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: 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 48 27 32 27 0 0 0 0 NW 3 13n PC 75 F 2 55 31 47 22 0 .02 0 0 SW 3 15sw PC 30 F 3 66 41 56 11 0 0 0 0 SW 3 13sw PC 45 4 71 46 61 6 0 0 0 0 SSW 6 21s PC 60 5 61 33 33 18 0 0 0 0 NW 9 30nw PC 60 6 42 23 35 33 0 0 0 0 SSE 2 11se PC 70 7 41 35 39 27 0 .13 0 0 SE 3 12se C 0 8 52 37 48 20 0 .02 0 0 SSW 3 12sw C 10 F 9 48 43 43 19 0 .38 0 0 NW 3 12n C 0 F 10 53 43 45 17 0 .11 0 0 W 5 25nw C 0 F 11 47 32 32 25 0 0 0 0 NW 7 26nw PC 60 12 39 28 29 31 0 0 0 0 NNW 3 13nw C 15 13 44 22 25 32 0 0 0 0 NNW 2 9w S 100 14 50 20 29 30 0 0 0 0 S 2 11s S 90 15 51 27 45 26 0 0 0 0 SE 4 19se PC 30 16 47 41 42 21 0 .02 0 0 SE 5 22s C 0 F 17 49 39 47 21 0 .22 0 0 ESE 4 15se C 0 18 54 34 37 21 0 0 0 0 W 9 32w C 20 F 19 49 32 36 24 0 0 0 0 WNW 6 22nw C 25 20 47 31 47 26 0 .38 0 0 SE 8 27se C 0 21 49 34 35 23 0 .36 T 0 W 15 38w C 0 22 39 30 30 31 0 T T 0 WNW 16 43nw PC 30 23 46 23 29 30 0 0 0 0 S 5 20s S 95 24 36 25 32 34 0 .30 2.9 3 NNE 3 14se C 0 F 25 40 31 34 30 0 0 0 1 NNE 2 11ne C 10 F 26 34 27 34 34 0 .93 2.4 3 ENE 7 26ne C 0 F,S,G 27 37 33 34 30 0 T T 2 NW 13 39nw C 15 28 37 28 29 32 0 0 0 1 NW 4 19nw PC 40 29 36 29 34 32 0 .26 2.2 3 NW 5 24nw C 5 30 36 24 24 35 0 T T 2 NW 12 40nw PC 30 31 40 20 39 35 0 0 0 2 SSW 6 25sw C 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1444 969 803 0 3.13 7.5 NW 5.7 43nw 29.5% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS DECEMBER 2012 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 38.9 Normal 34.5 Dep +4.4 AVG MAX 46.6 Normal 42.4 Dep +4.2 AVG MIN 31.3 Normal 25.4 Dep +5.9 MAXIMUM 71 on 4th Lowest Max 34 on 26th MINIMUM 20 on 31st Highest Min 46 on 4th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 19 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 3.13 Normal 3.22 Dep -0.09 YEAR TO DATE 47.00 Normal 42.36 Dep +4.64 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.93 on 26th Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.93 on 26th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 7.5 Normal 5.3 Dep +2.2 SEASON TOTAL 7.5 Normal 6.7 Dep +0.8 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 3 1.0" or more 3 Snow Cover 1" or more 8 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 2.9 on 24th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 2.9 on 24th Storm Max 2.9 on 24th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 10 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 1 Glaze 1 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 17 Partly Cloudy 11 Sunny 3 Sunshine% 29.5 % AVERAGE WIND NW @ 5.7 mph PEAK GUST 43nw on 22nd MAX BAROMETER 30.46 on 13th MIN BAROMETER 29.32 on 21st TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 803 Normal 967 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 DECEMBER 2012 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Partly cloudy high 48 F. 2nd: Partly cloudy today high 55 F. A few light showers this evening between 8pm -10pm only .02". 3rd: Partly cloudy and mild high of 66 F. 4th: Partly cloudy and warm with a high of 71 F. That was not a record because on this date in 1982 a high of 79 F was recorded for the highest December temperature ever. 5th: High of 61 just after midnight. Partly cloudy and windy today with NW winds gusting to 30 mph. Falling temperatures this afternoon and evening. 6th: Partly cloudy high 42 F. PERIODS OF RAIN 7th: Light rain showers this morning between 6am - 10am .12". A few more light showers and sprinkles today rainfall .13". 8th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Mostly cloudy today high 52 F. Some light showers this evening .02". 9th: Rain overnight began around 4am. Cloudy and foggy with periods of rain today and this evening. Total rain today .38". 10th: Fog overnight. Cloudy and foggy with periods of light rain today high 53 F. NW winds picking up late this evening gusting to 25 mph. 11th: Morning sun cloudy afternoon and evening breezy high 47 F. 12th: Mostly cloudy and cold high 39 F. 13th: Sunny high 44 F. 14th: Sunny high 50 F. 15th: Mostly to partly cloudy high 51 F. 16th: Few light showers overnight .02". Cloudy and damp with some light fog and a few sprinkles today high 47 F. 17th: Few sprinkles overnight, trace. Cloudy today high 49 F. Rain this evening between 8pm - 12m .22" fell. 18th: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Some clearing but mostly cloudy and became windy today with W winds gusting 32 mph. 19th: Mostly cloudy and breezy high 49 F. RAIN / WINDY / COLDER 20th: Cloudy today high 47 F rain began during the afternoon. Windy from SSE with gusts to 27 mph. Rain through the evening with .38" by midnight. 21st: Rain overnight 12m - 3:30am .36" fell. Cloudy windy and colder today with some snow flurries. High of 49 just after midnight with temperature slowly falling through the 30's today. West winds gusting to 38 mph. 22nd: Windy overnight with a few snow flurries. West winds gusting to 42 mph overnight. Mostly to partly cloudy windy and cold today with a few snow flurries high 39 F. WNW winds gusting to 43 mph. 23rd: Sunny high 46 F. A SURPRISE WHITE CHRISTMAS !! 2.9" 24th: Cloudy today high of 36 F with snow begining around 2pm. Moderate snow fell through the afternoon and evening until 7pm with a total accumulation of 2.9". Temperature fell into low 30's during the event. It was a wet snow and very beautiful sticking to everything. Fog formed this evening. 25th: CHRISTmas - Fog overnight. Beatutiful white Christmas morning with still about 2.5" of snow on the ground and snow sticking to all the trees. Mostly cloudy today high of 40 F. Snow melted down to around 1" by evening. WINTRY MIX SNOW TO SLEET & FREEZING RAIN 2.4" 26th: Snow began again this morning just before 8am. Light to moderate snow through the morning accumulated to 1.9" before changing to sleet around 1pm. Mostly sleet and some freezing rain fell during the afternoon with another 0.5" of sleet and ice. Light to moderate freezing rain fell rest of afternoon and during the evening and ended just before midnight. Total snow and ice today 2.4". Total water content was .93". 27th: Cloudy windy and cold today with a few snow flurries high 37 F. NW winds gusting up to 39 mph. 28th: Partly cloudy high 37 F. SNOWFALL 2.2" 29th: Light snow began around 3:30am. Snow fell through the morning was moderate at times and a wet snow. Ended by 1:30pm with a total of 2.2". 30th: Mostly to partly cloudy cold and windy with a few snow flurries overnight and today also strong NW winds gusts as high as 40mph. High of 36 F. 31st: Cloudy today high 40F that happend late this evening as the temperature was fluctuating a good bit. DECEMBER 2012