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: 2015 * 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 30 17 30 41 0 .37 2.2 3.0 S 6 20s C 0 S,G 2 39 23 23 34 0 0 0 1.5 NW 11 40nw S 90 3 37 21 36 36 0 .01 T 1.5 SSE 9 29se C 0 S,G 4 49 34 36 23 0 .55 T 0.5 E 2 10s C 0 S 5 36 12 13 41 0 .68 7.8 7.0 NW 8 28nw C 0 S 6 26 1* 4 51 0 0 0 6.0 E 3 12nw S 95 7 45 -1* 38 43 0 0 0 4.0 SSW 7 28s S 90 8 53 31 31 23 0 0 0 1.0 NW 6 26w S 80 9 59 29 36 21 0 0 0 T NW 3 14nw S 80 10 47 29 40 27 0 .44 0 0 NNE 3 13sw C 0 F 11 64 40 43 13 0 .01 0 0 NW 6 31nw C 20 F 12 55 32 35 21 0 0 0 0 NW 6 24n S 95 13 52 27 40 25 0 .05 0 0 SSE 7 26se PC 40 14 53 39 46 19 0 .59 0 0 S 4 18nw C 0 15 48 38 38 22 0 0 0 0 NW 13 36w PC 30 16 66 30 52 17 0 T 0 0 NNW 3 13w PC 25 17 63 34 34 16 0 0 0 0 NW 15 44nw PC 35 18 47 29 39 27 0 0 0 0 NW 11 35nw S 85 19 49 27 42 27 0 0 0 0 NW 4 16n C 20 20 42 32 33 28 0 .42 1.8 1.0 E 3 16se C 0 F 21 60 32 48 19 0 0 0 0 SSW 7 25sw PC 40 F 22 51 35 37 22 0 0 0 0 NW 9 24nw PC 65 23 44 25 38 30 0 0 0 0 N 5 16n S 90 24 44 28 28 29 0 0 0 0 NNE 4 18n C 20 25 49 24 44 28 0 .03 0 0 SSE 8 27s C 0 G 26 74 34 46 11 0 .46 T 0 S 9 36nw PC 30 T,H 27 47 34 34 24 0 .10 0 0 NNW 8 24nw C 15 28 34 24 26 36 0 T T 0 NW 12 33nw PC 30 29 46 19 41 32 0 0 0 0 NW 7 26s S 95 30 60 40 44 15 0 T 0 0 W 13 36w PC 40 31 64 38 39 14 0 .02 0 0 S 9 38s PC 30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1533 857 815 0 3.73 11.8 NW 7.1 44nw 40.0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS MARCH 2015 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 38.5 Normal 42.0 Dep -3.5 AVG MAX 49.5 Normal 52.1 Dep -2.6 AVG MIN 27.6 Normal 31.9 Dep -4.3 MAXIMUM 74 on 26th Lowest Max 26 on 6th MINIMUM -1 on 7th Highest Min 40 on 3oth NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 2 Min 32 or Lower 21 Min 0 or Lower 1 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 3.73 Normal 3.59 Dep +0.14 YEAR TO DATE 7.47 Normal 9.08 Dep -1.61 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 13 .10" or more 8 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.68 on 5th Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.68 on 5th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 11.8 Normal 5.0 Dep +6.8 SEASON TOTAL 31.1 Normal 28.6 Dep +2.5 NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 3 1.0" or more 3 Snow Cover 1" or more 9 MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL 7.8 on 5th MAX 24 Hr Snowfall 7.8 on 5th Storm Max 7.8 on 5th OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 4 Thunder 1 Hail 1 Sleet4 Glaze 2 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 10 Sunny 9 Sunshine% 40.0% AVERAGE WIND NW @ 7.1 mph PEAK GUST 44nw on 17th MAX BAROMETER 30.73 on 1st MIN BAROMETER 29.57 on 31st TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 815 Normal 713 / COOLING 0 Normal 0 MARCH 2015 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY SNOW SLEET 2.2" FREEZING RAIN - Light Coating 1st: Light snow began around 6:15am this morning. Light snow fell during the morning was moderate at times. Snow changed to sleet around noon then freezing rain fell during the afternoon. Total snow and sleet was 2.2". Freezing rain ended by mid evening caused a light ice buildup on trees wires etc. was less than .01". 