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: MARCH 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 37 31 36 31 0 T 0 11 SE 3 13se C 0 F 2 44 34 36 26 0 .40 0 8 WNW 5 24w C 20 F 3 36 10 15 42 0 0 0 7 NNW 8 31nw S 90 4 40 14 33 38 0 0 0 6 SSW 4 17sw PC 70 5 53 32 41 23 0 T 0 5 SW 2 10sw C 20 6 41 25 25 32 0 .35 T 4 N 5 25n C 5 F,S 7 36 16 26 39 0 0 0 3 NNE 4 18ne S 85 8 51 20 47 30 0 0 0 2 S 4 21s S 80 9 48 26 26 28 0 0 0 1 NW 8 32nw S 90 10 34 20 20 38 0 0 0 1 NW 7 28nw S 90 11 45 16 34 35 0 T T T SSW 3 19sw C 20 12 56 26 39 24 0 0 0 T SW 3 14sw C 10 13 59 34 36 19 0 .17 0 T N 6 29n C 10 F 14 44 26 29 30 0 0 0 0 NNE 4 16ne S 90 15 61 27 41 21 0 0 0 0 SE 3 15se S 80 16 69 26 48 14 0 0 0 0 SSE 3 17se PC 70 17 67 43 48 10 0 0 0 0 SE 2 12se PC 50 18 67 45 53 8 0 0 0 0 NNE 3 18ne C 10 F 19 53 35 37 20 0 T 0 0 SE 8 27se C 0 20 39 34 38 28 0 1.62 0 0 N 3 15n C 0 F 21 60 38 44 16 0 0 0 0 SW 2 16sw C 5 F 22 64 43 52 11 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 27nw S 80 23 62 37 44 16 0 0 0 0 WNW 5 22nw PC 70 24 65 33 33 16 0 0 0 0 SE 2 14se S 80 25 74 41 58 7 0 0 0 0 SSE 5 25se S 90 26 65 37 37 14 0 .38 0 0 NNW 4 25nw C 10 27 65 31 48 17 0 0 0 0 SSE 4 20s PC 70 28 60 37 55 17 0 0 0 0 SSE 5 22se C 10 29 73 45 45 6 0 .09 0 0 SSE 7 31nw C 20 T 30 45 31 31 27 0 .54 2.0 2 NNW 7 27nw C 0 31 40 27 27 31 0 .01 0.2 T NNW 8 36nw PC 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1653 940 683 0 3.56 2.2 NW 4.7 36nw 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2003 ---------------------------------TEMPERATURE------------------------ AVG TEMP 41.8 Normal 42.6 Dep -0.8 AVG MAX 53.3 Normal 52.7 Dep +0.6 AVG MIN 30.3 Normal 32.4 Dep -2.1 MAXIMUM 74 on 25th Lowest Max 34 on 10th MINIMUM 10 on 3rd Highest Min 45 on 18 & 19 NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 17 Min 0 or Lower 0 --------------------------------PRECIPITATION------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 3.56 Normal 3.05 Dep +0.51 YEAR TO DATE 10.99 Normal 8.05 Dep +2.94 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 8 .10" or more 6 1.00" or more 1 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 1.62 on 2oth Largest 24 Hr Amount 1.62 on 20th ----------------------------------SNOWFALL------------------------------ MONTH TOTAL 2.2 Normal 4.6 Dep -2.4 SEASON TOTAL 58.9 Normal 29.4 Dep +29.5 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 2 1.0" or more 1 Snow Cover 1" or more 1 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 2.0 on 30th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 2.0 on 30th Storm Max 2.0 30th ------------------------------------OTHER------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 7 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 1 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 15 Partly Cloudy 6 Sunny 10 Sunshine% 43.7% AVERAGE WIND NW @ 4.7 mph PEAK GUST 36nw on 31st MAX BAROMETER 30.38" on 14th MIN BAROMETER 29.54" on 2nd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 683 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2003 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Cloudy and hazy today with some fog a times some drizzle this evening. 2nd: Rain this morning 4:30am - 9am rain was moderate at times with .40" some drizzle rest of morning. High of 44 F. today. SHARPLY COLDER 3rd: Windy and Sharply colder overnight with NW winds gusting to 31 mph temps falling from 36 F. at midnight to 10 F. this morning. Wind chills -20 and lower. Sunny but very cold and windy all day with an afternoon high of only 24 F. 5th: A few sprinkles of rain today only a trace. Mild with a high of 53 F. 6th: Periods of rain today 4am - 2pm .35" Some sleet and wet snow mixed in later in the morning and early afternoon as temperature became colder but no accumulation. 7th: Sunny and cold high 36 F. 8th: Breezy and warmer high of 51 F. 9th: Some brief strong winds this morning around 3am with NW gusts to 32 mph. Sunny breezy and cool today. 10th: Sunny breezy and cold today high of 34 F. 11th: Period of light snow this morning 9am - 11am but no accumulation. Some sun later in day. 12th: Cloudy and warmer today high of 56 F. SHOWERS / WARMER / COLDER 13th: Warmer today high of 59 F. Shower around 3pm with falling temps. Rain 4:30pm - 7:30pm Rainfall .17" today. N winds to 29 mph this afternoon. 14th: Sunny but colder high of 44 F. 15th: Sunny and warmer today with a high of 61 F. 16th: Mostly sunny and warmer today high of 69 F. 17th: Partly cloudy and mild today high of 67 F. 18th: Dense fog overnight and early morning. Mostly cloudy hazy and mild today high 67 F. 19th: A few sprinkles late this afternoon and again this evening, trace. SOAKING COLD RAINS 20th: Light rain overnignt. Cold rain all day was moderate to heavy at times. Rain ended by 7pm with 1.62" total. Temperature in 30's all day. 21st: Fog overnight. Mostly cloudy hazy and mild today high of 60 F. 22nd: Sunny and mild high of 64 F. 23rd: Mostly sunny high 62 F. 24th: Sunny mild high 65 F. 25th: Sunny and warmer today high of 74 F. Very nice! 26th: Warm this morning high 65 F. but rain and colder this afternoon. Rain 1pm - 5pm .38" with falling temperatures into 40's. 27th: Colder overnight low of 31 F. with some fog. WARM / BREEZY / STORMS 29th: Warm breezy and humid moring with a few sprinkles high of 73 F. Brief thundershower this afternoon 1pm-1:30pm with winds to 31 mph. A few more evening sprinkles and faling temperatures into 40's. RAIN TO SNOW !!!! 30th: Some rain ovenight. Rain changed to wet snow by 7am and continued all day snow was moderate to heavy at times especally this morning when it first began that's also when it reached it's maximum amount of 2 inches. Snow all day moderate at times but no addtional accumulation becausee it was melting as fast as it was falling. Snow ended by 6pm. Total 2.0". Water content today .54" 31st: A few snow squalls early this moring produced another 0.2" of snow. Windy and cold today with several more snow showers throughout the day North winds gusts to 36 mph.