Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MARCH 2000 * Record Set or Tied Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Other events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 55 33 52 .04 0 0 SW 2 16 sw 15 2 52 36 36 0 0 0 NW 13 37 nw 25 3 54 32 36 0 0 0 NW 8 26 nw 90 4 59 27 43 0 0 0 NNW 3 14 nw 70 5 65 39 43 0 0 0 NW 10 30 nw 90 6 62 28 35 0 0 0 NNW 5 21 nw 100 7 74 28 50 0 0 0 SSW 3 16 s 100 8 *86 47 53 0 0 0 WSW 6 21 w 95 9 *79 45 61 .01 0 0 SW 7 38 sw 35 10 69 49 51 0 0 0 WNW 6 24 nw 70 11 51 42 43 1.57 0 0 N 4 18 n 0 Fog Thunder 12 46 33 33 .08 0 0 NW 9 37 nw 10 13 51 25 39 0 0 0 NW 4 17 nw 30 14 61 29 42 T 0 0 SW 5 24 sw 50 15 73 33 55 0 0 0 SSW 6 29 sw 65 16 68 49 53 .30 0 0 SW 4 17 sw 0 17 53 28 28 .10 0 0 NNW 10 35 nw 50 18 45 20 35 0 0 0 SE 5 17 se 80 19 43 30 41 0 0 0 SE 6 19 se 0 20 50 38 40 .03 T 0 ENE 6 22 e 5 Sleet 21 40 38 39 2.31 T 0 N 6 17 n 0 Sleet Fog 22 51 39 39 .12 0 0 N 5 18 n 0 Fog 23 60 38 41 0 0 0 N 3 13 n 10 Fog 24 69 34 49 0 0 0 SSW 3 14 sw 90 25 78 45 62 .24 0 0 SW 5 24 w 60 Thunder 26 64 39 39 0 0 0 WNW 10 34 w 80 27 61 31 48 .10 0 0 SSE 6 28 se 10 28 58 42 42 .10 0 0 W 7 26 w 40 29 54 34 34 0 0 0 W 12 39 w 15 30 65 30 40 0 0 0 N 5 18 n 80 Hvy Frost/Freeze 31 63 28 37 0 0 0 NW 5 18 nw 80 Hvy Frost/Freeze 1860 1119 5.00 MARCH 2000 STATS Average Temperature 47.5 F. tied 1976 for 6th warmest (normal 42.6) Average Maximum 60.0 F. (normal 52.7) Average Minimum 35.0 F. (normal 32.4) Maximum Temp 86 F. on 8th Minimum Temp 20 F. on 18th Total Precip 5.00" (normal 3.05) Total year to date 10.28" (normal 8.05) Snowfall Total Trace (normal 4.6) Season Total 28.8" (normal 29.4) Max Barometer 30.62" on 17th Min Barometer 29.24" on 28th Wind Average SSW at 6.0 mph Peak Gust 39 mph(w)on 29th Average Sunshine 45.6% MARCH 2000 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Light showers between 12:45pm - 2:30pm .04" fell MARCH WINDS 2nd: Very windy today with steady temps in the 40's. Strong NW winds all day and evening gusting up to 37 mph. SUNSHINE 3rd: Sunny and breezy NW winds to 26 mph. 5th: Sunny and windy today with NW winds gusting to 30 mph. 6th: Bright sunny and mild. 7th: Sunny very warm high of 74 F. close to the record of 77 in 1974. *RECORD HEAT!! 8th: *RECORD HIGH of 86 F. beats the old record for this date of 75 in 1974. This is also the highest temperature ever so early in the season. It's never been above 82 before March 12th. 9th: *RECORD HIGH of 79 F today breaks the old record for this date of 77 in 1964. Cloudy this morning with a few light showers around noon .01" Became sunny warmer and windy this afternoon. Strong winds up to 38 mph from the WSW late this afternoon and evening. RAIN / THUNDERSTORMS 11th: Rain today 6:30am -1pm with some thunder. Rain 4pm- midnight along with heavy downpours at times and some rather intense lightning and thunder throughout the evening. 1.57" rain today. 12th: Rain showers midnight - 4am .08" fell. Became windy with WNW winds gusting up to 37 mph today. 14th: A few sprinkles of rain late this afternoon (trace). WARMER / RAIN 15th: A warm windy day high of 73 F. SW winds up to 29 mph. 16th: Very light rain and drizzle this morning 7am -10am only .01" fell. Rain this evening 5pm - 11pm .30" total today. 17th: Rain showers overnight between 1am - 4am .10" fell. Windy today and colder NNW winds gusting all day as high as 35 mph. COLD 18th: Low of 20 F. Sunny cool high 45 F. 19th: Cloudy cool high 43 F. RAIN / FOG 20th: Light rain began around 9:30pm .03" by minight a bit of sleet mixed in. 21st: Light rain overnight became heavier by dawn also a bit of wet snow mixed in with the rain. Rain all day moderate at times also some sleet mixed in at times especially late this afternoon. Moderate rain this evening with some sleet mixed in 2.31" total today. 22nd: Light rain drizzle and fog overnight. Drizzle this afternoon .12" today. Very dense evening fog. 23rd: Very dense fog overnight and this morning. WARM / THUNDERSHOWERS 25th: Nice warm spring day high 78 F. A thundershower this afternoon 3pm-3:30pm. with brief heavy downpours .23" and wind gust to 24 mph. Another light shower with some thunder around 5pm .01" 26th: Sunny windy and mild WNW winds gusting to 34 mph. RAIN / WIND 27th: Breezy today SE winds to 28 mph. A few sprinkles this afternoon. Light rain showers late this afternoon and this evening only produced .10" 28th: Sunny this morning. Light rain showers this afternoon and early evening with .10" 29th: Mostly cloudy and very windy today with strong west winds frequently gusting over 30 mph with a peak of 39 mph. HEAVY FROST / FREEZE 30th: Low of 30 F. this morning with heavy frost. 31st: Low of 28 F. Heavy Frost and freeze March 2000 tied 1976 for the 6th warmest on record with a 47.5 F. average temperature. The warmest March ever was in 1945 with an average of 52.1