Station: Hagerstown 1 E Md. Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight Month: March 1996 Temperature Precipitation Snow On gnd. Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Obsn. 1 42 19 32 0 0 0 2 47 28 34 t t 0 3 35 14 14 .01 0.1 0 4 43 10 35 0 0 0 5 56 35 51 .42 0 0 6 53 39 39 .27 0 0 7 39 21 21 .50 0.1 t 8 23 13 13 .10 2.0 1 9 26 12 13 t t t 10 38 7 19 0 0 t 11 48 14 24 0 0 0 12 58 17 28 0 0 0 13 62 22 37 0 0 0 14 70 30 48 0 0 0 15 64 43 43 .40 0 0 16 56 34 42 0 0 0 17 42 33 36 .11 0.1 0 18 61 36 38 0 0 0 19 49 33 40 1.08 0 0 20 41 34 34 .23 t 0 21 44 29 30 .04 t 0 22 40 27 31 t t 0 23 48 29 29 0 0 0 24 57 24 44 0 0 0 25 69 33 56 .02 0 0 26 57 34 34 0 0 0 27 48 26 31 0 0 0 28 35 31 32 1.09 t t 29 41 32 38 .16 t 0 30 60 33 38 .01 0 0 31 66 31 51 0 0 0 1518 823 Average temp 37.8 total precip 4.44" Average high 49.0 Total snow 2.3" Average low 26.5 Season total 68.8" MARCH 1996 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND DAY 2: Snow showers mixed with rain 4pm - 6pm (trace). POWERFULL SNOW SQUALL 3: A brief but extremely powerfull and severe snow squall came roaring through here early this morning 12:15am - 12:40am with extreme white-out conditions with heavy blowing snow with winds gusting to 50 mph, absolute zero visibility. Only 0.1" of snow fell but this squall was mean while it lasted. Strong wnw winds picked up again towards dawn and continued all day with gusts up to 46 mph. Temperature fell into teens. 5: Rain between 2:00pm and 10:00pm .42" fell. Fog also. 6: Fog and periods of rain today midnight through 9pm .27". RAIN/SNOW COLDER 7: Rain and colder today. Rain began 4:30am was moderate in the morning changed to some sleet then snow this afternoon only 0.1" accumulation ended by 7pm. 8: Light snow overnight began around 1am through noon along with some gusty nw winds 2.0" fell. Gusty nw winds and very cold all day high only 23 F. Wind gusts to 39 mph continued into this evening, temperature fell into teens. 9: Cold and windy today with a few fluuries. 10: Very cold morning 7 F. TIED RECORD LOW set in 1941. 14: Sunny warm and spring-like day high of 70. 15: Periods of rain today mainly between 4am and 11am. Light shower around 5pm total rain .40" today. 17: Periods of light wet snow this morning mainly 6am through 10am 0.1" did accumulate briefly. Some more light snow around noon. Water content was .11" today. RAIN/WIND 19: Rain and wind today. Rain began around 1:30 pm was heavy at times this afternoon also strong e-se winds up to 35 mph and low barometer reading at 29.06". Rain and gusty winds this evening. Total rain by midnight 1.08". 20: Periods of rain overnight. Some mixed rain and snow during the morning did not accumulate. Light rain and drizzle this afternoon .23" fell. 21: Some light snow overnight slight dusting on ground. Few more snow showers this morning, trace. Nw winds to 31 mph. 22: Few afternoon snow showers. Gusty nw winds to 32 mph today. 23: Gusty nw winds to 33 mph today. 25: Shower this afternoon .02. Gusty sw winds up 36 mph today. 28: Rain, freezing rain, wet snow, and sleet today. 0.1" sleet some light ice accumulation on trees etc. much heavier in higher elevations just to east. Rain moderate at times 1.09" fell. 29: Some light rain and freezing rain overnight some light snow this morning 7am - 9am trace accum. drizzle later today. .16".