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: 2005 * 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 89 64 74 0 12 0 0 0 SSE 3 16se S 75 F 2 94 67 74 0 15 0 0 0 WNW 4 22w S 80 F 3 94 67 76 0 15 0 0 0 N 4 20n S 80 4 97 67 78 0 17 0 0 0 W 3 14w S 80 5 92 72 78 0 17 0 0 0 WNW 5 29w S 75 6 85 72 74 0 13 0 0 0 NNE 4 17e PC 40 7 87 69 69 0 13 .23 0 0 SE 5 20se PC 50 T 8 79 69 72 0 9 .01 0 0 WSW 3 10w C 20 F 9 81 68 69 0 9 .33 0 0 SE 3 13se C 10 10 87 68 74 0 12 0 0 0 SE 4 14se PC 60 11 90 70 76 0 15 T 0 0 SW 4 24w S 70 12 95 69 81 0 17 0 0 0 SW 5 19sw S 80 13 96 74 80 0 20 0 0 0 SW 4 17sw S 80 14 97 74 79 0 20 0 0 0 SW 5 20sw S 90 15 89 73 74 0 16 0 0 0 N 6 21n S 90 16 74 65 65 0 6 1.03 0 0 ENE 4 22ne C 0 T 17 85 62 67 0 9 0 0 0 N 3 18n S 85 F 18 87 61 73 0 9 0 0 0 SSE 4 20se S 70 19 74 67 70 0 5 .59 0 0 SE 4 17se C 0 F 20 90 70 79 0 15 0 0 0 SE 4 17se PC 60 21 90 68 68 0 14 .01 0 0 WNW 7 29nw S 100 22 84 61 67 0 7 0 0 0 NNW 6 28n S 90 23 81 59 67 0 5 0 0 0 N 4 15n S 70 24 81 61 61 0 6 0 0 0 N 6 21n S 100 25 82 52 65 0 2 0 0 0 ENE 3 15ne PC 65 26 77 59 67 0 3 .01 0 0 SE 3 19se C 0 27 68 63 66 0 0 .25 0 0 SE 5 20se C 0 F 28 85 65 75 0 10 .04 0 0 SW 3 13nw PC 50 F 29 82 68 75 0 10 0 0 0 SE 3 14se PC 40 F 30 84 72 76 0 13 .38 0 0 SE 8 26se PC 30 T 31 83 67 67 0 10 .04 0 0 SE 8 33nw PC 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2659 2063 0 334 2.92 0 0 SE 4.4 33nw 57.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2005 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 76.2 Normal 73.5 Dep +2.7 AVG MAX 85.8 Normal 85.3 Dep +0.5 AVG MIN 66.5 Normal 61.7 Dep +4.8 MAXIMUM 97 on 4th & 14th Lowest Max 68 on 27th MINIMUM 52 on 25th Highest Min 74 on 13th & 14th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 10 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.92 Normal 3.32 Dep -0.40 YEAR TO DATE 26.02 Normal 25.57 Dep +0.45 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 6 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.03" on 16th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.03 on 16th 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 3 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 6 Partly Cloudy 9 Sunny 16 Sunshine% 57.1% AVERAGE WIND SE @ 4.4 mph PEAK GUST 33nw on 31st MAX BAROMETER 30.30 on 25th MIN BAROMETER 29.53 on 30th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 344 Normal 263 AUGUST 2005 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Light fog this morning. Hazy hot and humid high 89 F today. 2nd: Hazy hot & humid high 94 F. 3rd: Hazy hot & humid high 94 F. 4th: Just plain hot sunny high of 97 F but humidity was down. 5th: Hot high 92 F. 6th: Some clouds and not as hot high 85 F. 7th: Partly cloudy hazy warm & humid high 87 F. Showers and thunderstorms in the area between 6pm - 11pm .23" of rain fell. Storms were slow moving and mostly broke up as they entered the area. 8th: Mostly cloudy with a few periods of very light rain during the day only .01" fell. 9th: Periods of rain showers overnight and this morning .33" fell. OPPRESSIVE HEAT & HUMIDITY 10th: Moring clouds hazy afternoon sun humid high 87 F. 11th: Hazy sunshine hot & humid high 90 F. Thunderstorm approached 4-4:30pm but broke up with only spits of rain and breezy west winds to 24 mph. 12th: Sunny hazy very humid & hot high 95 F. Heat index peaked at 105. 13th: Sunny hazy hot & humid high 96 F. Heat index peaked at 105. 14th: Sunny & hot high 97 F. Heat index 102. 15th: Sunny but not as as hot and less himd today high 89 F. HEAVY DOWNPOURS 16th: Few sprinkles overnight. Showers and heavy downpours & thunderstorm this morning between 7am -1pm with the heaviest rain occuring around 10am 1.03" of rain fell. Cloudy all day high only 74 F. 17th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Became sunny warm and less humid high 85 F. 18th: Mostly sunny and warm high 87 F. Clouds moved in late this afternoon. 19th: Cloudy cool today with rain showers with heavy downpours between 7:30am - 10am .59" fell. 20th: Morning clouds. Became hazy hot and humid high 90 F. 21st: Light shower around 2am .01". Sunny hot breezy but less humid today high 90. 22th: Sunny warm high 84 F. 23th: Mostly sunny pleasant weather high 81 F. 24th: Sunny high 81 F. 25th: Partly cloudy high 82 F. 26th: Cloudy cooler today some evening sprinkles .01". 27th: Cloudy cool with periods of light rain and drizzle overnight and today. Steadier rain this evening .25" fell. Fog this evening. 28th: Dense fog overnight and some light rain showers .04" Became warmer and humid today high of 85 F. Nearby showers just to west late this evening with heavier downpours but only a trace fell here. 29th: Some fog overnight. Partly cloudy hazy warm and humid today high 82 F. SOME REMAINS FROM KATRINA 30th: Hazy warm and humid today high 84 F. Showers and thunderstorms this evening 10pm - midnight with brief downpours .38" by midnight. Heavier rain just to east. 31st: A few more showers just after midnight .04". Warm humid night low of 76 F. Warm hazy & humid today but some windy and cooler weather late this afternoon & evening. SUMMER 2005 was 3rd HOTTEST ON RECORD ! The 3 summer months of June July & August averages out to be the 3rd hottest on record with an average temperature of 75.7 F. The all time hottest was in 1995 with a 76.0 average The 2nd hottest was in 1991 with an average of 75.9. Warm overnight lows contributed a lot to this hot summer. AUGUST 2005