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: 2008 * 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 65 74 0 12 T 0 0 W 4 24w S 90 2 85 66 67 0 11 .57 0 0 SSE 5 22s PC 50 T 3 85 60 70 0 8 0 0 0 NNW 5 22nw S 85 4 85 58 72 0 7 0 0 0 W 4 19w S 90 5 80 66 73 0 8 T 0 0 S 4 13s C 20 6 88 69 69 0 14 .07 0 0 NNW 7 27nw PC 70 7 83 65 67 0 9 .01 0 0 E 3 25n PC 40 T 8 81 59 64 0 5 0 0 0 W 6 29w S 80 9 81 55 65 0 3 0 0 0 W 5 20w S 95 10 81 59 61 0 5 T 0 0 S 4 27e PC 40 T 11 76 56 65 0 1 .01 0 0 WNW 7 25w PC 70 12 82 56 61 0 4 0 0 0 W 5 24w S 80 13 85 55 66 0 5 .46 0 0 SSE 4 27s PC 70 T 14 80 61 63 0 5 .05 0 0 S 3 18s C 25 F,T 15 77 60 62 0 3 T 0 0 E 2 9e C 20 F 16 82 56 62 0 4 0 0 0 NNW 4 20n S 90 F 17 86 54 63 0 5 0 0 0 S 5 21s S 90 18 87 56 67 0 7 0 0 0 W 4 20w S 95 19 88 58 68 0 8 0 0 0 NNW 5 24nw S 85 20 81 55 62 0 3 0 0 0 N 4 13n S 100 21 83 54 69 0 4 0 0 0 SSW 4 16s S 80 22 84 56 64 0 5 0 0 0 SE 5 21se PC 70 23 84 57 72 0 5 0 0 0 ESE 4 15se PC 65 24 89 65 74 0 12 0 0 0 S 4 18s S 85 25 88 69 71 0 13 T 0 0 S 5 20s PC 60 26 78 59 59 0 4 0 0 0 N 5 16n PC 50 27 78 54 69 0 1 0 0 0 E 5 20e PC 30 28 69 62 66 0 1 .56 0 0 E 4 20e C 0 F 29 72 63 65 0 2 .30 0 0 NNE 3 12n C 0 F 30 81 64 69 0 8 0 0 0 SSW 3 12s C 5 F 31 84 60 60 0 7 0 0 0 N 4 16n S 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2552 1852 0 189 2.03 0 0 W 4.4 28w 62.3% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2008 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 71.0 Normal 73.5 Dep -2.5 AVG MAX 82.3 Normal 85.3 Dep -3.0 AVG MIN 59.7 Normal 61.7 Dep -2.0 MAXIMUM 80 on 1st & 21st Lowest Max 69 on 28th MINIMUM 54 on 27,21,17 Highest Min 69 on 25th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.03 Normal 3.32 Dep -1.29 YEAR TO DATE 35.02 Normal 25.57 Dep +9.45 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 8 .10" or more 4 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT Largest 24 Hr Amount 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 6 Thunder 5 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 6 Partly Cloudy 11 Sunny 14 Sunshine% 62.3% AVERAGE WIND W @ 4.4 mph PEAK GUST 28w on 8th MAX BAROMETER 30.27 on 22nd MIN BAROMETER 29.60 on 2nd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 189 Normal 263 AUGUST 2008 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Trace of rain just after midnight. Sunny & hot today high 89 F. 2nd: Thunderstorm early this morning between 3am - 5 am with brief downpours and some intense lightning. Thunderstorm this afternoon 2-3pm breif heavy downpours wind gusts to 29 mph. Total rain today .57". 3rd: Sunny high 85 F. 4th: Sunny high 85 F. 5th: Mostly cloudy today high 80 F. A few sprinkles during the morning,trace. 6th: A few light showers 5-7am .07". Partly cloudy very warm and breezy today high 88 F. 7th: Thunderstorms in the area this afternoon but only .01" fell at this station. 8th: Sunny high 81 F. 9th: Sunny high 81 F. 10th: Partly cloudy today high 81 F. Thunderstorms in the area between 3pm -5pm. Storms passed just to east of this station, only a trace of rain fell here. Some intense lightning, gusty winds and cooler temps as storms passed by. Hail was reported nearby with some damage. .75" diameter. 11th: Light shower overnight .01". Partly cloudy breezy and cool today high only 76 F.. Few sprinkles this evening,trace. 12th: Sunny breezy high 82 F. 13th: Partly cloudy high 85 F. Thunderstorm and showers this evening between 8pm-10pm .46" fell. 14th: Light shower overnight .01" Morning fog. Mostly cloudy today high 80 F. Thunderstorm this afternoon 4pm-4:30pm moved to south of here only .04" of rain fell. 15th: Some fog overnight. Mostly cloudy today with a few sprinkles of rain at times, trace high 77 F. DRY WEATHER SPELL 16th: Dense fog overnight and early this morning. Sunny today high 82 F. 17th: Sunny high 86 F. 18th: Sunny high 87 F. 19th: Sunny high 88 F. 20th: Sunny high 81 F. 21st: Sunny high 83 F. 22nd: Partly cloudy high 84 F. 23rd: Partly cloudy high 84 F. 24th: Sunny high 89 F. 25th: A few sprinkles this morning around 7am, trace. Partly cloudy high 88 F today. 26th: Partly cloudy cooler high 78 F. 27th: Partly cloudy high 78 F. 28th: Rain began overnight 3:30am. Rain today through 5pm .56" fell. Very cool high only 69 F. 29th: Fog overnight and today. Rain 5am - 11am .30" fell. Cloudy and cool high 72 F. 30th: Some fog overnight. Cloudy today warmer high 81 F. A few peeks of sun late in day. 31st: Sunny today high 84 F. No 90 degree days in August. Extremely Rare - The only other time that happened was in 1927. That was also the coolest August ever in 1927. Heat indices were in check all month well below 90. The peak was on the 1st with a 93. Dew points were also below normal all month mainly in the 50's & 60's AUGUST 2008