Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT: 39.64028 LONG: -77.69792 ELEV: 540 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2014 * 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 40 14 35 38 0 0 0 0 SSE 6 21s PC 60 2 40 29 29 31 0 .28 0.6 1 N 4 15n C 0 F,S 3 29 0* 1 50 0 .23 2.7 3 NNW 8 26nw C 5 4 29 -1* 16 51 0 0 0 2 SSW 4 14s PC 50 5 41 11 25 39 0 0 0 1 NNE 6 23ne S 90 6 33 18 27 39 0 0 0 1 E 7 19n PC 40 7 41 26 27 31 0 0 0 T N 7 16n C 25 8 60 22 42 24 0 0 0 0 N 5 27nw PC 40 9 43 33 35 27 0 0 0 0 NNW 9 24nw PC 70 10 67 34 47 15 0 0 0 0 WSW 9 30w PC 60 11 72 44 45 7 0 0 0 0 WSW 6 23s PC 45 12 60 27 27 21 0 .17 0 0 W 13 54w C 0 DW 13 30 14* 23 43 0 0 0 0 NW 15 40nw S 100 14 57 21 51 26 0 0 0 0 S 11 34s PC 50 15 61 43 43 13 0 0 0 0 W 13 41w S 80 16 43 25 25 31 0 .03 0.5 1 N 7 23n PC 30 17 30 21 30 39 0 .19 2.6 2 NNE 6 18n C 0 18 44 29 39 29 0 0 0 T E 5 14e C 10 19 42 34 40 27 0 .06 0 0 S 5 16s C 0 20 54 37 40 20 0 .02 0 0 W 16 44w S 80 21 52 29 39 25 0 T 0 0 W 6 21w PC 60 22 66 35 43 15 0 0 0 0 WNW 10 38nw PC 70 23 43 27 27 30 0 0 0 0 NW 8 26nw C 20 24 38 18 28 37 0 0 0 0 NNW 9 31nw S 100 25 32 23 24 37 0 .29 1.8 1.5 NNE 5 14n C 0 26 33 20 24 38 0 T T 0.5 NW 14 41nw S 90 27 47 16 45 34 0 0 0 0 SSE 9 29s PC 35 28 64 44 53 11 0 .09 0 0 S 13 33s C 10 29 53 45 45 16 0 .85 0 0 NNE 7 21ne C 0 T 30 45 33 42 26 0 .82 T 0 NW 13 42nw C 0 S 31 64 37 43 14 0 0 0 0 NW 11 36nw S 85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1453 808 884 0 3.03 8.2 NW 8.6 54w 42.1% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2014 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 36.5 Normal 42.0 Dep -5.5 AVG MAX 46.9 Normal 52.1 Dep -5.2 AVG MIN 26.1 Normal 31.9 Dep -5.8 MAXIMUM 72 on 11th Lowest Max 29 on 3rd & 4th MINIMUM -01 on 4th Highest Min 45 on 29th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 5 Min 32 or Lower 20 Min 0 or Lower 1 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 3.03 Normal 3.59 Dep -0.56 YEAR TO DATE 8.84 Normal 9.08 Dep -0.24 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 11 .10" or more 7 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.85 on 29th Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.85 on 29th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 8.2 Normal 5.0 Dep + 3.2 SEASON TOTAL 46.3 Normal 28.6 Dep +17.7 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 5 1.0" or more 3 Snow Cover 1" or more 8 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 2.7 on3rd MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 3.3 2nd-3rd Storm Max 3.3 2nd-3rd OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 1 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 1 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 12 Sunny 7 Sunshine% 42.1% AVERAGE WIND NW @ 8.6mph PEAK GUST 54w on 12th MAX BAROMETER 30.60 on 6th MIN BAROMETER 29.00 on 12th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 884 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2014 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Cold morning low of 14 F. Partly cloudy today high 40 F. RAIN / SNOW 3.3" / MUCH COLDER / RECORD LOWS 2nd: Cloudy today. Rain fell between 12noon - 4:30pm with .21". Rain began again this evening just after 10pm but quickly changed to sleet then snow. Snow fall at midnight was 0.6". 3rd: Snow and colder overnight. Snow was mainly light with some periods of moderate snow. Temperature was falling all night from 29 just after midnight to a low 14 by 7:30am. Snow ended by 8:30am a total of 3.3" of snow from the event. Cloudy today and breezy temperature remained in teens all day and fell rapidly this evening to *RECORD LOW of 0 F. just before midnight breaking the old record for this date of 5 set in 1925. *TWO RECORDS BROKEN AS ONE DAY ENDS AND ANOTHER BEGINS - This is a very rare event. I don't think this has ever happened before. 