusts to 50 mph. Alot of tree and power line damage reported also some roof damage. Trace or rain. Temperature fell very rapidly this evening into the 40's after a high of 83 F 26: Light showers 10:45 - noon .14" fell. Thunderstorm developed rapidly overhead 6:40 pm - 7:00 pm produced brief downpours and strong gusts to 43 mph also some pea sized hail fell here, it was reported that the hail was heavier just a few blocks to the east. Rainfall was .18". Total rain today .34" 27: Cooler & windy today nw winds up to 33 mph in gusts. 29: Few early morning showers .03". Very warm high of 85 F. Windy ssw winds up to 33 mph. 30: Rain and windy. Rain 9:30am till 3:00pm .53" fell was briefly heavy early this afternoon as cold front came through also strong south winds this morning up to 39 mph.