Main page http://nfis.com/~i4storms Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MARCH: 1997 Temperature Precipitation Snow On gnd. Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Obsn. 1 54 42 53 .70 0 0 2 64 41 41 .06 0 0 3 41 33 33 .97 0.2 T 4 51 33 40 T 0 0 5 48 39 46 .49 0 0 6 48 35 35 .01 T 0 7 46 27 29 0 0 0 8 64 29 36 T 0 0 9 46 26 35 .07 T T 10 58 34 36 .01 0 0 11 57 28 34 T 0 0 12 51 27 35 0 0 0 13 50 29 39 T 0 0 14 45 34 45 1.07 0 0 15 45 29 29 T T 0 16 40 24 24 0 0 0 17 52 24 46 0 0 0 18 54 38 38 .48 0 0 19 37 32 35 .32 0.5 T 20 50 34 34 T 0 0 21 67 32 56 0 0 0 22 59 34 34 0 0 0 23 51 26 33 .06 T T 24 49 24 39 0 0 0 25 56 37 56 T T 0 26 58 40 40 .36 0 0 27 75 31 46 0 0 0 28 75 38 58 0 0 0 29 70 52 56 .26 T 0 30 69 49 49 .61 0 0 31 49 32 36 .21 T 0 1679 1033 5.68" 0.7" Average Temp 43.7 Average Max 54.2 Average Min 33.3 MARCH 1997 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st- Rain moderate at times 7am - 11am. Brief evening shower .70" fell today. 2nd- Some light morning showers 5am - noon .06" fell. RAIN / SLEET / SNOW 3rd- Rain and sleet with rain moderate at times 7:30am - 2pm No accumulation untill sleet and snow began again at 3:45pm till 6pm with 0.2" accum. of snow and sleet. Water content mostly rain .97". 4th- Fog overnight, drizzle this morning, trace. 5th- Drizzle and fog this morning. Rain this afternoon 2:30pm to 8:00pm .49" fell. HIGH WINDS 6th- Light shower around 1am .01". VERY STRONG WEST WINDS all day from an exploding low pressure system to north. Many wind gusts over 45 mph with a peak gust of 53 mph at 12:24pm. Some power line and tree damage reported and some light structural damage. A snow flurrie at 4pm. 7th- Windy again today with NW winds gusts to 39 mph in the morning. 8th- More wind with NW winds up to 39 mph today. Mild high of 64. 9th- Some sleet and snow fell this evening between 8pm and 11pm and just coverd the ground not quite enough to measure. 10th- Light shower 1:30am .01". Breezy from NW today. 11th- Windy and mild. Trace of rain 11am. NW gusts to 32 mph. 13th- Some rain, sleet and snow around 10pm just a trace. 14th- Rain midnight - 1pm was moderate to heavy at times became a drizzle in afternoon 1.07" fell. Became very windy late evening with NW gusts to 35 mph. 15th- Windy and cold today with a few snow flurries. NW gusts to 36 mph. RAIN AND A LITTLE SNOW 18th- Rain today began around noon with .48" by midnight. 19th- Rain overnight changed to snow by morning and accumulated to 0.5" ended by 11am. 20th- Some drizzle this morning 6-11am 23rd- Windy today NW gusts to 38 mph. Some evening rain changed to a little bit of snow and just coated the ground. 25th- Some drizzle and a trace of sleet 9-10am. Became windy from the SSE with gusts to 32 mph. 26th- Rain showers overnight 1:30am to 5:00am .36" fell. Very windy today with WNW winds up to 41 mph in gusts. WARMER 27th- Much warmer high of 75 F. West winds to 29 mph. 28th- Another 75 F. High. 29th- THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL 11:40am to 12noon. Began with very black sky. Hail fell for 10 minutes straight from pea to marble size and it made the ground slightly white. .26" of rain fell along with sharp lightning and strong winds up to 35 mph. Strong WNW wind rest of the day with more gusts to 35 mph. 30th- EASTER. A fairly nice day high of 69F. Rain moved in during the evening began at 7:30pm was moderate with .61" by midnight. WINDY AND COLDER 31st- Rain overnight ended by 3am .21" fell. Became windy and cold Temp dropped into 30's and stayed there all day. Strong NW winds with many gusts near 40 mph and a peak gust to 43 mph. Few afternoon and evening flurries.