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: JULY 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 95 69 77 0 17 0 0 0 WSW 6 24w S 85 2 90 68 72 0 14 .08 0 0 NNW 5 22n PC 75 T 3 93 64 70 0 13 .03 0 0 S 5 30nw PC 70 T 4 96 67 77 0 17 .12 0 0 WSW 5 22w PC 75 T 5 96 70 78 0 18 0 0 0 WWS 6 26w PC 75 6 98 71 81 0 19 0 0 0 NW 4 18w S 95 7 101 75 83 0 23 0 0 0 S 5 22s S 80 8 93 77 77 0 20 .02 0 0 S 3 15n PC 40 T 9 88 73 75 0 15 .01 0 0 S 5 18s PC 50 10 89 68 73 0 13 T 0 0 S 4 19s PC 70 11 89 66 70 0 13 .01 0 0 S 4 20s PC 50 12 88 63 73 0 10 0 0 0 S 4 20s PC 65 13 84 68 72 0 11 T 0 0 S 3 12nw C 5 14 84 66 76 0 10 .15 0 0 S 4 14n C 20 15 93 73 74 0 18 .27 0 0 S 5 20w PC 40 T 16 93 69 75 0 16 0 0 0 W 5 20w PC 65 17 98 67 81 0 17 0 0 0 WSW 5 19w S 95 18 98 72 73 0 20 .14 0 0 S 6 48nw PC 60 T,DW 19 91 71 72 0 16 1.55 0 0 SSE 4 28nw PC 65 T 20 77 65 65 0 6 .15 0 0 ENE 3 14n C 0 F 21 72 62 67 0 2 .21 0 0 N 3 13n C 0 F 22 83 66 72 0 9 0 0 0 S 3 13s C 20 23 87 67 77 0 12 0 0 0 S 5 20s PC 40 24 87 71 76 0 14 T 0 0 WSW 6 26w PC 60 T 25 84 63 71 0 9 0 0 0 NW 4 19w S 100 26 98 68 72 0 18 .52 0 0 S 5 27n PC 50 T 27 87 71 76 0 14 .02 0 0 SW 4 19sw PC 40 28 88 69 73 0 14 .09 0 0 W 5 32nw PC 50 T 29 86 65 69 0 10 0 0 0 NNW 4 16n PC 75 30 89 63 74 0 11 0 0 0 E 4 18e PC 65 31 87 68 68 0 13 1.03 0 0 S 5 27w PC 70 T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2782 2115 0 432 4.40 0 0 S 4.5 48nw 56.5% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS JULY 2012 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 79.0 Normal 75.3 Dep +3.6 AVG MAX 89.7 Normal 87.7 Dep +1.9 AVG MIN 68.2 Normal 63.4 Dep +4.8 MAXIMUM 101 on 7th Lowest Max 72 on 21st MINIMUM 62 on 21st Highest Min 77 on 8th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 14 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 0 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 4.40 Normal 3.51 Dep +0.89 YEAR TO DATE 24.35 Normal 24.76 Dep -0.41 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 16 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.55 on 19th Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.55 on 19th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL Normal Dep SEASON TOTAL Normal Dep NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 1.0" or more Snow Cover 1" or more MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 2 Thunder 11 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 21 Sunny 4 Sunshine% 56.5% AVERAGE WIND South @ 4.4 mph PEAK GUST 48nw on 17th MAX BAROMETER 30.21 on 13th MIN BAROMETER 29.62 on 26th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 0 Normal 0 / COOLING 415 Normal 306 JULY 2012 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY HOT WEATHER 1st: Sunny and hot high 95 F. 2nd: A few showers and thunderstorms passing by overnight mainly between 2am-3am .08" of rain. Partly cloudy and hot high 90 F. 3rd: Partly cloudy and hot high 93 F. Thunderstorm this evening 7pm weakens as it moves in with only .03" of rain and a wind gust of 30 mph. 4th: Thunderstorms and showers early this moning between 4:30 - 6:30 with .12" of rain. A few close lightning strikes and some loud thunder but no strong winds. Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 96 F. Heat index averaging at 103 peaking at 105. Lightning to W & SW 9-10pm as a severe thunderstorm passed by just grazing western Washington county as it moved to SE. 5th: Hot and humid high 96 F. Heat index averaging near 100 during the afternoon peaking at 103. 6th: Another hot day high of 98 F. Close to the record of 100 set in 2010 and earlier years on this date. Heat index averaging near 100 this afternoon peaking at 104. VERY HOT & OPPRESSIVE 101 F. 7th: Sunny very hot and oppressive high of 101 F. Close to the record for this date of 102 set in 2010 & 1988. Heat index was averaging at 107 peaking at 112. 