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: DECEMBER YEAR: 2001 * 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 67 42 42 11 0 0 0 0 W 5 21nw S 90 2 52 30 30 24 0 0 0 0 N 2 10n PC 30 3 58 26 35 23 0 0 0 0 SSW 2 12sw S 95 F 4 68 30 50 16 0 0 0 0 SSE 2 11s S 100 5 *77 43 55 5 0 0 0 0 SW 2 11sw S 90 6 66 47 53 9 0 T 0 0 SW 4 20sw PC 30 7 58 40 40 16 0 .01 0 0 NNE 5 25n C 5 F 8 46 37 38 23 0 .59 0 0 N 2 10n C 0 F 9 49 28 28 26 0 0 0 0 N 5 22n PC 50 10 43 24 40 31 0 0 0 0 NNE 2 13n C 10 11 54 35 35 21 0 .14 0 0 N 2 8n PC 30 F 12 48 30 46 26 0 0 0 0 N 2 9n C 20 F 13 57 46 48 14 0 .02 0 0 SW 3 13sw C 0 F 14 60 47 54 12 0 .31 0 0 SW 7 36w C 5 F 15 54 32 32 22 0 0 0 0 NNW 7 36nw PC 60 16 41 26 40 31 0 0 0 0 S 2 10s C 20 17 52 40 52 19 0 .40 0 0 SSE 4 19se C 0 18 53 37 37 20 0 .07 0 0 NNW 10 38nw C 20 19 52 31 39 24 0 0 0 0 S 4 23s PC 40 20 47 37 37 23 0 0 0 0 WNW 13 40w PC 60 21 43 28 28 29 0 0 0 0 WNW 11 35nw S 90 22 42 20 25 34 0 0 0 0 WSW 2 9sw S 80 23 48 24 39 29 0 .28 0 0 WSW 4 24nw C 10 24 41 25 25 32 0 0 0 0 W 6 30w PC 60 25 34 23 27 37 0 0 0 0 W 4 19w PC 25 26 34 21 25 37 0 0 0 0 N 2 14n PC 75 27 34 18 28 39 0 T T 0 W 8 27w PC 40 28 39 24 29 33 0 T T 0 W 7 30w C 10 29 40 23 23 33 0 0 0 0 WNW 9 32w PC 50 30 27 18 19 42 0 0 0 0 W 8 27w PC 75 31 31 16 16 41 0 0 0 0 W 5 21w PC 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1515 948 782 0 1.82 T 0 WNW 4.9 40w 43.2% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS DECEMBER 2001 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 39.7 Normal 34.3 Dep +5.4 AVG MAX 48.9 Normal 42.4 Dep +6.5 AVG MIN 30.6 Normal 26.2 Dep +4.4 MAXIMUM 77 on 5th Lowest Max 27 on 30th MINIMUM 16 on 31st Highest Min 47 on 6th,14th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 2 Min 32 or Lower 20 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 1.82 Normal 3.21 Dep -1.39 YEAR TO DATE 26.54 Normal 37.96 Dep -11.42 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 8 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT .59" on 8th Largest 24 Hr Amount Same SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL T Normal 5.2 Dep -5.2 SEASON TOTAL T Normal 6.9 Dep -6.9 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 0 1.0" or more 0 Snow Cover 1" or more 0 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 7 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 11 Partly Cloudy 14 Sunny 6 Sunshine% 43.2% AVERAGE WIND WNW @ 4.9mph PEAK GUST 40w on2th MAX BAROMETER 30.51 on 16th MIN BAROMETER 29.28 on 18th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 782 Normal 967 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 DECEMBER 2001 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny warm breezy high of 67 F near the record of 68 in 1929. 3rd: Very heavy frost this morning made everything a beautiful white then dense fog formed at sunrise. Became sunny and warmer. DECEMBER WARMTH 4th: Bright sunshine and warm today high of 68 F. * RECORD HIGH * 5th:*RECORD HIGH of 77 F broke the old record of 76 in 1998. Bright sunny and very warm. 6th: Became cloudy but still warm today. Trace of rain this evening with a few sprinkles. 7th: Some very light rain overnight 1-3am only .01" fell also fog this morning. Mostly cloudy day. COLD RAIN 8th: Light rain began around 9:30am. Cold with rain all day moderate at times ended 9pm with a total of .59" for the day. Fog this evening. 10th: Mostly cloudy and cold today high only 43 F. 11th: Light rain this morning between 1:30am - 7:30am .14" fell. 13th: A few light showers this morning 1am -4am .02". Mostly cloudy and mild today. RAIN / MILD / WIND 14th: Rain today 5am - 11am .31" fell. Windy and warm this evening with strong west winds gusting to 36 mph as strong cold front moves through. Temperature rose to 60 F this evening. 15th: More strong winds overnight from the WNW gusting to 36 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy and colder today. 17th: Cloudy today rain began just after 3pm and continued into the evening ended just before midnight with .40" of rain. 18th: More showers overnight 3-5am with .07" became windy with NW winds gusting to 29 mph. Also barometer fell very low to 29.28". Mostly cloudy and windy today with NW winds gusting to 38 mph. COLDER / WINDY 20th: Temperature rose to 47 F this morning 3am as cold front came through. Strong west winds developed gusting to 35 mph then temps fell into 30's. Strong WNW winds all day with gusts as high as 40 mph. 21st: Sunny cold and windy today with WNW winds gusting to 35 mph. 23rd: Cloudy today. Rain showers this evening between 5pm - 11pm .28" fell. Rain was moderate at times later in the evening. 24th: A partly cloudy windy and seasonably cold Christmas eve. West winds gusting to 30 mph. 25th: CHRISTMAS - partly to mostly cloudy breezy and cold high in the low 30's today. 26th: Partly cloudy and cold high 34 F. COLD / FLURRIES 27th: Coldest morning yet this season with a low of 18 F. Partly cloudy windy and cold today with a few snow flurries this morning. 28th: Cloudy cold and windy today with snow flurries throughout the morning. West winds gusting up to 30 mph. 29th: Partly cloudy became windy with falling temps this aftenoon WNW winds gusting to 32 mph temperature fell into 20's by evening. Wind Chills into the single digits. 30th: Cold and windy overnight low of 18 F. Very cold and windy today high only 27 F. West winds up to 27 mph. Wind chills in the single digits. Even though the last 8 days were way below normal December 2001 was the 7th warmest on record with an average of 39.7 F. The warmest ever was in 1956 with a 42.2 average. Last December was the 5th coldest on record. The year 2001 was the 3rd driest on record with only 26.54" of precipitation. We have not seen a yearly total of under 30 inches since 1968 when 28.93" fell. The 2nd driest year was 1943 with 25.93". The all time driest year was 1930 with 24.57".