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: 2011 * 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 96 66 77 0 16 0 0 0 W 5 26w S 90 2 95 71 82 0 18 0 0 0 WNW 8 22nw PC 70 3 82 73 74 0 12 .31 0 0 S 4 18s C 0 4 86 72 74 0 14 .67 0 0 E 7 19e PC 55 5 86 67 77 0 12 0 0 0 S 6 21s PC 40 6 82 72 75 0 12 .30 0 0 S 7 23s C 10 7 89 74 79 0 17 .03 0 0 S 6 30w PC 25 T 8 89 74 75 0 17 0 0 0 W 6 24w S 80 9 88 69 76 0 13 .58 0 0 WSW 6 22w PC 60 10 87 69 71 0 13 0 0 0 WSW 8 26w PC 65 11 83 60 63 0 6 0 0 0 N 7 26n S 90 12 85 55 67 0 5 0 0 0 E 3 13e S 95 13 83 61 73 0 7 .02 0 0 S 4 20s C 10 T 14 85 66 67 0 11 .43 0 0 S 5 26n PC 30 T 15 77 65 67 0 6 .59 0 0 NNW 5 22nw C 15 T 16 85 63 70 0 9 0 0 0 NNW 8 27n PC 75 17 87 60 75 0 8 0 0 0 S 4 18s S 95 18 89 63 64 0 11 1.82 T 0 S 6 26n PC 65 T,H 19 86 61 65 0 9 .24 0 0 S 5 29n PC 70 T 20 86 61 75 0 9 0 0 0 S 3 12s S 80 F 21 85 71 71 0 13 0 0 0 S 6 23s PC 50 22 78 59 59 0 3 0 0 0 W 8 29n S 90 23 80 50 59 0 0 0 0 0 E 3 14sw S 95 24 84 58 76 0 6 0 0 0 S 9 30s PC 50 25 83 69 73 0 11 .56 0 0 S 8 29s PC 30 T 26 86 66 75 0 11 0 0 0 E 4 11e S 85 27 78 70 70 0 9 .69 0 0 NNE 11 37n C 0 28 81 66 68 0 9 .60 0 0 W 13 37n PC 40 29 75 58 59 0 2 0 0 0 NNE 4 15n PC 50 30 82 52 62 0 2 0 0 0 E 3 12e S 100 31 82 54 63 0 3 0 0 0 E 4 18s PC 50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2620 1995 0 294 6.84 T S 6.0 37n 56.8% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2011 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 74.4 Normal 73.9 Dep +0.5 AVG MAX 84.5 Normal 85.7 Dep -1.2 AVG MIN 64.4 Normal 62.1 Dep +2.3 MAXIMUM 96 on 1st Lowest Max 75 on 29th MINIMUM 50 on 23rd Highest Min 74 on 7th & 8th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 2 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 6.84 Normal 3.49 Dep +3.35 YEAR TO DATE 34.22 Normal 28.25 Dep +5.97 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 13 .10" or more 11 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.82 on 18th Largest 24 Hr Amount 2.06 18-19th 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 1 Thunder 7 Hail 1 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 10 Sunshine% 56.8% AVERAGE WIND South @ 6.0 PEAK GUST 37n on 28th+ MAX BAROMETER 30.22 on 31st MIN BAROMETER 29.25 on 28th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 294 Normal 263 AUGUST 2011 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny and hot high 96 F. 2nd: Partly cloudy hot high 95 F. 3rd: Cloudy today. Few light showers during the morning. Some heavier showers during the afternoon .31" fell today. 4th: Showers overnight between midnight and 2:30am some had heavy downpours .67" fell. Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 86 F. 5th: Partly cloudy warm and humid high 86 F. 6th: Cloudy warm and humid today high 82 F. showers between 11am -2pm. Few more light showers this evening .30 today. 7th: Few sprinkles just after 10am .01". Dying thunderstorms around 2:30pm with only .02" of rain wind gust to 30 mph. Partly to mostly cloudy today hot and humid high 89 F. 8th: Sunny warm humid high 89 F. 9th: Showers with nice downpours between 8am - 10:30am .58" fell. Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 88 F. 10th: Partly cloudy breezy and less humid today high 87 F. 11th: Suuny breezy and pleasant today high 83 F. 12th: Chilly low of 55 F this morning nice. Sunny today high 83 F. 13th: Few sprinkles around 9:30am with a rumble of thunder, trace of rain. Few more light showers around 4pm .02". Mostly cloudy today high 83 F. 14th: Some light showers during the morning between 5:30am - 9:30am .05". Showers and thunderstorms in the area between 7:30pm - 11pm the heaviest of the storms were just to the south. Total rain today .43". 15th: Mostly cloudy today high 77 F. Showers and thunderstorms betwenn 10am - noon with some good downpours .59" fell. 16th: Partly cloudy and breezy high 85 F. 17th: Sunny high 87 F. INTENSE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING 18th: Partly cloudy today high 89 F. Intense slow moving thunderstorms developed overhead this evening just before 9pm and continued till around 11:30pm. Storms were building over same area and were very slow moving droping heavy amounts rain and very frequent wicked lightning. 1.82" of rain fell from storms. Peak wind gust here was only 26 mph but some wind damage was reported across the area. Some 1/4" hail fell here briefly but other reports of hail the size of nickles across area. 19th: Partly cloudy high 86 F. More slow moving showers and thunderstorms across the area today mainly between 4:30pm - 7pm only .24" fell here this time but some places received much more. Wind gusts to 29 mph. 20th: Morning fog at sunrise. Sunny today high 86 F. 21st: Partly cloudy warm humid high 85 F. 22nd: Sunny and pleasnt today high 78 F. RARE EARTHQUAKE 5.8 MAG. 23rd: Chilly low of 50 F. this morning. Sunny today high 80 F. Earthquake of 5.8 Mag. at 1:54pm centered in central Virginia felt up and down entire eastern seaboard. Moderate shaking here. Minor to moderate damage in DC and Mid Atlantic area. 24th: Partly cloudy and breezy high 84 F South winds gusting to 30 mph. 25th: Thunderstorm this morning between 7-8am with good bit of thunder and lightning brief heavy rain and wind gust to 29mph. More showers between 11am - 1pm. Total rain today .56". 26th: Mostly sunny high 86 F. HURRICANE IRENE BATTERS EAST COAST 27th: Hurricane Irene batters much of east coast but we were right on the western edge of the storm. A few stray feeder bands produced breif showers and gusty winds around noon and again around 4pm. Some steadier rain and gusty winds this evening with .69" by midnight and some wind gusts to 37 mph. 28th: Some gusty winds and rain overnight mostly light became a little heavier during the morning as wrap around bands of rain lingered in the area rain ended by noon .60" fell. Wind gusts overnight to 37 mph again and up to 34 mph today. Total rain from storm 1.29". Clearing and windy during the afternoon high 81 F. 29th: Partly cloudy high 75 F. 30th: Sunny high 82 F. 31st: Partly cloudy high 82 F. SUMMER 2011 TIED FOR 3rd HOTTEST Summer average temperature of June July and August was 75.9 F This tied 1991 for the 3rd hottest summer on record. The 2nd hottest was 1995 with an average of 76.0. The all time hottest was last year 2010 shattering all records with an average of 77.7 F. August was the 8th wettest on record with 6.84". The record wettest was in 1955 with 8.85" AUGUST 2011