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: 2012 * 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 86 65 70 0 11 0 0 0 S 4 15s PC 65 T 2 91 66 73 0 13 0 0 0 SSW 3 13sw S 95 3 92 68 79 0 15 0 0 0 S 4 15s PC 65 4 93 73 78 0 18 0 0 0 S 7 28s S 80 5 92 74 74 0 18 .48 0 0 S 7 25s PC 60 T 6 88 70 70 0 14 0 0 0 S 3 14w PC 40 7 86 64 72 0 10 0 0 0 S 4 15s PC 30 8 91 67 75 0 14 0 0 0 S 4 19s PC 60 9 91 68 70 0 14 .02 0 0 S 5 38w PC 55 T 10 84 67 70 0 11 1.84 0 0 S 7 35n PC 25 T 11 84 67 69 0 11 0 0 0 S 5 20s PC 75 12 83 62 64 0 7 0 0 0 NW 5 20nw PC 70 13 84 59 69 0 6 0 0 0 SSE 3 13s S 80 14 84 67 72 0 11 .45 0 0 ESE 3 18w PC 30 T 15 80 65 66 0 8 0 0 0 NW 4 15nw C 20 16 84 60 69 0 7 0 0 0 WNW 4 15w S 90 17 87 63 68 0 10 .61 0 0 SSW 5 21w PC 40 T 18 81 61 61 0 6 0 0 0 NNE 4 16n S 90 19 70 58 64 1 0 .24 0 0 S 3 18e C 5 T 20 78 61 62 0 4 .42 0 0 S 4 22w PC 25 T 21 80 59 66 0 5 .01 0 0 E 3 12e S 85 F 22 83 59 65 0 6 .11 0 0 SSW 4 19s S 90 23 86 59 65 0 7 0 0 0 S 3 15s S 90 24 84 62 69 0 8 1.06 0 0 E 3 22se PC 40 T 25 80 66 71 0 8 T 0 0 E 5 20e C 25 26 80 67 70 0 8 .87 0 0 E 7 28s C 15 T 27 86 67 75 0 12 0 0 0 S 4 16s PC 70 28 85 66 66 0 10 .04 0 0 NW 6 23nw PC 70 29 82 58 64 0 5 0 0 0 NW 3 15nw S 80 30 84 58 64 0 6 0 0 0 SSE 3 13sw S 100 31 92 59 76 0 10 0 0 0 WSW 4 18w S 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2631 1985 1 293 6.15 0 0 S 4.3 38w 60.2% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2012 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 74.5 Normal 73.9 Dep +0.6 AVG MAX 84.9 Normal 85.7 Dep -0.8 AVG MIN 64.0 Normal 62.1 Dep +1.9 MAXIMUM 93 on 4th Lowest Max 70 on 19th MINIMUM 58 on 30th,29th Highest Min 74 on 5th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 7 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 6.15 Normal 3.49 Dep +2.66 YEAR TO DATE 30.50 Normal 28.25 Dep +2.25 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 12 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.84 on 10th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.84 on 10th 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 10 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 4 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 11 Sunshine% 60.2% AVERAGE WIND South @ 4.3 mph PEAK GUST 38w on 9th MAX BAROMETER 30.21 on 26th MIN BAROMETER 29.67 on 10th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 1 Normal 0 / COOLING 293 Normal 263 AUGUST 2012 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Partly cloudy today high 86 F. Approaching thunderstorms from NW around 4:45pm weaken, split and bypass this station. Some thunder and lightning nearby but no rain fell here. 2nd: Sunny and hot today high 91 F. 3rd: Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 92 F. 4th: Mostly sunny hot and humid today high 93 F THUNDERSTORMS 5th: Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 92 F. Nearby thunderstorms 3:30pm - 4:15pm with only .06" of rain here. Tiny very localized thundershower popped up overhead around 8pm and dropped a very quick downpour of .25". More showers and some thunder during the evening with brief downpours total rain today .48". 6th: Partly cloudy very warm today high 88 F. Very humid during the morning. 7th: Mostly to partly cloudy and warm today high 86 F. 8th: Partly cloudy and hot today high 91 F. THUNDERSTORMS 9th: Hazy hot and humid today high of 91 F. Severe thunderstorms passed just to W,NW and N between 5:30pm -7pm. Brought some dark ominous clouds and wind gusts of 38 mph. Light showers fell later but only .01". More storms just missing the area near midnight with only onother .01". THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN 10th: Showers and thunderstorms overnight between 3:30am - 8am with some heavier downpours just after 4am .52" fell. Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 84 F. Intense thunderstorm between 5:30pm-6pm began with ominous dark clouds and sharp close lightning and strong winds gusting to 35 mph. Very heavy rain with over an inch falling in 20 minutes and .45" fell in 5 minutes. Some wind tree damage reported. More showers during the evening. Total rain today 1.84". 11th: Partly cloudy high 84 F. 12th: Partly cloudy fine summer day high 83 F. 13th: Sunny high 84 F. 14th: Showers overnight and this morning between 3am - 9am .45" fell. Partly to mostly cloudy today and humid high 84 F. Thunderstorms in the area during evening but no direct hits just a few sprinkles. Vivid frequent lightning display from storms this evening to north and east. 15th: Mostly cloudy today high 80 F. 16th: Mostly sunny high 84 F. SHOWERS / THUNDER 17th: Partly cloudy high 87 F. Showers with some thunder during late afternoon and evening 4pm - 9:30pm. Some brief heavy downpours at times total rain .61". 18th: Sunny fantastic summer day high 81 F. 19th: Cloudy and very cool today high only 70 F. Rain fell between 11:30am - 2pm with .24". with a few rumbles of thunder. 20th: Partly to mostly cloudy today high 78 F. Showers around 11:30am .04" fell. Thunderstorm and showers 4pm - 5pm with some brief downpours. Total rain today .42". 21st: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Became sunny today very nice high 80 F. Showers began late this evening just before midnight. 22nd: Showers from just before midnight - 1am. Total was 0.12". Mostly sunny and pleasant today high 83 F. 23rd: Sunny warm high 86 F. THUNDERSTORM / HEAVY RAINS / VERY LOCAL 1.06" 24th: Partly cloudy warm high 84 F. Small stationary thunderstorm developed overhead just after 4pm with very heavy downpours dropped over an inch of rain in less than 40 minutes. This storm was small and very localized over town 1.06" total ranfall. Thunder was minimal winds gusted to 24 mph. 25th: Mostly cloudy today high 80 F. A few sprinkles late this afternoon and evening, trace. THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS 26th: A few sprinkles overnight and this morning .02". Mostly cloudy and humid today high 80 F. Thunderstorm this afternoon with heavy downpours mainly 1:55pm - 2:30pm with .85" of rain. 27th: Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 86 F. 28th: Some light rain showers overnight between 2am-4am .04" fell. Partly cloudy and warm today high 85 F. 29th: Sunny and pleasant high 82 F. 30th: Sunny 100% sunshine high 84 F. 31st: Sunny and hot 100% sunshine high 92 F The summer of 2012 was the 12th hottest on record with an average temperature of 74.7 for the 3 month period. The hottest summer ever was in 2010 with an average of 77.7. AUGUST 2012