2nd: Sunny and windy today hig 39 F. NW winds with a peak gust this morning to 40 mph. 3rd: Cloudy and breezy today. A little sleet and freezing rain late this afternoon and early evening with just a very light coating of ice, trace. Some sprinkles of rain later this evening as temperature rose to 37 F. 4th: Some light rain and showers overnight and during the morning. Cloudy and warmer today high 49 F. Rain during afternoon and evening. Rain began changing to some sleet and snow just before midnight. SNOW 7.8" MUCH COLDER 5th: Rain overnight with some sleet and snow at times. Snow began around 4am. Snow fell all day with falling temperatures. Snow was moderate to heavy at times with some blowing snow. Snow mostly ended by 4pm but a few snow showers and flurries later. Total snow accumulation 7.8". The high of 36 occured just after midnight. Temperature fell into the teens this evening. RECORD LOW 1 F. 6th:*Record low of 1 F. this morning breaking the old record for this date of 12 in 1926. *RECORD LOW -1 F. - RARE EVENT! 7th:*Record Low of -1 F. this morning breaking the old record of 3 in 1960. This is only the 6th time a reading below zero occured in March. The last time it happened was just last March on the 4th with a low of -1. Mostly sunny today and much warmer this afternoon high of 45 F. 8th: Mostly sunny and warmer today high 53 F. 9th: Mostly sunny and warmer today high 59 F. RAIN 10th: Cloudy with rain today. Rain today began at noon and continued through the evening with fog. Total rain .44". 11th: A few light showers just after midnight and fog overnight and during the morning. Cloudy most of the day with clearing late and much warmer with a high of 64 F. 12th: Sunny high 55 F. RAIN 13th: Partly cloudy today high 52 F. Light rain began this evening around 9pm with .05" by midnight. 14th: Rain fell all night and during most of the morning. Some sprinkles and some drizzle during the afternoon. Total rain today .59". High of 53 F. 15th: Partly cloudy and windy high 48 F. WNW winds gusting to 36 mph. 16th: Mostly to partly cloudy and warmer today high of 66 F. A few sprinkles of rain today. 17th: Partly cloudy windy and mild high of 63 F. NW inds gusting to 44 mph today. 18th: Mostly sunny windy and coller today high 47 F. NW winds gusting to 35 mph. 19th: Mostly cloudy high 49 F. WET SNOW 1.8" 20th: Mixed rain and snow began around 3am this morning and quickly became all snow. Light snow fell during the morning was briefly moderate at times. Snow ended by 2pm. Snow was wet. Total accumulation was 1.8". Water content .42". The high of 42 occured overnight. The temperature during the day was in the mid 30's. Evening fog. 21st: Fog overnight and during the morning. Partly cloudy and much warmer during the afternoon high 60 F. 22nd: Partly cloudy and breezy high 51 F. 23rd: Sunny high 44 F. 24th: Mostly cloudy with clearing late in the day high 44 F. 25th: Light rain fell between 8am - 11am began briefly as some freezing rain but no problems. Cloudy rest of day high of 49 F. Rainfall .03". Windy from SSE during afternoon and evening with gusts to 27 mph. MUCH WARMER / FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF YEAR 26th: Few morning sprinkles today. Became much warmer with a high of. 74 F. Thunderstorm this evening between 5:50pm - 6:20pm with brief heavy rains gusty winds to 36 mph and a few minutes of some small hail ranging in size from rice to marble. Few more evening light showers. Total rain today .46". COLDER 27th: Some light rain overnight between 1:30am -4am .10". Mostly cloudy today high 47 F. 28th: Cold and windy today wit a few snow flurries high 34 F. NW winds gusting to 33 mph. 29th: Cold morning low of 19 F. Sunny today high 46 F. 30th: Cloudy with a few morning sprinkles of rain. Became partly cloudy windy and mild today high 60 F. West winds gusting up to 36 mph. 31st: Mostly to partly cloudy today high 64 F. A few morning sprinkles. Some late afternoon light showers with .02". Windy today from the south with gusts to 38 mph then north winds ahead of the showers up to 38 mph again. MARCH 2015