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: JANUARY YEAR: 2003 * 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 47 38 38 23 0 1.52 0 0 NNE 6 23ne C 0 2 39 37 37 27 0 .05 T T N 4 16n C 0 S 3 37 31 32 31 0 .20 0.9 1 N 3 14n C 0 S,G 4 34 29 30 34 0 T T 0.5 WNW 6 20nw C 15 5 30 26 29 37 0 .25 3.1 3 SSE 3 12se C 0 6 34 27 27 35 0 .06 0.7 4 NW 5 27nw C 0 7 33 17 33 40 0 0 0 3 NNW 5 22nw PC 30 8 48 31 33 26 0 0 0 T W 7 28w PC 50 9 56 33 48 20 0 0 0 0 WNW 11 44nw S 80 10 48 27 27 27 0 T T T WNW 12 41nw PC 60 11 31 22 22 39 0 T T 0 WNW 12 36nw PC 70 12 32 18 20 40 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 26nw PC 70 13 41 18 26 35 0 0 0 0 WNW 7 28w PC 60 14 28 16 25 43 0 T T 0 N 3 13n PC 30 15 27 16 18 43 0 T 0.1 T WNW 8 29nw PC 50 16 26 13 21 46 0 .10 2.1 2 S 4 20s C 0 17 28 11 11 46 0 .02 0.4 2 NW 7 24nw PC 30 18 24 -2 16 54 0 0 0 2 SE 2 13se PC 70 19 28 15 25 43 0 T T 1 W 8 31w PC 60 20 32 17 19 40 0 T T 1 NW 9 30nw PC 50 21 28 12 13 45 0 0 0 1 N 5 20n PC 40 22 23 9 12 49 0 0 0 1 NW 7 25nw PC 70 23 17 6 13 53 0 T T 1 NW 10 32nw PC 60 24 29 9 16 46 0 0 0 T NW 8 28nw S 80 25 32 15 19 42 0 0 0 T SW 5 18sw PC 40 26 33 17 19 40 0 .01 0.2 T SW 5 25nw C 5 27 20 7 8 51 0 0 0 T NW 8 28nw S 95 28 30 8 29 46 0 T T T SSW 2 12sw C 20 S 29 34 28 32 34 0 T T T N 2 7n C 0 S,G 30 37 28 29 33 0 T T T N 2 10n C 20 S 31 32 29 32 35 0 .07 0.1 T N 4 11n C 0 F,S,G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1018 608 1203 0 2.28 7.6 12 NW 6.1 44nw 37.2% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS JANUARY 2003 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 26.2 Normal 29.5 Dep -3.3 AVG MAX 32.8 Normal 37.6 Dep -4.8 AVG MIN 19.6 Normal 21.3 Dep -1.7 MAXIMUM 56 on 9th Lowest Max 17 on 23rd MINIMUM -2 on 18th Highest Min 38 on 1st NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 19 Min 32 or Lower 28 Min 0 or Lower 1 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.28 Normal 2.54 Dep -0.26 YEAR TO DATE 2.28 Normal 2.54 Dep -0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 9 .10" or more 4 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.52 on 1st Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.52 on 1st SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 7.6 Normal 9.3 Dep -1.7 SEASON TOTAL 21.9 Normal 16.2 Dep +5.7 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 8 1.0" or more 2 Snow Cover 1" or more 12 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 3.1 on 5th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 3.1 on 5th Storm Max 3.1 on 5th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 1 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 6 Glaze 3 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 16 Sunny 3 Sunshine% 37.3% AVERAGE WIND NW @ 6.1 mph PEAK GUST 44nw on 9th MAX BAROMETER 30.48 on 27th MIN BAROMETER 29.14 on 9th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 1203 Normal 1125 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 JANUARY 2003 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY RAINY START TO THE NEW YEAR 1st: Periods of rain all day since 5am. Rain was moderate to heavy at times especially this evening 1.52" fell ended by midnight. Some minor flooding reported. WINTRY MIX 2nd: Cloudy today with periods of drizzle. Drizzle and some light rain this evening also some sleet was mixed in this evening. 3rd: Periods of light sleet and snow 3:30am - 9am 0.2" fell. Periods of drizzle and light rain today with some sleet and freezing rain. Changed to snow by late afternoon and evening ended by 8pm with 0.9" total snow and ice today. 4th: Mostly cloudy today with some light snow and flurries this morning (trace. SNOW 5th: Light snow began this morning around 8:30am. Snow all day was mostly light but was occasionally moderate at times. 3.1" of new snow fell when it ended by 7pm. 6th: More light snow overnight began just after 3am 0.7" by 7AM. Periods of light snow all day but no additional accumulation. Became windy this evening with NW gusts to 27 mph. WARMER / WINDY 8th: Rising temps overnight to upper 30's with gusty W winds to 28 mph. Warmer today high of 48 F. 9th: Warm with strong WNW winds early this moring gusting to 44 mph. Temp rose to 52 F overnight. Sunny breezy and warmer today high of 56 F. COLDER / WINDY 10th: Colder and windy today with snow showers during the morning. Falling temps throughout day with strong WNW winds gusting to 35 mph. More strong winds this evening with a rather intense snow squall around 10:30 pm produced a quick dusting of snow and wind gusts of 41 mph. and very poor visibility. 11th: Windy and colder overnight with a few flurries and WWN wind gusts to 36 mph. Windy and cold today high of 31 F. 12th: Breezy and cold high of 32 F. 13th: Breezy and a bit warmer high of 41 F. W winds to 28 mph. 14th: Colder high only 28 F. A few snow flurries later afternoon and evening. 15th: Snow squall this morning 4-5am with 0.1" of snow. Several more snow showers during the morning. Cold and windy WNW winds gusting to 20 mph. SNOW / COLDER 16th: Cloudy and cold today. Snow began fast and furious around 6:30pm this evening. The very powdery snow continued moderately throughout the evening with 2.1" by midnight. 17th: Snow ended by 1:30am with only another 0.2". Total from storm was 2.3". More snow showers throughout the day but a heavy snow squall around 5pm produced another 0.2" of snow. 18th: Very cold morning low of -2 F. Daytime high only 24 F. 19th: Cold and windy with a few snow flurries today WNW winds gusting to 31 mph. 20th: Cold and windy today few snow flurries. Temperature did briefly go to freezing 32 early this morning. NW winds gusting to 30 mph. VERY COLD 22nd: Very cold today low of 9 and high only 23 F. NW winds gusting to 25 mph wind chills near zero all day. 23rd: Very cold and windy today low of 6 F. High only 17 F. NW winds gusting to 32 mph. Wind chills -10 to -20 today. A few snow showers this evening with NW winds gusting to 34 mph. 24th: Windy and cold overnight low of 9 F. this morning. 26th: Cloudy today with some light snow between 1pm-6pm 0.2" fell. Windy this evening with falling temperatures into the teens NW winds gusting to 25 mph. 27th: Cold and windy overnight NW winds gusting to 28 mph temperature fell into single digits. Cold and windy day high only 20F. UNSETTLED WEATHER 28th: Mostly cloudy today. Some sleet this evening but only very briefly and only a trace. 29th: A trace of sleet and freezing rain overnight and this morning but no accumulations. 30th: Mostly cloudy today. Periods of some light snow this evening caused a dusting on the ground also some sleet mixed in. 31st: Some light snow overnight and throughout the morning, dusting with about 0.1" on ground. Periods of freezing drizzle, sleet, fog and some snow at times throughout the day and evening.