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: 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 58 35 35 18 0 0 0 0 WNW 9 36w PC 40 2 50 27 44 26 0 .29 0 0 SE 9 27se PC 30 T 3 56 39 39 18 0 .02 0 0 W 12 42w PC 50 4 41 31 33 29 0 T T 0 W 11 37w PC 30 5 41 25 28 32 0 T T 0 NW 9 32nw PC 30 6 48 20 41 31 0 0 0 0 SSE 7 24s S 90 7 65 29 54 18 0 0 0 0 S 10 29s PC 70 8 69 48 50 7 0 .06 0 0 S 12 38s PC 30 9 53 34 34 22 0 0 0 0 NW 13 44nw PC 40 10 44 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 NNW 7 23nw S 95 11 53 27 42 20 0 0 0 0 S 6 20s S 100 12 68 32 58 15 0 T 0 0 S 5 18s PC 40 13 78 57 59 0 3 .01 0 0 S 8 29w PC 75 14 80 48 54 1 0 0 0 0 WNW 5 21w S 90 15 81 44 57 2 0 T 0 0 SW 5 27w PC 40 16 70 48 53 6 0 .01 0 0 S 4 18s PC 40 17 77 45 61 4 0 0 0 0 SE 4 19se S 90 18 66 50 60 7 0 0 0 0 S 5 20s PC 50 19 73 53 62 2 0 .34 0 0 S 4 18n PC 25 T 20 73 57 57 0 0 .06 0 0 SSW 3 11e C 20 21 67 51 60 6 0 0 0 0 E 3 11e C 20 22 77 56 61 0 2 0 0 0 SE 3 13se PC 50 23 82 52 69 0 2 0 0 0 ESE 4 16e PC 65 24 69 51 51 5 0 .44 0 0 ENE 5 18se C 0 F,T 25 62 47 59 10 0 .06 0 0 NNW 6 19n C 0 26 59 37 37 17 0 0 0 0 NW 13 46nw S 100 27 53 29 43 24 0 0 0 0 NW 5 23nw S 95 28 74 43 66 6 0 .19 0 0 S 8 26w PC 40 T 29 66 42 42 11 0 0 0 0 NW 11 34nw S 80 30 52 32 46 23 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 18s PC 30 31 54 43 47 16 0 .02 0 0 NNE 7 24n C 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1959 1260 405 7 1.50 T S 7.1 46nw 50.5% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2012 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 51.9 Normal 42.0 Dep + 9.9 AVG MAX 63.2 Normal 52.1 Dep +11.1 AVG MIN 40.6 Normal 31.9 Dep + 8.7 MAXIMUM 82 on 23rd Lowest Max 41 on 4th MINIMUM 20 on 6th Highest Min 57 on 20th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 10 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 1.50 Normal 3.59 Dep -2.09 YEAR TO DATE 6.97 Normal 9.08 Dep -2.11 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 4 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.44 on 24th Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.44 on 24th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL T Normal 5.0 Dep -5.0 SEASON TOTAL 9.4 Normal 28.6 Dep -19.2 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 0 1.0" or more 0 Snow Cover 1" or more 0 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL T MAX 24 Hr Snowfall T Storm Max T OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 2 Thunder 5 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 5 Partly Cloudy 18 Sunny 8 Sunshine% 50.5% AVERAGE WIND South @ 7.1 mph PEAK GUST 46nw on 26th MAX BAROMETER 30.68 on 6th MIN BAROMETER 29.51 on 2nd TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 405 Normal 713 / COOLING 7 Normal 0 MARCH 2012 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Partly cloudy and windy high 58 F. WNW winds gusting to 36 mph RAIN 2nd: Partly to mostly cloudy and breezy high 50 F. Periods of rain fell between 4pm - 12m Some thunder and lightning during the evening. Rainfall .29" WINDY 3rd: A few light showers overnight .02" Partly cloudy and windy today west winds gusting up to 42 mph. 4th: Partly to mostly cloudy windy and cold with a few snow flurries today high 41 F. West winds gusting to 37 mph. 5th: Mostly to partly cloudy windy cold high 41 F. Flurries today and a snow shower around 2pm. NW winds to day with gusts to 32 mph. 6th: Cold low of 20 this morning. Sunny today high 48 F. 7th: Partly cloudy breezy and mild high 65 F. 8th: Partly cloudy windy and warm high 69 F. Strong south winds today gusting up to 38 mph. Brief shower this evening around 11pm with .06" of rain. 9th: Partly cloudy and windy high 53 F. NW winds gusting up to 44 mph. Falling temperatures during the afternoon and evening. 10th: Sunny and breezy high 44 F. 11th: Sunny mild high 63 F. WARM 12th: Partly cloudy and mild today high 68 F. A few sprinkles this evening late. 13th: Very light shower just after midnight .01". Partly cloudy and warm today high of 78 F. 14th: Sunny and warm with a high of 80 F this afternoon. Not a record which was 85 in 1990. 15th: Partly cloudy and warm today high of 81 F. Close to the record of 82 set in 1990. A few sprinkles around 5:30pm. 16th: Light shower around 6am .01". Partly cloudy today high 70 F. 17th: Sunny high 77 F. 18th: Partly cloudy high 66 F. SHOWERS & WARM 19th: Partly cloudy high 73 F. Showers and thundershowers this evening 6:30 - 12m rainfall .34". 20th: Showers overnight 12m - 1:30am .06". Mostly cloudy today high 73 F. 21st: Mostly cloudy today high 67 F. 22nd: Partly cloudy and warm high 77 F. 23rd: Partly cloudy and warm high 82 F. Not a record which was 88 in 1907. COOLER / SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 24th: Showers and thunderstorms between 4am -6am .20" rain. Cloudy with fog and periods of rain and showers today through this evening. Total rain today .44". 25th: Light showers 4:30-6:30am. Cloudy today with a few sprinkles. 26th: Sunny windy and colder today NW winds gusting to 46 mph. 27th: Low of 29 this morning a normal low for a change. Sunny today chilly breezy high 53 F. 28th: Partly cloudy and warm today. Showers and thunderstorms between 1:15 - 2:30pm with .19" of rain dropped temps into 50's but temps rose again to 74 F. late this afternoon. Breezy this evening with west winds to 26 mph. 29th: Mostly sunny windy and cooler the high of 66 was just after midnight the afternoon high was 56. NW winds gusting up to 34 mph. 30th: Partly cloudy high 52 F. 31st: Few light showers overnight with some thunder .02" of rain. March 2012 was the 2nd warmest March on record with an average temperature of 51.9 F. The all time warmest was in 1945 with an average of 52.1. A normal March is 42.0 F. MARCH 2012