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: 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 94 70 72 0 17 .06 0 0 WSW 2 14w S 90 T 2 97 66 77 0 17 T 0 0 SW 2 13sw S 90 T 3 94 71 73 0 17 0 0 0 SW 3 18nw PC 70 T 4 94 67 77 0 15 0 0 0 SW 3 15sw S 80 5 92 71 73 0 16 .12 0 0 SW 3 20w PC 40 T 6 81 63 63 0 7 0 0 0 N 6 24n S 95 7 80 52 60 0 1 0 0 0 N 6 25n S 80 8 84 51 64 0 2 0 0 0 N 4 18n S 85 9 86 54 63 0 5 0 0 0 SW 2 13sw S 90 10 90 55 68 0 7 0 0 0 SW 4 19sw S 90 11 94 62 74 0 13 0 0 0 SW 3 15sw PC 70 12 94 66 75 0 15 0 0 0 SW 4 18sw PC 60 T 13 96 66 75 0 16 0 0 0 SW 2 11sw PC 50 14 *98 69 80 0 19 .25 0 0 SW 4 21s S 90 15 93 70 76 0 16 .08 0 0 SW 4 31w PC 60 T 16 88 72 78 0 15 0 0 0 SW 4 22sw PC 40 17 92 71 77 0 17 0 0 0 SW 5 19sw PC 50 18 *96 71 80 0 19 0 0 0 WNW 5 21w S 80 19 93 70 79 0 17 0 0 0 SW 4 19sw PC 70 20 90 72 72 0 16 T 0 0 NNW 5 21nw S 80 21 89 63 77 0 11 0 0 0 SE 4 15se PC 70 22 95 71 79 0 18 T 0 0 SW 5 19sw PC 60 23 88 72 73 0 15 .10 0 0 WNW 4 16w PC 30 F,T 24 91 68 74 0 14 2.24 0 0 SW 6 23w PC 50 F,T 25 86 66 67 0 11 0 0 0 NNW 4 18nw PC 60 26 82 61 68 0 6 0 0 0 NNE 2 8n C 20 F 27 83 62 73 0 8 0 0 0 NNE 2 9n C 20 28 73 59 59 0 1 .68 0 0 ENE 6 18ne C 0 F 29 70 58 59 1 0 .17 0 0 N 4 14n C 5 F 30 71 55 60 2 0 0 0 0 NNE 2 10n C 5 31 80 56 66 0 3 0 0 0 ESE 4 19e PC 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2734 2000 3 354 3.70 0 0 SW 3.8 31w 58.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2002 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 76.4 Normal 73.5 Dep +2.9 AVG MAX 88.2 Normal 85.3 Dep +2.9 AVG MIN 64.5 Normal 61.7 Dep +2.8 MAXIMUM 98 on 14th Lowest Max 70 on 28th MINIMUM 51 on 8th Highest Min 72 on 23rd+ 16th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 17 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 3.70 Normal 3.32 Dep +0.38 YEAR TO DATE 22.67 Normal 25.57 Dep -2.90 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 8 .10" or more 6 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 2.24" Largest 24 Hr Amount SAME SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Normal 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 8 Thunder 9 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 15 Sunny 11 Sunshine% 58.4% AVERAGE WIND SW @ 3.8mph PEAK GUST 31w on 15th MAX BAROMETER 30.42 on 31st MIN BAROMETER 29.72 on 24th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 3 Normal 0 / COOLING 354 Normal 263 2002 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HOT 1st: Hot and humid today high 94 F. Heat index near 100. Thunderstorms in the area between 5pm-6pm but main storm cell drifted west of this station as it came down from the north but a brief shower fell with .06" 2nd: Sunny and very hot high of 97 F. Heat index averaging 103 peaking at 105 this afternoon. Thunderstorms drifting down from the north late this afternnon fell apart and just brought several drops of rain and some clouds. 3rd: Hot hazy and humid today. High of 94 F. Heat index averaging 101 peaking at 103. Thunderstorms in the area again 3pm - 5pm thunder and stormy skies breezy and a drop in temp but no rain fell. 4th: Hazy sunshine hot and humid high 94 F. Heat index peaked at 102. SOME RAIN 5th: Hazy hot and humid high 92 F. Thunderstorms in the area again 3pm - 4pm just missed this station only got .02" of rain. Rain was much heavier less than 1/2 mile to south and SW of here. More showers and storms this evening 8pm -10pm still not much rain only .12" total for the day. BREAK IN HEAT ! 6th: Beautiful day with bright sunshine lower temp and humidity. 7th: Chily low of 52 F. Mostly sunny breezy and pleasant today high of 80 F. 8th: Cool low of 51. Sunny warm afternoon high 84 F. 9th: Sunny warm high 86 F. WARMER 10th: Sunny warmer high 90 F. but not humid. 11th: Hazy hot and more humid today high of 94 F. 12th: Hazy hot and himid high of 94 F. Heat index peaked at 99. Thunder heard from nearby storm to the south 2-3pm only lowered the temperature a bit at the time no rain. 13th: Hazy hot and humid high 96 F. Heat index peaked at 100. SURPRISE THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT / RECORD HIGH TEMP 14TH: A surprise thunderstorm overnight 2am-2:30am developed just to the south and quickly intensified and moved in with a lot of lightning and a quick .25" of rain. *RECORD HIGH of 98 F. Broke the old record for this date of 97 in 1988. 15th: Hazy hot and humid high 93 F. Heat index peaked at 100. Thunderstorm 3:30pm-4:30pm with only .08" of rain and wind gusts to 31 mph. 17th: Partly cloudy hot and humid high 92 F. Heat index near 100. 18th:*HIGH of 96 TIED RECORD for this date set in 1987. Sunny very hot and humid today. Heat index at 102 today. 19th: Hot with a high of 93 F. Heat index peaked at 97. A DROP OF RAIN 20th: A few drops of rain just after midnight but that was it. Sunny & hot but not humid today high of 90. 22nd: Hazy hot and humid today high of 95 F. Heat index peaked at 103. A little wind and a few more drops of rain just before midnight as disintegrating showers and storms tried to move in. 23rd: A few sprinkles around noon. Thunderstorm 6-7pm splits just as it moves in and only .09" of rain falls at this station. A few more light showers near midnight. HEAVY STORMS / HEAVY RAINS 24th: A few light showers just after midnight. Series of of intense storms 4am -6am with heavy rains and intense frequent lightning and a surprising 2.24" of well needed rain fell. 1.25" of that rain fell in a 40 minute period. We have not seen this much rain in one day since March 2000. Partly cloudy hot and himid today high of 91 F. Storm passed to NNE 6-7pm but no more rain fell here. 26th: Mostly cloudy high 82 F. 27th: Mostly cloudy high 83 F. RAIN / COOL 28th: Rain today began just after 11AM. Rain was moderate at times this afternoon. Temp in 60's all day. Some light rain and drizzle this evening. Total rain today .68". 29th: Light rain and drizzle midnight - 6am .17" fell. Mostly cloudy and cool today high only 70 F. 30th: Mostly cloudy and cool high 71 F. 31st: Partly cloudy and a little warmer with a high of 80 F. August 2002 was tied for the 6th Hottest on Record with an average temp of 76.4 F. This tied 1993. The Hottest August ever was 1995 with a 78.3 average. This summer was also the 6th Hottest on Record with an average of 75.3 F. The hottest ever was 1995 with a 76.0 average.