Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight March 1999 Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Occuring events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 45 35 35 T T 0 WNW 10 40 nw 30 2 56 34 37 0 0 0 WNW 8 34 w 85 3 67 37 38 .89 0 0 SSE 9 39 s 25 Thunder 4 38 29 29 .56 6.0 3 WNW 14 40 nw 35 5 44 19 32 0 0 1 SE 2 11 se 30 6 47 29 29 .12 T T SSE 7 37 nw 0 Thunder 7 34 20 21 0 0 0 NNW 11 36 nw 90 8 37 14 25 0 0 0 N 5 23 n 90 9 28 24 24 .30 3.9 4 NNE 2 10 ne 0 10 41 24 30 .02 T 2 N 4 19 n 10 11 43 21 32 0 0 1 NNW 9 29 nw 70 12 45 27 32 0 0 T NNW 11 35 nw 90 13 46 27 35 0 0 T N 5 25 n 65 14 35 31 32 1.42 12.4 12 NNE 3 15 n 0 15 49 32 33 T T 6 N 8 28 n 60 16 54 26 34 0 0 3 SW 5 21 sw 95 17 69 32 55 0 0 T SW 4 23 sw 50 18 63 42 42 0 0 0 NW 12 44 nw 70 19 50 33 34 0 0 0 NW 9 34 nw 80 20 56 24 44 0 0 0 W 3 15 w 75 21 44 38 39 1.16 0 0 SSE 4 17 se 0 22 46 32 33 T T 0 W 11 36 w 55 23 54 26 43 T 0 0 SW 4 18 sw 20 24 57 41 46 T 0 0 SW 2 11 sw 15 25 53 30 30 0 0 0 N 6 29 n 80 26 53 25 32 0 0 0 N 4 18 n 95 27 55 29 39 0 0 0 N 5 25 n 15 28 62 39 40 0 0 0 N 4 21 n 30 29 67 34 47 0 0 0 NW 7 32 nw 70 30 67 36 37 0 0 0 NW 5 27 nw 70 31 75 29 56 0 0 0 SW 5 29 sw 70 1580 918 March 1999 Stats Average Temperature 40.3 F. (normal 42.6) Average Maximum 51.0 F. (normal 52.7) Average Minimum 29.6 F. (normal 32.4) Maximum Temp 75 F. on 31st Minimum Temp 14 F. on 8th Total Precip 4.47" (normal 3.05) Total year to date 13.48" (normal 8.05) SnowFall Total *22.3" (normal 4.6) Season Total 32.1" (normal 29.4) Max Barometer 30.73" on 8th Min Barometer 29.16" on 3rd Wind Average NNW at 6.5 mph Peak Gust 44 mph(nw) on 18th Average Sunshine 50.6% MARCH 1999 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 1st: Windy and brisk a few snow flurries this afternoon. WNW winds gusting up to 40 mph toaday. 2nd: Windy overnight WNW gusts up to 34 mph. Sunny and warmer today. MAJOR WEATHER TURN AROUND 3rd: Windy warm day high of 67 F. but not a record. Strong SSE winds gusting to 39 mph. Rain and numerous thunderstorms between 4:30pm and 8:30pm some with strong winds again gusting to 39 mph and heavy downpours also some vivid lightning. .89" rain. 4TH: Snow and rain mixed midnight - 2am. Snow and strong winds began 3:30am. Snow became heavy with blizzard like conditions with blowing and drifting with whiteouts as temperature dropped to 29 F. at one point the snow was coming down at at a rate of 3" per hour by 7am 6.0" of snow had fallen by 8am snow began to taper off but winds continued with gusts to 37 mph with blowing snow. Snow ended by 10am. Windy all day with WNW winds gusting to 40 mph with blowing snow. 6th: Mixed rain and snow this morning between 7am and noon also some thunder around 9am .12" Windy this evening with WNW Winds gusting to 37 mph. 7th: Cold and windy overnight with NW winds gusting to 34 mph. Sunny windy and cold today with NW winds up to 36 mph. SNOW !!! 9th: Snow Began around 8am. Snow all day light to moderate but very light later this evening. Total accumulation today 3.9" 10th: Some flurries overnight and some light snow this morning 7am-10am but no additional accumulation. Some clearing late this afternoon. 11th: Sunny and windy NNW winds to 29 mph. 12th: Sunny and windy strong NNW winds gusting to 35 mph. !!!! HEAVY WET SNOW !!!! 14th: Snow flurries began 7:30am then at 9:45am snow rapidly became heavy and accumulating. Temperature was up to 35F this morning but began falling as the snow continued. Temperature stayed right as 32F all day and evening. Moderate to heavy wet snow fell all day. Trees and wires hanging very heavy and low with some damage. By 9pm snow began to taper off and became light and intermittent. A snowfall total of 12.4" was measured before snow began to settle and melt. 15th: A few flurries overnight. Became windy with N winds up to 25 mph. Sunny, warmer and windy today N winds to 28 mph. Rapid snow melt only 6 inches remain on the ground. 16th: Sunny and warmer today high of 54. 17th: Much warmer high of 69 F. 18th: Mild but very windy today NW winds gusting as high as 44 mph. Colder this evening. 19th: Windy overnight NW winds gusting to 34 mph. RAIN 21st: Cold rain all day 8am - 8pm 1.16" fell 22nd: Cold and windy few snow showers today. 23rd: Few very light showers this evening, trace. 24th: Few very light showers and sprinkles today, trace. 31st: Very warm day high of 75 F. *This month saw 22.3" of snow. That is the second largest ever for month of March. The record is 25.5" in 1942.