Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT: 39.64028 LONG: -77.69792 ELEV: 540 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: AUGUST YEAR: 2018 * 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 85 69 70 0 12 1.40 0 0 S 5 26w PC 50 T 2 78 69 74 0 9 1.34 0 0 S 3 13w C 5 T 3 79 70 70 0 9 .73 0 0 S 5 20s C 0 4 87 69 73 0 13 .01 0 0 S 3 12w PC 55 5 91 68 77 0 14 0 0 0 S 3 15s S 80 6 91 71 76 0 16 0 0 0 S 3 15ne PC 70 7 89 71 71 0 15 .08 0 0 S 5 34w PC 30 T 8 89 69 70 0 14 .97 0 0 S 5 22w S 80 T 9 89 68 73 0 13 0 0 0 WNW 6 20w S 85 10 87 67 75 0 12 .02 0 0 WNW 3 14n PC 60 11 87 70 71 0 14 .01 0 0 SSW 4 20n PC 55 12 84 67 71 0 10 0 0 0 SSW 3 15nw PC 45 F 13 82 66 66 0 9 .18 0 0 WSW 3 18n PC 25 T 14 82 64 72 0 8 T 0 0 W 5 20w PC 35 15 88 65 73 0 11 0 0 0 W 5 18w PC 70 16 90 68 76 0 14 T 0 0 S 3 13s PC 70 17 91 72 73 0 17 T 0 0 S 5 27s PC 40 T 18 84 70 70 0 12 1.06 0 0 SSW 5 26n PC 30 T 19 77 64 69 0 5 .01 0 0 NNE 4 14ne C 15 20 79 66 73 0 7 0 0 0 E 4 16e C 20 21 83 69 69 0 11 2.14 0 0 SSE 7 24s C 5 T 22 83 66 66 0 10 0 0 0 WNW 6 29nw PC 70 23 79 60 60 0 5 0 0 0 WNW 7 24nw S 95 24 83 54 63 0 3 0 0 0 S 4 20s S 90 25 83 58 67 0 6 0 0 0 S 5 19s PC 75 26 88 61 74 0 9 0 0 0 S 5 18s PC 75 27 92 68 75 0 15 T 0 0 S 3 14s PC 60 F,T 28 94 72 79 0 18 0 0 0 S 5 18s S 95 29 94 73 79 0 19 0 0 0 S 6 22s S 95 30 88 72 75 0 15 0 0 0 WNW 3 16n PC 60 31 86 72 72 0 14 .25 0 0 E 4 22e PC 40 T --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 85.9 67.4 0 359 8.20 0 0 S 4.4 34w 54.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS AUGUST 2018 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 76.6 Normal 73.9 Dep +2.7 AVG MAX 85.9 Normal 85.7 Dep +0.2 AVG MIN 67.4 Normal 62.1 Dep +5.3 MAXIMUM 94 on28th&29th Lowest Max 77 on 19th MINIMUM 54 on 24th Highest Min 73 on 29th Max 90 or Higher 7 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 8.20 Normal 3.49 Dep +4.71 YEAR TO DATE 39.59 Normal 28.25 Dep +11.34 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 13 .10" or more 8 1.00" or more 4 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 2.14 on 21st Largest 24 Hr Amount 2.14 on 21st 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 2 Thunder 10 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 19 Sunny 7 Sunshine% 54.2% AVERAGE WIND SOUTH @ 4.4 mph PEAK GUST 34w on 7th MAX BAROMETER 30.28 on 25th MIN BAROMETER 29.77 on 22nd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 359 Normal 263 AUGUST 2018 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN 1st: Few showers overnight .10". Thunderstorm 2pm -2:30pm with very heavy downpours dropping .79" of rain in 25 minutes with .57" falling in 10 minutes. Another thunderstorm this evening with heavy downpours 8pm-8:45pm dropping another .51" of rain with wind gusts to 26 mph. Rainfall today 1.40". 2nd: Mostly cloudy and humid today. Rain fell mainly between 10am - 2pm with heavy downpours especially 10-11am. 1.07" fell. More rain showers this evening 8pm -9:30pm with another .27". Total rain today 1.34". Some thunder with the rain today. 