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: 2005 * 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 27 29 33 0 .02 0.4 4 W 13 40w C 20 2 32 24 24 37 0 0 0 3 NW 18 50nw PC 40 3 33 20 21 39 0 0 0 2 NW 13 37nw S 90 4 40 15 32 38 0 0 0 1 SW 5 18sw PC 50 F 5 43 27 33 30 0 0 0 1 NNW 4 16nw S 75 F 6 56 25 38 24 0 0 0 T WSW 11 40w S 80 7 67 34 56 14 0 0 0 0 SSW 8 31sw PC 30 8 56 20 20 27 0 .17 1.6 1 NW 17 48nw PC 30 9 33 16 19 41 0 T T T NW 12 38nw PC 65 10 38 18 31 37 0 T T T WNW 5 23nw PC 40 11 47 31 33 26 0 0 0 T SW 6 31sw C 10 12 43 23 35 32 0 T T 0 WSW 8 37w C 20 13 45 23 34 30 0 0 0 0 N 5 24n C 20 14 43 25 29 31 0 0 0 0 NNW 7 27n S 85 15 46 24 28 30 0 0 0 0 NW 7 31nw S 95 16 46 24 35 30 0 0 0 0 NNW 5 20nw PC 40 17 50 31 31 25 0 0 0 0 SE 3 15se C 30 18 57 24 32 25 0 0 0 0 WNW 4 17nw PC 75 19 59 32 48 19 0 0 0 0 SW 6 22se PC 70 20 55 43 44 16 0 .03 0 0 WNW 8 34w PC 60 F 21 48 39 39 22 0 0 0 0 NW 8 26nw PC 50 22 57 27 48 23 0 0 0 0 SW 4 16sw S 80 23 48 36 36 23 0 2.18 0 0 NNE 6 23n C 0 F 24 45 35 41 25 0 .01 0 0 NNW 6 19n C 0 F 25 45 38 39 23 0 0 0 0 N 4 14n C 0 F 26 43 38 42 25 0 .12 0 0 SE 4 11se C 0 F 27 44 41 41 22 0 .47 0 0 SE 4 15se C 0 F 28 48 38 47 22 0 1.90 0 0 NNE 7 29n C 0 T 29 66 44 44 10 0 .10 0 0 NNW 7 28n PC 50 30 65 36 50 14 0 0 0 0 SSE 4 16se PC 60 31 52 45 46 17 0 0 0 0 SE 7 24se C 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1487 923 810 0 5.00 2.0 4 NNW 7.3 50nw 40.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2005 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 38.9 Normal 42.6 Dep -3.7 AVG MAX 48.0 Normal 52.7 Dep -4.7 AVG MIN 29.8 Normal 32.4 Dep -2.6 MAXIMUM 67 on 7th Lowest Max 32 on 2nd MINIMUM 15 0n 4th Highest Min 45 on 31st NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 1 Min 32 or Lower 19 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 5.00 Normal 3.05 Dep +1.95 YEAR TO DATE 10.13 Normal 8.05 Dep +2.08 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 9 .10" or more 6 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 2.18 on 23rd Largest 24 Hr Amount 2.18 on 23rd SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 2.0 Normal 4.6 Dep -2.6 SEASON TOTAL 20.6 Normal 29.4 Dep -8.8 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 2 1.0" or more 1 Snow Cover 1" or more 6 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 1.6 on 8th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 1.6 on 8th Storm Max 1.6 on 8th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 8 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 11 Partly Cloudy 13 Sunny 6 Sunshine% 40.8 AVERAGE WIND NNW @ 7.3 PEAK GUST 50nw on2nd MAX BAROMETER 30.26 on 22nd MIN BAROMETER 29.16 on 8th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 810 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2005 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: 0.4 of snow fell after midnight bringing the total for the storm to 5.4". Cloudy windy and cold today with a few snow showers. 2nd: Partly cloudy very windy and cold today high 32 F. NW winds gusting all day to 35+ mph and at one point around noon to 50 mph. 3rd: Sunny windy and cold high 33 F. NW winds gusting to 37 mph. 4th: Cold morning low of 15 F. Partly cloudy high 40 F. Evening fog. 5th: Fog overnight. Became sunny today high 43 F. MILD SPRINGLIKE 6th: Sunny windy and mild high 0f 56 F. WSW winds gusting t0 40 mph today. 7th: Windy and springlike high of 67 F. SSW winds gusting to 31 mph today. COLDER WINDY RAIN SNOW 8th: Rain showers overnight since 3:30am. Rapidly falling temperatures and rain changed to snow by 7:15am. Snow fell most of the morning ended by 11am 1.6" total. Temperature fell from 56 at midnight into 20"s during the snow event. Also NNW winds were gusting with the snow to 32 mph. Strong winds this afternoon gusting to 40 mph & 48 mph this evening. 9th: Partly cloudy windy and colder high 33 F. A few snow flurries this morning. NW winds gusting to 38 mph. 10th: Partly cloudy cold with some snow showers throughout the day. 11th: Cloudy and breezy high 47 F. 12th: Mostly cloudy windy with a few snow showers and rain showers. High 43 F. WSW winds gusting to 37 mph. 14th: Sunny & breezy. 15th: Sunny & breezy. 19th: Breezy mild high 59 F. Gusty SE winds to 22 mph. 20th: A few light rain showers overnight and this morning only .03" fell. Became windy in afternoon with WNW winds to 34 mph. 22nd: Mostly sunny and mild high 57 F. CLOUDY CHILLY RAIN DRIZZLE DAMP - HEAVY RAIN 23rd: Rain began just after midnight. Rain moderate to heavy at times all night, over 1 inch fell by 7am. Rain through most of the day moderate to heavy at times. Rain total today 2.18" 24th: A few light showers overnight .01". Cloudy & cool all day. 25th: Cloudy cool high 45 F. 26th: Cloudy cool with light rain overnighy=t and some drizzle during the day. .12" fell. 27th: Cloudy chilly with drizzle today and steadier rain later in afternoon and in evening with another .47" of rain. HEAVY RAIN - FLOODING ACROSS AREA 28th: Periods of light rain overnight with some heavier rain later this morning through mid afternoon. More heavy rain and a thunderstorm this evening. The storm with some sharp lightning occuring around 6pm. 1.90" rain fell today. Flooding occured across the area. Creeks and streams out of banks. Many roads flooded. Potomac river nearing flood stage or slightly over at many locations with just minor flooding on rivers. 29th: More light rain overnight between 3-6am .10" In past 6 days 4.78" of rain fell. Became sunny by late morning and much warmer with a high of 66 F today. 30th: Partly cloudy and warm again high 65 F. MARCH 2005