8th: Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 93 F. Heat index peaked at 104 early this afternoon. Thunderstorms pass near the area just to W & SW around 4pm but only .02" of rain fell here. NOT AS HOT 9th: A few very light showers overnight only .01". Partly cloudy not as hot today high 88 F. 10th: Partly cloudy very warm high 89 F. A few drops of rain fell late this afternoon, trace. 11th: Partly cloudy and very warm high 89 F. Brief light shower around 5:30pm only .01". 12th: Partly cloudy very warm low humidity high 88 F. 13th: Cloudy and warm with a few periods of sprinkles throughout the day, trace. High 84 F. 14th: Showers overnight between 12m - 7am .15" fell. Mostly cloudy today warm and humid high 84 F. HOT AGAIN 15th: Few sprinkles overnight, trace. Partly cloudy hot and humid today high 93 F. Thunderstorm nearby between 4pm -6pm dropped temperature but no rain here. Thunderstorm then showers this evening between 7:30pm - 9pm with .27" of rain. 16th: Partly cloudy hot high 93 F. 17th: Sunny and hot high 98 F. Heat index averaging around 100 this afternoon peaking at 103. HOT / STRONG STORMS / HIGH WINDS / WIND DAMAGE REPORTED 18th: Hot and very humid today high of 98 F. and heat index peaking at 109 just before thunderstorms arrived this afternoon. A line of severe thunderstorms were moving in from the NW around 2:30pm but once again began to fall apart just as they moved into this area but they did produce some strong winds for about 25 minutes between 2:40pm - 3:05pm with many gusts of 40+ mph and peaking at 48 mph. Very little rain fell from those storms. The storms intensified again as they moved away just to SE and the storm tried to build back into area from the south with very ominious skies to SSE. Light showers fell for rest of afternoon .14". Some tree damage reported in the area from wind. THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY DOWNPOURS 19th: Hot and humid high 91 F. Heavy thunderstorms this evening between 7pm - 10pm with heavy rain 1.55" total. The first heaviest storm dropped 0.98" of that in 25 minutes. Wind gust only to 28 mph. Also lots of thunder and lightning. MUCH COOLER 20th: Cloudy and much cooler today high only 77 F. Light showers fell at times this afternoon and evening .15". 21st: Light showers fell overnight. Cloudy and cool today high only 72 F. Drizzle and light rain during the morning. another shower this evening around 10pm total rain today .21". 22nd: Mostly cloudy today with some clearing late afternoon and became warmer high of 83 F. 24th: Some sprinkles and some thunder around 10am this morning as a storm skims by to SW. Partly cloudy warm and humid high 87 F. 25th: Sunny with 100% deep blue sky today high 84 F and low humidity. VERY HOT AND HUMID AGAIN / THUNDERSTORMS 26th: Showers and a thunderstorm this morning 8-9am .08" of rain. Became sunny hot and humid this afternoon high of 98 F. Heat index averaging around 105 this afternoon peaking at 112. Thunderstorms this evening mainly 8pm-9pm with some brief heavy downpours .44" fell from those storms. 27th: A few light showers overnight .02". Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 87 F. 28th: Partly cloudy warm and humid today high 88 F. Thunderstorm this afternoon 4pm-4:30pm went mainly north of here Had some ominious dark clouds. Dropped .09" of rain and a wind gusts up to 32 mph. 29th: Partly cloudy today high 86 F. 30th: Partly cloudy high 89 F. THUDERSTORMS HEAVY DOWNPOURS 31st: Partly cloudy very warm and humid today high 87 F. Thunderstorm between 5:15pm - 6pm brief heavy rains and .24 wind gust to 27 mph some sharp lightning and thunder. The worst of the storm was to W, NW & N. Another storm this evening 10:30pm - 11:30pm with more heavy downpours dropped another .79" of rain and most of that falling in 20 minutes. 4th HOTTEST JULY This was the 4th Hottest July on Record with an average temperature of 79.0 F. The all time hottest was in 2010 and 1999 with an average of 80.0. The 2nd hottest was in 2011 with an average of 79.9 and the 3rd hottest was in 1955 with 79.2. JULY 2012