3rd: Cloudy and humid today high 79 F. Few morning sprinkles. Showers 2:30-4:30pm. Rain 5:30pm -12 midnight. Rain was moderate to briefly heavy at times today .73" fell. 4th: Rain ending just after midnight .01". Past 3 days 3.48" Partly cloudy today very warm and humid high 87 F. 5th: Mostly sunny hot and humid high 91 F. 6th: Partly cloudy hot and humid high 91 F. 7th: Partly cloudy very warm and humid today high 89 F. Line of heavy thunderstorms fall apart just as they moved in this afternoon between 4:30pm-5:30pm but did produce some gusty winds to 34 mph. Also some left over rain 5:45pm - 7pm .08". Worst part of the storm was to N-NW. 8th: Mostly sunny very warm and humid high 89 F. Thundershower 7:30pm-8pm .22" rain. Heavy thunderstorm this evening between 8:30pm -10pm with .75" of rain with the heaviest rain occurring around 9pm dropping .58" in 10 minutes. Lots of lightning and thunder with some very close cloud to ground strikes. No strong winds at this location. 9th: Sunny very warm but less humid today high 89 F. 10th: Partly cloudy warm and humid high 87 F. Light shower around 3:15pm .02". 11th: Partly cloudy high 87 F. Light shower around 4pm .01". 12th: Some morning fog just after sunrise. Partly cloudy high 84 F. 13th: Partly to mostly cloudy high 82 F. A few afternoon showers between 2pm-4:15pm with some thunder. Showers this evening 8:30pm-9:30pm with thunderstorms in the area. Rainfall today .18". 14th: Partly cloudy high 82 F. A few afternoon sprinkles and again this evening, trace. 15th: Partly cloudy warmer high 88 F. 16th: Partly cloudy and hot high 90 F. A few late evening sprinkles of rain. 17th: Partly cloudy hot & humid high 91 F. Thunderstorms in the area this afternoon between 3:30pm - 5pm with thunder and some gusty winds to 27 mph but no rain fell. A few sprinkles around 6pm. THUNDERSTORM VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS 18th: A few light showers overnight .02". Partly to mostly cloudy warm humid high 84 F. Thunderstorms between 2:30pm -3:30pm with very heavy downpours dropping .89" in 15 minutes and .42" in 5 minutes. Wind gusts to 26 mph. A few more light showers after the storm. Total rain today 1.06". 19th: Some morning sun then mostly cloudy rest of day high 77 F. Light shower late this evening .01". 20th: Mostly cloudy high 79 F. THUNDERSTORMS EXTREMELY HEAVY DOWNPOURS 21st: Light shower overnight. Heavy shower around 8:30am with .23". Cloudy warm and humid today high 83 F. Thunderstorms this evening between 6pm -7pm with extremely heavy downpours dropping 1.82" of rain with 1.61" falling in 20 minutes, 1.41" in 15 minutes, and .56" in 5 minutes. No strong winds with the storms. Showers after the storm. More storms in the area this evening with a little more rain. Total today 2.14". 22nd: Partly cloudy high 83 F. 23rd: Sunny pleasnt and less humid high 79 F. 24th: Chilly morning low of 54 F. Sunny today high 83 F. 25th: Partly cloudy high 83 F. 26th: Partly cloudy warmer and more humid today high 88 F. 27th: Some morning fog. Partly cloudy hot and humid high 92 F. Thunderstorm in the area 5pm-6pm with just some thunder and a few sprinkles of rain. Storm passed to W-SW. Heat index peaking at 103 today. 28th: Sunny hot and humid high 94 F. Heat index averaging this afternoon at 101 peaking at 104. 29th: Sunny hot and humid high 94 F. Heat index averaging this afternoon at 100 peaking at 102. Lightning to NNE this evening. 30th: Partly cloudy very warm and humid high 88 F. 31st: Thunderstorms in the area this morning 5am-6am then showers through 9am .20" fell. Partly cloudy warm and humid high 86 F. Shower late this evening just before midnight .05". August 2018 was the 3rd wettest on record with 8.20". The 2nd wettest was 8.61 in 1911. The wettest was 8.85 in 1955. August 2018 tied 1991 for the 7th warmest on record with an average temperature of 76.6. The warmest ever was 78.7 in 2016 The summer of 2018 was the 4th wettest on record with 19.77" of rain. The wettest ever was in 1996 with 24.80". AUGUST 2018