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: 2004 * 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 88 70 74 0 14 1.04 0 0 SE 4 14se PC 60 T 2 88 70 73 0 14 0 0 0 SW 4 15sw PC 70 3 90 67 74 0 14 0 0 0 NNE 4 14ne S 85 4 89 68 72 0 14 .05 0 0 WNW 5 43w S 80 T 5 78 63 63 0 6 .43 0 0 N 7 26n C 20 6 70 53 57 4 0 T 0 0 N 7 26n PC 60 7 72 51 57 3 0 0 0 0 NNW 6 24nw PC 70 8 80 52 63 0 1 0 0 0 N 4 18n S 80 9 84 56 67 0 5 0 0 0 SE 4 14se S 90 10 87 63 73 0 11 0 0 0 SE 5 23se PC 70 11 86 69 72 0 12 T 0 0 SW 4 20sw PC 70 12 78 66 66 0 6 .53 0 0 N 5 17n C 5 13 77 63 66 0 5 .03 0 0 WNW 5 22w C 20 14 73 56 68 1 0 0 0 0 SE 3 11nw C 15 15 82 60 64 0 6 0 0 0 SW 3 13sw PC 50 F 16 83 61 65 0 7 0 0 0 N 4 15n PC 60 17 81 60 66 0 6 0 0 0 SE 3 12se S 80 F 18 84 63 74 0 8 0 0 0 SSE 4 16se S 80 F 19 90 70 75 0 15 .07 0 0 SW 5 18sw PC 50 20 91 70 70 0 15 .33 0 0 SW 5 28nw PC 65 T 21 76 60 60 0 3 .15 0 0 N 4 20n C 10 F,T 22 78 54 62 0 1 0 0 0 N 3 14n S 80 23 83 55 65 0 4 0 0 0 SE 4 14sw S 95 F 24 85 58 72 0 7 0 0 0 SE 3 12se S 80 F 25 83 67 68 0 10 0 0 0 SE 5 22se PC 50 F 26 83 64 69 0 9 0 0 0 SE 4 21se S 80 F 27 88 69 76 0 13 0 0 0 SE 4 17se PC 70 T 28 91 69 78 0 15 0 0 0 SE 4 17se PC 70 29 88 70 76 0 15 0 0 0 SE 6 23se PC 70 30 85 72 76 0 13 0 0 0 SE 6 18ne PC 50 31 82 65 65 0 9 0 0 0 NW 7 22nw S 85 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2573 1954 8 258 2.63 0 0 SE 4.5 43w 61.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2004 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 73.0 Normal 73.5 Dep -0.5 AVG MAX 83.0 Normal 85.3 Dep -2.3 AVG MIN 63.0 Normal 61.7 Dep +1.3 MAXIMUM 91 on 20th,28th Lowest Max 70 on 6th MINIMUM 51 on 7th Highest Min 72 on 30th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 4 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.63 Normal 3.32 Dep -0.69 YEAR TO DATE 34.42 Normal 25.57 Dep +8.85 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 8 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.04 on 1st Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.04 on 1st 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 5 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 4 Partly Cloudy 15 Sunny 11 Sunshine% 61.9% AVERAGE WIND SE @ 4.5 mph PEAK GUST 43w 4th MAX BAROMETER 30.30 on 26th MIN BAROMETER 29.74 on 4th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 8 Normal 0 / COOLING 258 Normal 263 AUGUST 2004 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HAZY / HOT / HUMID / STORMS 1st: Showers and thunderstorms throughout the night mid - 7am 1.04" of rain. The heaviest storms around 5am. Hot and humid today high 88 F. 2nd: Hazy hot and humid high 88 F. 3rd: Hazy hot and humid high 90 F. 4th: Hazy hot and humid high 89 F. Fast moving line of thunderstorms this afternoon around 6pm produced winds up to 43 mph but little rain only .05". Some wind damage reported in the area. SHOWERS COOLER 5th: Showers overnight between 1am-3am dropped .29" of rain. Mostly cloudy cooler and breezy today with some sun late this afternoon high 78 F. Another quick downpour this evening 10:30pm with .14". Total for day .43". 6th: Chilly morning low of 53 F. High of only 70 F. a rare event in early August. A light shower this evening around 6:30pm with trace of rain. 7th: Another cool morning with a low of 51 F. High of 72 F. Beautiful weather for August. 8th: Mostly sunny nice day high of 80 F. 9th: Sunny warmer and bit more humid today high 84 F. 10th: Hazy hot and humid high 87 F. 11th: Few sprinkles this morning, trace. Warm and humid high 86 F. COOL PERIOD 12th - 18th 12th: Cloudy today. Rain showers this evening 6pm - midnight with heavier downpours between 10:30-11pm total rain today .53" 13th: A few light showers overnight .03". Mostly cloudy today high 77 F. 14th: Cloudy and cool today high only 73 F. Rains from Hurricane Charlie pass to east. 18th: Very dense fog overnight and this morning. Warm and humid today high 84 F. HAZY HOT HUMID 19th: Showers this morning 9-10am .07". Became hot and humid today high of 90 F. with heat index up to 98. 20th: Hazy hot and humid today high of 91 F. Heat index up to 98 again. Thunderstorms in the area during the evening with some downpours 8:30pm -9:30pm .33". wind gust to 28 mph. Most of the heavier storms were to the west and north of here. 21st: A few light showers overnight .01" and some distant lightning and thunder. Fog overnight. Cloudy today with some midday showers. Clearing late in the day high 76 F. 22nd: Sunny and nice high of 78 F. 23rd: Some fog this moring. A sunny pleasant day high 83 F. 24th: Warmer a bit more humid and hazy high 85 F. 25th: Some morning fog. Warm hazy high 83 F. 26th: Fog this morning. 27th: Hazy very warm humid high 88 F. Some thunder and lightning this evening from dissipating thunderstorm from NW. 28th: Hazy hot and humid high 91 F. 29th: Hazy hot and humid high 88 F. A good SE breeze today gusts to 23 mph. 30th: Partly cloudy warm and humid. Rains from Tropical Storm Gaston missed this area :( 31st: Sunny breezy less humid today, nice high 82 F. AUGUST 2004