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: 2009 * 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 66 77 0 12 0 0 0 S 4 20s PC 75 F 2 83 70 73 0 12 .81 0 0 S 5 23s C 10 T 3 85 67 69 0 11 0 0 0 SSE 4 18n S 90 4 89 66 75 0 12 0 0 0 S 5 21se S 85 5 82 68 74 0 10 0 0 0 W 4 16w PC 30 6 82 65 65 0 8 .10 0 0 N 5 19n PC 70 7 82 58 67 0 5 0 0 0 S 3 18s PC 65 8 84 65 73 0 10 T 0 0 S 3 16s PC 45 9 95 71 78 0 18 0 0 0 WSW 5 20w PC 70 10 95 74 80 0 19 0 0 0 S 6 28sw PC 55 11 90 71 71 0 15 1.50 0 0 SSE 4 32nw PC 40 T 12 81 69 73 0 10 .01 0 0 ENE 3 13ne C 20 13 86 65 72 0 11 0 0 0 E 4 14ne PC 75 14 87 67 73 0 12 0 0 0 E 4 13e PC 65 15 89 66 74 0 12 0 0 0 E 4 14e S 95 16 92 66 75 0 13 0 0 0 SSE 3 14se S 95 17 93 66 78 0 15 0 0 0 S 4 18se S 85 18 94 69 77 0 17 .07 0 0 S 4 24w PC 60 T 19 91 73 77 0 17 0 0 0 S 4 18s PC 50 20 93 73 80 0 18 .04 0 0 S 5 22s PC 50 21 87 72 72 0 14 .46 0 0 S 5 31w PC 40 T 22 80 71 72 0 10 .03 0 0 SSW 3 13w C 15 23 86 66 69 0 11 0 0 0 NNW 4 15nw S 80 24 84 63 66 0 8 0 0 0 NNW 4 16n S 80 25 86 59 72 0 7 0 0 0 S 5 15w S 85 26 91 66 72 0 13 0 0 0 WSW 5 24w PC 75 27 88 64 70 0 11 0 0 0 NNE 4 25nw PC 75 28 76 67 69 0 6 1.85 0 0 NNW 3 16nw C 0 T 29 86 67 69 0 12 .01 0 0 S 4 22w PC 30 30 81 61 63 0 6 0 0 0 NNW 6 24w PC 70 31 71 55 55 2 0 0 0 0 N 5 21n PC 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2677 2066 2 355 4.88 0 0 S 4.2 32nw 59.4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2009 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 76.5 Normal 73.5 Dep +3.0 AVG MAX 86.4 Normal 85.3 Dep +1.1 AVG MIN 66.6 Normal 61.7 Dep +4.9 MAXIMUM 95 on 9th & 10th Lowest Max 71 on 31st MINIMUM 55 on 31st Highest Min 74 on 10th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 9 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 4.88 Normal 3.32 Dep +1.56 YEAR TO DATE 30.22 Normal 25.57 Dep +4.65 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 10 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.85 on 28th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.85 on 28th 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 3 Thunder 5 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 4 Partly Cloudy 19 Sunny 8 Sunshine% 59.4% AVERAGE WIND South @ 4.2 mph PEAK GUST 32nw on 11th MAX BAROMETER 30.25 on 8th MIN BAROMETER 29.68 on 29th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 2 Normal 0 / COOLING 355 Normal 263 AUGUST 2009 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Fog early this morning. Partly cloudy hot and rather humid today high 88 F. 2nd: Thunderstorms began this morning around 6:15am with some heavy downpours. Showers throughout the morning .81" fell. Strong winds and damage reported in southern and eastern Washington County. 3rd: Sunny high 85 F. 4th: Sunny high 89 F. 5th: Partly cloudy high 82 F. 6th: Showers between 6am - 7:30am .10" fell. Partly cloudy today high 82 F. 7th: Partly cloudy high 82 F. 8th: Partly cloudy high 84 F. Few sprinkles this evening between 6pm -8pm, trace. HEAT & HUMIDITY 9th: Hazy Hot & Humid High 95 F. Heat index peaked near 100 for first time this summer. 10th: Hot and humid high 95 F. Heat index peaked at 103. HEAVY DOWNPOURS 11th: Hot and humid high 90 F. Showers and thunderstorms between 4pm - 8:30pm dropped 1.50" of rain. Very heavy downpours around 7pm from storms with over .75" in 15 minutes. 12th: Mostly cloudy high 81 F. Light shower around 2pm .01". 13th: Partly cloudy high 86 F. 14th: Partly cloudy high 87 F. 15th: Sunny high 89 F. 16th: Sunny hot high 92 F. 17th: Hot and humid high 93 F. 18th: Hot and humid high 94 F. A few light showers around 4pm and 8pm some thunder. 19th: Hot and humid high 91 F. 20th: Hot and humid high 93 F. Light shower around 5pm and 10pm .04". 21st: Very warm overnight low of 77 F. Very rare to have low of 75 or higher but showers and storms later erased the readings as they dropped temp into the lower 70's. Showers and some thunder between 11am -1pm. Wind gusts to 31 mph. Light shower and some thunder around 7pm as storms passed to SE. Total rain today .46". 22nd: Mostly cloudy today high 80 F. Light showers overnight and again late afternoon .03" total. 23rd: Sunny high 86 F. 24th: Sunny high 84 F. 25th: Sunny high 86 F. 26th: Partly cloudy & hot high 91 F. 27th: Partly cloudy very warm and humid high 88 F. HEAVY DOWNPOURS 28th: Showers and thunderstorms between 5am - 8am some lightning and thunder but mainly heavy downpours 1.24" fell. More heavy downpours between 3:30 -5pm. Total rain today 1.85". Cloudy all day high 76 F. 29th: Light shower overnight .01". Partly cloudy & humid today high 86 F. 30th: Partly cloudy high 81 F. 31st: Fantastic day much cooler with low humidity high only 71 F. [August 2009 was the 6th warmest on record with an average temperature of 76.5 F. The all time warmest was in 1995 with an average of 78.3.] AUGUST 2009