Main page http://i4weather.net CLIMATOLOGCAL DATA: HAGERSTOWN MD LAT:39.38.31 LONG:77.42.06 ELEV:519 FT. Station: Hagerstown 1E Md (Print Landscape) Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight MONTH: OCTOBER YEAR: 2001 * 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 75 41 52 7 0 0 0 0 NW 4 17nw PC 60 2 79 46 56 3 0 0 0 0 SW 3 15sw PC 60 3 82 50 59 0 1 0 0 0 SW 3 16sw S 85 4 82 51 56 0 2 0 0 0 SW 4 23sw S 95 5 80 49 68 1 0 0 0 0 SW 4 21sw S 80 6 69 45 49 8 0 .01 0 0 WNW 8 34nw PC 50 7 55 34 34 20 0 0 0 0 WNW 8 32nw PC 70 8 57 *27 32 23 0 0 0 0 NNW 3 20n S 100 9 63 *25 39 21 0 0 0 0 SSW 3 18sw S 90 10 72 34 47 12 0 0 0 0 SE 3 15se PC 60 11 78 41 57 6 0 0 0 0 SSW 3 16sw PC 75 12 74 48 67 4 0 0 0 0 SE 3 15se PC 30 13 80 54 65 0 2 0 0 0 SE 5 23se S 80 14 74 57 58 0 1 .40 0 0 SE 8 30se PC 25 15 69 44 44 9 0 0 0 0 W 7 27w PC 75 16 69 40 48 11 0 .27 0 0 SE 7 37nw PC 50 17 55 40 42 17 0 0 0 0 WNW 12 37nw PC 75 18 59 31 38 20 0 0 0 0 W 4 16w S 100 19 66 31 51 17 0 0 0 0 SSE 3 14se PC 60 20 73 42 47 8 0 0 0 0 SW 4 20sw S 85 21 78 40 52 6 0 0 0 0 SW 3 16sw S 85 22 79 46 58 2 0 0 0 0 SW 3 15sw S 90 23 78 49 68 2 0 0 0 0 SE 3 17se PC 50 24 *83 54 69 0 4 0 0 0 SSE 4 19se PC 70 25 71 56 57 1 0 0 0 0 W 14 46w S 85 26 57 40 42 16 0 0 0 0 W 14 41w PC 30 27 50 41 42 20 0 0 0 0 W 10 29w C 20 28 51 27 30 26 0 0 0 0 NNW 4 19nw PC 70 29 60 25 37 22 0 0 0 0 SW 2 11sw S 95 30 64 35 38 15 0 0 0 0 N 3 16n S 80 31 64 36 52 15 0 0 0 0 SSE 4 21se PC 60 2146 1279 312 10 0.68 0 0 69.0% MONTHLY STATS OCTOBER 2001 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 55.2 Normal 54.8 Dep +0.4 AVG MAX 69.2 Normal 66.3 Dep +2.9 AVG MIN 41.3 Normal 43.0 Dep -1.7 MAXIMUM 83 on 24th Lowest Max 50 on 27th MINIMUM 25 on 9th,29th Highest Min 57 on 14th NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 6 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.68 Normal 3.27 Dep -2.59 YEAR TO DATE 23.22 Normal 31.91 Dep -8.69 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 3 .10" or more 2 1.00" or more 0 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 0.40 on 14th Largest 24 Hr Amount 0.40 on 14th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0 Normal T Dep SEASON TOTAL 0 Normal T Dep NUMBER OF DAYS 0.1" or more 1.0" or more Snow Cover 1" or more MAXIMUM DAILY SNOWFALL MAX 24 Hr Snowfall Storm Max OTHER---------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF DAYS Fog 0 Thunder 0 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 0 Cloudy 1 Partly Cloudy 17 Sunny 13 Sunshine% 69.0 AVERAGE WIND SW @ 5.3 PEAK GUST 46w on 25th MAX BAROMETER 30.69 on 9th MIN BAROMETER 29.56 on 25th TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 312 Normal 322 / COOLING 10 Normal 9 OCTOBER 2001 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY FAIR WARM WEATHER 1st - 5th 1st-5th: Great fall weather with sunny warm days and chilly mornings. COLDER WINDY 6th: Warm overnight with temps in the upper 60's them bottom fell out this morning at 6:30am with strong NW winds gusting to 34 mph and rapidly falling temperatures into the 50's. Also a very brief shower with only .01" of rain. Partly cloudy cool and windy all day. 7th: Cold morning low of 35 F this morning with a touch of ground frost. Partly cloudy cold and windy today high only 55 F WNW winds gusting to 32 mph & wind chills in the 30's. * KILLING FROST & FREEZE / RECORD LOWS * 8th:*RECORD LOW TIED 27 F in 1953 KILLING FREEZE with low of 27 F this morning with moderate to heavy frost. Sunny and cool today 100% sunshine. 9th:*RECORD LOW 25 F this mornng broke the old record of 28 in 1963. Another Very HARD FREEZE and Heavy Frost. Warmer this afternoon with a high of 63 F. INDIAN SUMMER 10th: Warmer today high of 72 F. 11th: Warmer sunny high 78 F. 12th: Partly cloudy warm high 74 F. 13th: Beautiful sunny breezy indian summer day high of 80 F. WARM WINDY RAIN 14th: Mild, became cloudy and windy today with SE winds gusting to 30 mph. Rain this evening began around 6pm with some heavier downpours and gusty winds between 7:30-8pm. Total rain.40" ended by midnight. 16th: Windy and mild today with strong SSE winds gusting to 32 mph. Cold front moved in this afternoon around 3:30pm with ominous skies, brief heavy rain and gusty NW winds to 37 mph. Rain continued through 7pm .27" fell. 17th: Partly cloudy windy and colder today WNW winds gusty to 37 mph. FROSTY MORNINGS 18th: Chilly morning low of 31 F with frost. Sunny 100% sunshine day. 19th: Low of 31 F again with heavy frost. INDIAN SUMMER AGAIN 20th: Sunny warm day high 73 F. 21st: Sunny and warm high of 78 F. 22nd: Sunny and very warm high of 79 F. 23rd: Partly cloudy and warm high 78 F. *RECORD HEAT* 24th:*RECORD HIGH of 83 F today broke the old record of 77 in 1963. Sunny and very warm. WINDY WARM 25th: Warm overnight with temps in the 60's. High for day 71 F at 7am. Sunny today became very windy with strong W winds all day gusting many times near 40 mph with a peak gust of 46 mph this afternoon. COLDER WINDY 26th: Colder windy partly to mostly cloudy gusty W winds all day gusting up to 41 mph. 27th: Mostly cloudy cold and windy today W winds gusting up to 29 mph. 28th: Cold morning low of 27 F. 29th: Cold frosty morning low of 25 F. Bright suuny day. This was the 5th driest October on record with .68" of rain. Last October was also dry with only .45" for the 3rd driest ever. The all time driest was 1963 with only .24" of rain.