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: 2005 * 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 39 26 34 33 0 T T 0 SW 4 17sw PC 40 2 36 25 25 34 0 T T 0 WNW 16 43w PC 40 3 32 21 28 38 0 .05 0.2 0.2 WSW 9 25w C 20 S,G 4 36 28 34 33 0 .13 0.1 T N 5 21nw C 0 F,S,G 5 34 29 29 33 0 T T T NE 4 15ne C 0 6 35 24 24 35 0 0 0 T WNW 8 27nw PC 70 7 32 21 22 38 0 T T T WNW 8 33nw PC 50 8 31 13 25 43 0 .04 0.6 0.6 SE 4 17se PC 40 9 34 20 23 38 0 .50 4.6 5 NW 8 37nw PC 70 10 35 10 18 42 0 0 0 4 SE 4 16se PC 60 11 38 11 34 40 0 T T 3 SW 7 29sw PC 60 12 34 21 21 38 0 T T 3 NW 7 22nw PC 50 13 25 10 12 47 0 0 0 3 N 3 14n PC 60 14 22 4 20 52 0 0 0 3 ESE 3 10se C 10 15 31 17 31 41 0 .67 2.0 5 NNW 4 16nw C 0 S,G 16 36 28 32 33 0 .03 T 5 SW 4 22w PC 40 G 17 39 24 24 33 0 0 0 4 WSW 5 27w PC 50 18 40 24 26 33 0 0 0 4 SSW 3 10sw PC 60 19 32 19 21 39 0 0 0 3 NW 8 33nw PC 60 20 32 18 26 40 0 0 0 3 W 10 33w S 90 21 33 20 29 38 0 0 0 3 SW 6 23sw S 85 22 39 26 32 33 0 0 0 3 SSW 6 24sw PC 70 23 51 29 33 25 0 0 0 2 SSW 4 15sw S 90 24 54 28 28 24 0 0 0 2 SSE 3 12se PC 70 25 35 24 33 35 0 .38 T 2 NNW 4 18nw C 0 F,G 26 41 33 37 28 0 .01 0 1 WNW 13 46nw C 10 F 27 40 30 30 30 0 0 0 T NW 8 40nw C 25 28 47 27 42 28 0 T 0 T SE 4 14se C 20 29 47 40 41 21 0 .10 0 0 WNW 6 26w C 0 F 30 44 29 31 28 0 0 0 0 NW 6 28nw PC 65 31 45 30 42 27 0 T 0 0 WNW 7 30w C 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1149 709 1080 0 1.91 7.5 5 6.2 46nw 42.7% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS DECEMBER 2005 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 30.0 Normal 34.3 Dep -4.3 AVG MAX 37.1 Normal 42.4 Dep -5.3 AVG MIN 22.9 Normal 26.2 Dep -3.3 MAXIMUM 54 on 24th Lowest Max 22 on 14th MINIMUM 4 on 14th Highest Min 40 on 29th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 8 Min 32 or Lower 29 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 1.91 Normal 2.84 Dep -0.93 YEAR TO DATE 39.40 Normal 37.96 Dep +1.44 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 9 .10" or more 5 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT .67 on 15th Largest 24 Hr Amount .67 on 15th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 7.5 Normal 5.2 Dep +2.3 SEASON TOTAL 8.1 Normal 6.9 Dep +1.2 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 5 1.0" or more 2 Snow Cover 1" or more 18 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 4.6 on 9th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 5.2 8-9th Storm Max 5.2 on 9th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 4 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 3 Glaze 5 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 11 Partly Cloudy 17 Sunny 3 Sunshine% 42.7% AVERAGE WIND PEAK GUST 46nw on 26th MAX BAROMETER 30.74 on 8th MIN BAROMETER 29.37 on 29th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 1080 Normal 967 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 DECEMBER 2005 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Partly cloudy chilly high 39F. Snow showers during the evening. 2nd: Partly cloudy windy and cold with a few snow flurries. Strong WNW winds all day gusting to 43 mph. SNOW SLEET ICE (0.3") 3rd: Mostly cloudy and cold high 32 F. Snow began late this evening then changed to sleet and freezing rain by midnight 0.2" of snow & ice. 4th: Some more sleet and freezing rain overnight ended by dawn with another 0.1" of ice accumulaton. Event total 0.3" Cloudy and cold all day with some fog high 36 F. 5th: Cloudy today with some snow flurries late this afternoon. Some snow showers and period of light snow this evening but no measurable amount. Just very light coating. 6th: Partly cloudy breezy and cold high 35 F. WNW winds gusts to 27 mph. 7th: Partly cloudy windy and cold today high 32 F. Snow showers this morning 9-10am. WNW winds gusting to 33 mph today. SNOW (5.2") 8th: Partly cloudy & cold today. Snow began around 9:30pm with 0.6" by midnight. 9th: Snow overnight moderate at times with some sleet mixed in at times ended around 7am with another 4.6" since midnight. Storm total 5.2". Mostly sunny all day high 34 F with some blowing/drifting snow with NW winds gusting to 37 mph. 10th: Cold low of 10 F this morning. 11th: Low of 11 F this morning. Partly cloudy and breezy with a few snow flurries today. SW winds gusting to 29 mph. 12th: Partly cloudy breezy and cold high 34 F a few snow flurries today. 13th: Low of 10 F this morning. Partly cloudy cold day high only 25 F. 14th: Cold day. Low of 4 F this morning. Mostly cloudy all day high only 22 F. SNOW THEN ICE STORM (2.0") 15th: Light intermittent snow began around 9am. Snow became steady by late morning and continued until around 3pm when it changed to sleet and freezing rain. Freezing rain fell rest of afternoon and evening. 1.7" of snow fell then 0.3" of ice on top of that for total of 2.0" of snow & ice. moderate to heavy ice accumulation on trees wires etc. Temp was mainly in the 20's all day but rose to 31 F this evening. 16th: A little more freezing rain after midnight till 1:30am .03" 18th: High of 40 F first time this month. 19th: Cold and windy high 32 F. NW winds gusting to 33 mph. 20th: Sunny windy and cold high 32 F. West winds to 33 mph again. 23rd: Sunny & warmer today with a high of 51 F. 24th: Partly cloudy and mild high 54 F. WINDY COLDER 25th: CHRISTMAS - Periods of some freezing rain overnight. Cloudy with periods of cold rain was moderate at times. .38" fell. High of 35 F. Evening fog. 26th: A few more showers just after midnight .01" Cloudy and windy today with strong WNW winds gusting up to 46 mph today. High temp 41 F. 27th: Windy early in morning with gusts to 40 mph. Mostly cloudy today high 40 F. 28th: Mostly cloudy mild high 47 F. A few sprinkles of rain at times today. trace. 29th: Cloudy today with showers between 9am - noon .10" fell. A few more sprinkles this evening. 30th: Partly cloudy today high 44 F. 31st: Mostly cloudy today a few sprinkles this morning, trace. DECEMBER 2005