4th:*RECORD LOW OF -1 F. The record low for today of 5 set in 1943 was already broken at midnight. The overnight low of -1 F. is the new record for this date. Thisa is only the 5th time a temperature below zero has happened in March. The coldest March temperature ever was -7 in 1900. Partly cloudy today high of 29 F. 5th: Another cold low of 11 F. Not a record which was 6 in 1978. Sunny warmer afternoon high of 41 F. 6th: Partly cloudy high 33 F. 7th: Mostly to partly cloudy high 41 F. 8th: Parly cloudy and mild high of 60 F. Some gusty winds late afternoon from WNW up to 27 mph. 9th: Partly cloudy colder and breeezy high 43 F. MUCH WARMER : ) 10th: Partly cloudy and much warmer today high of 67 F. 11th: Partly cloudy and even warmer with a high of 72 F. RAIN / COLDER / HIGH WINDS 54 mph 12th: Cloudy today with showers during the afternoon through early evening .17" fell. High winds during the evening from the west with many gusts of 40+ mph and a peak gust of 54 mph around 7:45pm. Rapid drop in temperature during the evening from 60 to 27 by midnight. Also a very low barometric pressure reading today of 29.00". *RECORD LOW 14F TIED Set in 1960 13th:*RECORD LOW 14 F TIED Set in 1960. Windy and much colder overnight with NW winds gusting to 38 mph and temperature falling to a low of 14 F this morning. Wind chills down to -1 . Sunny windy and cold today high only 30 F. NW winds gusting to 40 mph. 14th: Partly cloudy windy and milder high 57 F. Strong south winds during the afternoon and evening up to 34 mph. 15th: Mostly sunny windy and mild high 61 F. Strong west winds gusting up to 41 mph. SNOW 3.1" 16th: Became cloudy today high 43 F. Light snow began just after 5pm. Periods of light to very light snow through the evening became a little more moderate late this evening with 0.5" on the ground by 12m. Became colder through the evening. 17th: Periods of light snow overnight occasionally moderate at times. 2.8" at 7am. Colder with a low of 21 F. Periods of light to very light snow through the morning with only another 0.3" of accumulation. Snow ended early afternoon with a total accumulation from the event of 3.1". Cloudy all day high 30 F. 18th: Mostly cloudy today high 44 F. 19th: Cloudy today high 42 F. A few light rain showers between 9am - 11am and this evening around 9pm. .06" today. 20th: Light rain showers just after midnight .02" Mostly sunny and windy today high 54 F. Strong west winds today gusting up to 44 mph. 21st: Partly cloudy today high 52 F. Few sprinkles early afternoon, trace. 22nd: Partly cloudy windy and mild with a high of 66 F. Strong WNW winds today up to 38 mph. 23rd: Mostly cloudy and breezy today high 43 F. Clearing late in the day. 24th: Windy overnight NW winds gusting to 31 mph. Sunny breezy and cold today high 38F. SNOW 1.8" 25th: Cloudy with light snow today began 8:30am. Light snow throughout the day ended by 6pm. Accumulating snow fell from 8:30am - 1pm with 1.8" at maximum amount. Light snow fell rest of afternoon but did not accumulate. High of 32 F. 26th: Mostly sunny windy and cold today high 33 F. A few morning flurries. Strong NW winds gusting up to 41 mph. 27th: Near record very cold low of 16 F this morning. The record is 15 in 1915. Partly cloudy windy and chilly today with a high of 47 F. SSE winds up to 29 mph during th afternoon. 28th: Mostly cloudy windy and mild high of 64 F. Light rain fell between 7am - 12noon with .09" SSE winds gusting 33 mph today. 29th: Periods of light rain and drizzle late morning and in the afternoon. Steadier and heavier rain fell during the evening and a few rumbles of thunder. Rainfall .85" by midnight. RAIN SLEET & SNOW / WINDY 30th: Rain overnight moderate at times. Rain and sleet with some snow mixed in during the morning. Sleet then snow during the early afteroon was starting to accumulate making the ground white in some places as the temperature fell to 33 F. Changed back to rain just before ending later in afternoon. Windy during the afternoon and evening with NW winds gusting up to 42 mph. Rainfall today .82" Past 3 days is 1.76". 31st: Sunny windy and warmer today high of 64 F. NW winds up to 36 mph. MARCH 2014