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: AUGUST YEAR: 2001 * 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 87 62 68 0 10 0 0 0 SW 3 17sw S 85 2 89 60 73 0 9 0 0 0 SW 3 18sw S 90 3 88 69 73 0 13 .01 0 0 SW 3 13sw PC 35 4 87 69 70 0 13 1.02 0 0 SW 3 29n C 20 F,T 5 90 67 74 0 13 0 0 0 SW 2 14sw PC 60 F 6 94 69 77 0 16 0 0 0 SW 3 16sw PC 65 F 7 97 69 78 0 18 0 0 0 SW 5 19sw S 90 8 96 71 76 0 19 .03 0 0 SW 3 25se PC 75 F,T 9 96 73 80 0 20 0 0 0 SW 3 16sw S 80 10 92 73 73 0 18 .02 0 0 SW 5 27w PC 40 F,T 11 88 71 73 0 14 .03 0 0 ENE 4 18e PC 30 F,T 12 79 70 70 0 10 .86 0 0 SW 2 14nw C 5 F,T 13 85 69 71 0 12 .10 0 0 SW 3 24nw PC 40 F,T 14 87 65 65 0 11 0 0 0 N 4 16n S 80 F 15 86 57 69 0 6 0 0 0 SW 2 14sw S 90 16 85 67 76 0 11 0 0 0 SE 5 22se PC 65 17 88 69 69 0 13 T 0 0 SW 8 30w S 80 18 82 59 69 0 5 0 0 0 SW 2 10sw PC 40 19 84 63 67 0 8 .16 0 0 SE 3 20se PC 50 T 20 84 66 68 0 10 0 0 0 W 6 25w PC 70 F 21 83 59 63 0 6 0 0 0 WNW 5 23nw S 75 22 86 57 71 0 6 0 0 0 SW 4 21sw S 90 23 77 66 67 0 6 .17 0 0 SW 2 13nw C 5 24 85 65 69 0 10 0 0 0 N 4 18n S 85 F 25 85 60 68 0 7 0 0 0 SE 3 17se S 75 26 86 62 72 0 9 0 0 0 SE 4 20se S 85 27 87 69 69 0 13 T 0 0 SW 3 16sw PC 65 28 89 64 71 0 11 0 0 0 WSW 5 24w S 80 29 86 62 70 0 9 0 0 0 SW 2 13sw PC 50 30 88 68 71 0 13 0 0 0 SE 3 14se PC 70 31 88 66 70 0 12 .54 0 0 SW 4 34sw PC 50 T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2704 2026 0 351 2.94 0 0 SW 3.6 34sw 61.9 MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2001 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 76.3 Normal 73.5 Dep +2.8 AVG MAX 87.2 Normal 85.3 Dep +1.9 AVG MIN 65.4 Normal 61.7 Dep +3.7 MAXIMUM 97 on 7th Lowest Max 77 on 23rd MINIMUM 57 on 15th,22nd Highest Min 73 on 9th &10th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 6 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.94 Normal 3.32 Dep -0.38 YEAR TO DATE 20.64 Normal 25.57 Dep -4.93 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 10 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.02 on 4th Largest 24 Hr Amount Same SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.0 Normal 0.0 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 13 Thunder 8 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 3 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 12 Sunshine% 61.9 AVERAGE WIND SW @ 3.6 PEAK GUST 34sw on 31st MAX BAROMETER 30.38 on 10th MIN BAROMETER 29.78 on 31st TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 351 Normal 263 AUGUST 2001 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny warm dry. 2nd: Sunny hot dry. 3rd: Partly cloudy hazy hot and humid. A few very light showers this evening 9-10pm .01" INTENSE THUNDERSTORM / HEAVY RAIN 4th: A few very light showers this morning 5-7am .02" Cloudy hazy warm and humid today. Intense thunderstorm this afternoon 4pm-5pm with heavy downpours 1.00" fell in 40 minutes .30" fell in 5 minutes. Also intense lightning and gusty winds to 29 mph. That's the first time we had a inch or more of rain in one day since March 29th. HEAT WAVE / HOT / HUMID 5th: Dense fog overnight and early this morning. Hazy hot and humid today. High 90 heat index peaked at 97. Dew points low to mid 70's 6th: Fog overnight and early this morning. Hazy hot and humid high 94 F. Heat index peaked at 104. 7th: Sunny and very hot high of 97 F but less hazy and not as oppressive as yesterday because of lower humidity and dew points today, heat index peaked at 100. 8th: Very hot and humid again today. High of 96 F with Heat index at 108 and dew points in the mid 70's. Thunderstorms exploded overhead and in the area late this afternoon but just a little rain fell at this station .03". Storms rapidly became very intense as they drifted south of here. A lot of intense frequent lightning. Temps fell rapidly. 9th: Most oppressive day yet with a high of 96 F and dew points into the upper 70's and a heat index of 110. Very hazy. 10th: Hazy hot and humid high 92 F. Heat index 101. Thunderstorms skim the area passing just to the SSW 7pm-8pm .02" of rain fell here. 11th: Mostly to partly cloudy still hazy warm and humid. Thunder to the west this evening. A few light showers around 9pm .03" fell. 12th: Cloudy cooler but hazy and humid today. Thunderstorm with heavy downpours 3pm-5pm with .86" of rain. 13th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Warm hazy and very humid again today. A quick thunderstorm this afternoon 2:30pm-3pm dropped .10" of rain and 24 mph winds. 14th: Fog overnight. Became sunny and warm today but much less humid. 17th: A few sprinkles 5-6am, trace, Sunny warm and windy today. WSW winds to 30 mph. 19th: Warm and humid today. Showers and a thunderstorm 9pm-12mid only .16" fell here but extremely heavy amounts to NW in Franklin County, PA with 2-4 inches reported. 20th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Sunny breezy and warm today west winds to 25 mph. 23rd: Cloudy with a few light showers today around 7am, noon and with the heaviest around 6pm with .14" falling. Total today .17". 24th: Some fog overnight. Sunny and warm today. 27th: Warm and humid today with a few sprinkles this afternoon 4:30pm. 28th: Hot and humid. Storms broke apart once again late this afternoon as they approached. No rain here. SOME RAIN 31st: Warm and humid. Shower 1:30pm-2pm .11". Thunderstorm 4:30pm-5pm with gusty winds to 34 mph and .20" of rain. Thunderstorm 7pm-8pm .22" of rain and 27 mph winds. A few more light showers this evening. Total rain todat .54". August 2001 average temperature of 76.3 tied 1983 for the 6th warmest on record. Average 3 Month summer temperature of June, July and August was 73.2 Normal is 73.0