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: FEBRUARY YEAR: 2002 * 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 64 36 36 15 0 .06 0 0 WNW 10 48nw PC 25 F,DW 2 41 26 26 31 0 0 0 0 NNW 6 26nw S 80 3 43 24 28 32 0 0 0 0 SW 2 17sw PC 30 4 39 20 20 36 0 T T 0 NW 10 47nw C 20 5 37 17 28 38 0 0 0 0 NW 8 25nw S 85 6 45 26 37 30 0 0 0 0 SW 4 23sw PC 25 7 47 28 28 28 0 T 0 0 SW 2 12sw C 20 F 8 60 26 39 22 0 0 0 0 WSW 5 23w S 100 9 55 27 39 24 0 0 0 0 SW 4 14sw S 90 10 47 37 44 23 0 .09 0 0 SW 3 15sw C 0 11 46 25 25 30 0 .04 0 0 NW 11 41nw PC 60 12 55 22 41 26 0 0 0 0 SW 6 31nw PC 40 13 41 22 22 34 0 T T 0 NNW 8 30nw PC 60 14 45 13 34 36 0 0 0 0 S 3 14s S 90 15 53 31 47 23 0 0 0 0 S 5 20s PC 30 16 55 39 43 18 0 0 0 0 SW 7 40w S 80 17 43 27 27 30 0 T T 0 NW 10 41nw PC 70 18 46 21 23 32 0 0 0 0 NW 5 22nw S 90 19 58 17 45 28 0 0 0 0 SW 2 10sw PC 50 20 62 43 56 13 0 T 0 0 SW 5 23sw C 5 21 60 48 48 11 0 0 0 0 W 9 31w PC 70 22 48 37 37 22 0 0 0 0 W 9 29w C 5 23 48 24 25 29 0 0 0 0 N 5 17n S 80 24 54 27 29 30 0 0 0 0 S 2 10s S 95 25 62 27 45 21 0 0 0 0 S 4 19s PC 50 26 65 30 39 18 0 .01 0 0 WNW 7 37nw PC 40 27 39 25 26 33 0 T T 0 WNW 13 32nw PC 60 28 39 24 26 33 0 0 0 0 W 8 27w PC 70 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1397 769 746 0 0.20 T SW 6.2 48nw 54.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS FEBRUARY 2002 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 38.7 Normal 32.6 Dep +6.1 AVG MAX 49.9 Normal 41.4 Dep +8.4 AVG MIN 27.5 Normal 23.7 Dep +3.8 MAXIMUM 65 on 26th Lowest Max 37 on 5th MINIMUM 13 on 14th Highest Min 48 on 21st NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 22 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.20 Normal 2.46 Dep -2.26 YEAR TO DATE 2.52 Normal 5.00 Dep -2.48 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 4 .10" or more 0 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT .09 on 10th Largest 24 Hr Amount .13 on 10-11th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Trace Normal 8.6 Dep -8.6 SEASON TOTAL 7.0 Normal 24.8 Dep -17.8 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 0 1.0" or more 0 Snow Cover 1" or more 0 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL T MAX 24 Hr Snowfall T Storm Max T OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 3 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 14 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 54.3% AVERAGE WIND SW @ 6.2 mph PEAK GUST 48nw mph on 1st MAX BAROMETER 30.43 on 9th MIN BAROMETER 29.48 on 21st TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 746 Normal 949 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 FEBRUARY 2002 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY WARM / HIGH WINDS 1st: Drizzle and fog during the morning. Showers 12 - 1pm .06" Partly cloudy windy and warmer this afternoon. Temperature shot up to 64 F. Very strong NW winds this afternoon after the passage of strong cold front many gusts of 40+ with a peak gust of 48 mph also falling temps late this afternoon and evening into the 30's as strong winds continued to gust past 40 mph. Some minor wind damage and power outages reported. 2nd: Mostly sunny breezy and colder today. STRONG WINDS COLDER 4th: Cloudy and windy with snow showers throughout the day some were moderate at times. Very windy and sharply colder this afternoon with temperature falling into the 20's and wind gusts up to 47 mph from the NW. 5th: Sunny breezy and cold today NW winds to 25 mph. 7th: A few sprinkles of rain with a bit of snow mixed in 4-7am, trace. Sun came out late this afternoon. 8th: Cold start with heavy frost became bright sunny and warm with a high of 60 F. SOME RAIN / STRONG WINDS 10th: Cloudy today with periods of light rain and drizzle this afternoon and evening .09" 11th: Showers just after midnight .04". Became windy today with strong winds from the NW gusting to 41 mph. 12th: Partly cloudy today became windy late this afternoon and evening with NW winds to 31 mph. 13th: A few snow showers this morning 7-8am. Windy and cold today NW winds to 30 mph. 14th: A rare cold morning Low of 13 F. this morning. 16th: Mostly sunny breezy and mild high 55 F. Strong West winds late this evening with gusts up to 40 mph. 17th: Windy and cold today with a few snow flurries. NW winds gusting to 41 mph. 18th: Sunny and breezy today. 19th: Cold morning low of 17 F. Warm afternoon high 58 F. 20th: Cloudy breezy and warm today high of 62 F. A few sprinkles around 6:30pm but only a trace. 21st: Windy and warm overnight West winds up to 30 mph. Partly cloudy and windy and warm today high 60 F. WNW winds to 31 mph. 22nd: Cloudy colder and breezy today. West winds to 29 mph. WARM 25th: Partly cloudy and very warm high of 62 F. 26th: Some very light rain showers this morning around 11am only .01" fell. Very warm this afternoon with a high of 65 F. Became windy and colder late this afternoon and evening with NW winds gusting to 37 mph. 27th: Windy and colder overnight NW winds to 29 mph. A few snow flurries this morning. Windy and cold all day temp remained in low 30's WNW winds gusting to 32 mph. February 2002 was the Driest on Record with only .20" of precipitation just breaking the old record of .21" in 1968. February was also a very warm month with an average temperature of 38.7 F. This makes it the 9th warmest February on record. The warmest ever was in 1976 with an 41.9 average. The winter of 2001-02 will be the 2nd warmest on record with an average of 38.9 for the meteorological winter of Dec, Jan and Feb. The all time warmest was in 1931-32 with an average of 40.2.