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: 2007 * 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 41 29 33 30 0 0 0 0 NW 8 29nw S 95 2 39 32 39 30 0 .89 T 0 SSE 8 31se C 0 S 3 47 33 33 25 0 .01 T 0 W 15 48w C 5 4 34 25 25 35 0 0 0 0 WNW 13 41w PC 30 5 29 21 23 40 0 .29 4.0 4 SSE 5 18n C 0 6 30 9 10 46 0 0 0 3 NW 5 19nw S 90 7 32 10 31 44 0 T T 2 S 5 19s C 0 8 49 31 37 25 0 .07 T T W 4 15w PC 40 G 9 39 35 36 28 0 .67 0 0 NNW 3 13nw C 0 F 10 43 36 43 26 0 .04 0 0 N 2 8n C 0 F 11 48 40 46 21 0 .04 0 0 S 5 20s C 0 F 12 58 36 37 18 0 .01 0 0 NW 9 32nw C 5 13 38 32 35 30 0 .24 0 0 ENE 4 16e C 0 F 14 45 30 35 27 0 0 0 0 NW 7 26nw PC 50 15 35 27 31 31 0 .37 T T ESE 7 19se C 10 S,G 16 41 29 30 30 0 1.40 0.1 0 W 15 58w C 20 S,G,DW 17 35 23 23 36 0 T T 0 WNW 13 40w PC 40 18 40 19 35 36 0 0 0 0 S 4 16s PC 60 19 36 27 27 33 0 0 0 0 SSE 4 16se C 0 20 42 25 29 32 0 0 0 0 NNW 3 14n PC 70 21 41 28 38 30 0 0 0 0 E 4 13e C 20 22 43 38 40 24 0 0 0 0 E 4 16e C 0 23 53 39 39 19 0 .32 0 0 W 10 43w C 10 F 24 47 34 38 24 0 0 0 0 W 10 25w S 90 25 46 27 29 28 0 0 0 0 W 4 21w S 100 26 38 27 35 33 0 .03 T 0 N 4 16n C 0 S 27 48 35 43 24 0 0 0 0 W 5 23s PC 35 28 45 29 42 28 0 .45 0 0 SSE 5 19se C 20 29 50 30 30 25 0 .04 0 0 W 6 29w PC 50 30 39 27 32 32 0 .75 T T NNE 3 15ne C 0 F,S 31 46 29 38 27 0 .01 T 0 WSW 5 24w S 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1297 892 917 0 5.63 4.1 W 6.4 58w 30.0% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS DECEMBER 2007 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 35.3 Normal 34.3 Dep +1.0 AVG MAX 41.8 Normal 42.4 Dep -0.6 AVG MIN 28.8 Normal 26.2 Dep +2.6 MAXIMUM 58 on 12th Lowest Max 29 on 5th MINIMUM 9 on 6th Highest Min 40 on 11th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 3 Min 32 or Lower 23 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 5.63 Normal 2.84 Dep +2.79 YEAR TO DATE 41.30 Normal 37.96 Dep +3.34 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 17 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.40 on 6th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.40 on 6th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 4.1 Normal 5.2 Dep -1.1 SEASON TOTAL 4.1 Normal 6.9 Dep -2.8 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 2 1.0" or more 1 Snow Cover 1" or more 3 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 4.0 on 5th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 4.0 on 5th Storm Max 4.0 on 5th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 7 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 5 Glaze 3 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 18 Partly Cloudy 8 Sunny 5 Sunshine% 30.0% AVERAGE WIND W @ 6.4 mph PEAK GUST 58w on 16th MAX BAROMETER 30.60 on 1st MIN BAROMETER 29.30 on 16th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 917 Normal 967 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 DECEMBER 2007 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Sunny windy and cold high 41 F. NW winds to 29 mph. 2nd: Some light rain and a bit of sleet overnight and this morning. Heavier steady cold rain this afternoon and evening and some gusty SE winds to 31 mph. Rainfall today .89". 3rd: Some rain just after midnight .01". Windy and cold today with very strong west winds gusting to 48 mph. Some light snow flurries fell throughout the day. 4th: Windy and cold high 34 F. Strong WNW winds gusting to 41 mph. SNOW - FIRST OF SEASON 4.0" 5th: First snow of season was a rather sizable one. Snow began around 6:30 am. Snow fell all day moderate to briefly heavy at times. Snow ended by 9pm. Total accumulation was 4.0". water content .29". 6th: Very cold overnight low of 9 F. Sunny and cold today high 30 F. 7th: Another cold overnight low of 10 F. Cloudy all day with light snow flurries throughout the day. High 32 F. LIGHT COATING OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT 8th: Some light freezing rain overnight caused a light coating of ice. Precip .07". Became much warmer today high of 49 F. Melted almost of of the snow. 9th: Rain overnight and today with fog. High 39 F. .67" of rain fell. Fog this evening. 10th: Cloudy and foggy with light rain and drizzle overnight and today .04" fell. 11th: Light rain & fog overnight and drizzle and fog today .04". 12th: Warmer and windy during the morning with a few sprinkles .01" high 58 F. Colder during afternoon and evening. 13th: Colder with periods of rain and drizzle today .24" High 38 F. 14th: Partly cloudy and breezy high 45 F.1 SLEET FREEZING RAIN 0.1" ICE 1.77" WATER CONTENT / HIGH WINDS 15th: Sleet and freezing rain began around 9pm this evening and continued into the night. .37" by midnight. 16th: Sleet and freezing rain overnight was coating everything with a moderate amount of ice overnight then temps went rapidly above freezing to 35 F around 4pm and melted most of the ice. More rain during the morning 1.77" fell yesterday and overnight for water content with 0.1" of ice. Nearby higher elevation areas especially the Cascade MD area reported severe heavy icing and very high winds well over 60 mph that caused a good bit of damage from ice and wind. Stong winds from WNW this afternoon and evening gusting to 58 mph. A few snow flurries this evening. 17th: Partly cloudy windy and cold with a few snow showers and flurries today. High 35 F. WNW wind gusts to 40 mph. 18th: Partly cloudy high 40 F. 19th: Cloudy high 36 F. SHOWERS WINDY MILD 23rd: Cloudy windy & mild 53 F. Drizzle and dense morning fog. Heavier showers and strong winds during the afternoon. Strong W winds during the evening up to 43 mph. 24th: Sunny and windy high 47 F. West winds gusting to 35 mph. 25th: CHRISTmas - Sunny high 46 F. 26th: Cloudy today with trace of sleet this morning and some rain showers during the afternoon .03" fell, high 38 F. 27th: Partly cloudy mild high 48 F. 28th: Mostly cloudy today. Rain this evening .45" by midnight. 29th: Showers just after midnight .04" Mild and Breezy today high 50 F. West winds to 29 mph. RAIN SOME SLEET & SNOW 30th: Cloudy today. Rain this afternoon began with a little sleet. Rain this evening heavy at times turned back to some sleet then snow late this evening but not quite enough to measure. Dense evening fog. Rain .75" fell today. 31st: Sunny breezy high 46 F. December 2007 was 6th wettest on record with 5.63" of precipitation. The record wettest was 6.12 in 1983 DECEMBER 2007