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: 2012 * 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 68 45 59 9 0 .01 0 0 S 3 18s PC 35 F 2 66 58 62 3 0 .66 0 0 N 3 12n C 0 F 3 75 61 66 0 3 T 0 0 SSW 2 9s C 15 F 4 77 57 57 0 2 .03 0 0 W 3 19w PC 30 F 5 78 53 61 0 1 0 0 0 W 4 18w S 95 6 68 45 45 8 0 T 0 0 S 3 28w PC 30 7 51 41 41 19 0 .07 0 0 SSW 2 11nw C 0 8 47 36 42 23 0 .14 0 0 NNE 3 15s C 0 9 61 42 47 14 0 0 0 0 N 2 11w PC 30 10 66 43 45 11 0 0 0 0 WSW 5 27w PC 50 F 11 60 39 46 15 0 0 0 0 W 5 22w S 100 12 57 36 37 19 0 0 0 0 NW 6 26nw PC 65 13 57 29 50 22 0 0 0 0 S 6 25s S 95 14 71 49 63 5 0 0 0 0 S 7 24s PC 30 15 67 54 54 5 0 .15 0 0 S 7 26w C 20 16 60 42 42 14 0 0 0 0 W 7 25nw PC 60 17 66 35 55 14 0 0 0 0 S 4 19s S 90 18 66 50 57 7 0 .69 0 0 SSE 8 27se PC 35 T 19 65 49 49 8 0 .26 0 0 WSW 2 10sw C 20 F 20 62 42 47 13 0 0 0 0 W 6 27w PC 50 F 21 62 38 42 15 0 0 0 0 W 5 24w S 90 22 69 36 48 13 0 0 0 0 S 2 11w S 100 23 71 45 55 7 0 .13 0 0 WSW 2 12w PC 30 24 78 53 60 0 0 0 0 0 WSW 4 14w PC 50 25 68 52 56 5 0 0 0 0 S 3 13e PC 30 26 66 56 61 4 0 0 0 0 S 3 13s C 0 27 66 58 58 3 0 0 0 0 E 3 13e C 5 28 58 50 50 11 0 .29 0 0 N 7 24n C 0 29 50 43 44 18 0 4.55 0 0 NW 16 48nw C 0 DW 30 44 38 38 24 0 1.17 0 0 S 10 40w C 0 31 47 38 43 23 0 .03 0 0 WSW 6 24w C 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1967 1413 332 6 8.18 0 0 W 4.8 48nw 37.3% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONTHLY STATS OCTOBER 2012 TEMPERATURE---------------------------------------------------------- AVG TEMP 54.5 Normal 55.0 Dep -0.5 AVG MAX 63.5 Normal 66.7 Dep -3.2 AVG MIN 45.6 Normal 43.3 Dep +2.3 MAXIMUM 78 on 5th,24th Lowest Max 44 on 30th MINIMUM 29 on 13th Highest Min 61 on 3rd NUMBER OF DAYS Max 90 or Higher 0 Max 32 or Lower 0 Min 32 or Lower 1 Min 0 or Lower 0 PRECIPITATION-------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 8.18 Normal 3.53 Dep +4.65 YEAR TO DATE 42.73 Normal 35.85 Dep +6.88 NUMBER OF DAYS .01" or more 13 .10" or more 9 1.00" or more 2 LARGEST DAILY AMOUNT 4.55 on 29th Largest 24 Hr Amount 4.55 on 29th SNOWFALL------------------------------------------------------------- MONTH TOTAL 0.0 Normal Trace Dep SEASON TOTAL Normal 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 6 Thunder 1 Hail 0 Sleet 0 Glaze 0 Damaging Wind 1 Cloudy 12 Partly Cloudy 13 Sunny 6 Sunshine% 37.3% AVERAGE WIND W @ 4.8 mph PEAK GUST 48nw on 29th MAX BAROMETER 30.52 on 13th *MIN BAROMETER 28.62 on 30th* New Record Low Pressure TOTAL DEGREE DAYS HEATING 332 Normal 322 / COOLING 6 Normal 9 OCTOBER 2012 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY FOG RAIN 1st: Very dense fog late last evening overnight through mid morning with enough moisture and drizzle to produce .01" in rain gauge. Some sun today but became cloudy again this afternoon high 68 F. Few more sprinkles this evening, trace. 2nd: Rain began around 4am and continued through 1pm was moderate at times. Cloudy today with some drizzle high 67 F. Drizzle and fog this evening. Total rain today .66". 3rd: Dense fog overnight and this morning. Mostly cloudy and foggy today some peaks of blue this afternoon humid high of 75 F. Some drizzle and fog this evening. 4th: Light rain drizzle and fog overnight .03". Some clearing this afternoon high 77 F. 5th: Sunny high 78 F. 6th: Mostly to partly cloudy today with a few sprinkles during the morning. High 68 F. Breezy from the west with gusts up to 28 mph. 7th: Chilly and cloudy today with some light showers at times high 51 F. Rainfall .07". COLD TOUCH OF FROST / COLD RAIN 8th: Cold overnight low of 36 F. Some light frost this morning. Cloudy and cold today with light rain between 1pm - 6:30pm .14" fell. High only 47 F today. 9th: Partly cloudy high 61 F. 10th: Dense fog this morning. Partly cloudy and windy high 66 F. WSW winds gusting to 27 mph. 11th: Sunny breezy high 60 F. FROST 12th: Low of 36 F with light frost. Partly cloudy today high 57 F. FIRST FREEZE LOW OF 29 F. END OF GROWING SEASON ! 13th: First freeze of season with a low of 29 F this morning. Was 32 or lower for 4.5 Hours. Sunny today high 57 F. 14th: Mostly to partly cloudy breezy and mild high 71 F. 15th: Mostly cloudy today breezy and mild showers fell between 11:30am - 3pm. High 67F. Rainfall .15". 16th: Mostly cloudy during morning sunny in afternoon breezy high 60 F. 17th: Sunny high 66 F. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 18th: Partly to mostly cloudy windy and mild high 66 F. SSE winds gusting to 27 mph. Showers and thunderstorms during the evening 7:30 - midnight with .69" falling by midnight. Rainfall briefly moderate to heavy at times. 19th: Rain and some thunder midnight - 2am .25" fell. Some fog overnight and this morning. A few sprinkles during the morning. Some clearing by sunset. High 65 F. 20th: Partly cloudy and windy high 62 F. West winds up to 27 mph. 21st: Sunny breezy high 62 F. 22nd: Sunny high 69 F. WARM 23rd: Showers fell between 8am - 11am .13". Mostly to partly cloudy today mild high 71 F. 24th: Partly cloudy and warm today high 78 F. Not a record which was 83 in 2001. 25th: Mostly to partly cloudy mild and hazy high 68 F. 26th: Cloudy mild and hazy high 66 F. 27th: Cloudy and mild high 66 F. SUPER STORM SANDY HURRICANE/STORM 28th: A few sprinkles overnight. Light showers today. Steady rain began this evening just after 6pm .29" by 12m. 29th: Rain overnight moderate at times. Cold with rain all day moderate to heavy at times with increasing winds. Rain all evening with strong NW winds with gusts averaging 33 mph with one peak gust of 48 mph. Total rainfall today an impressive 4.55". 30th:*Record Low Barometric Pressure reading overnight 28.62". Breaking the old record of 28.64" on March 13th 1993 during the Blizzard. Moderate rain and windy overnight with a peak gust of 40 mph. Cloudy cold and breezy today with light rain during the day. Rainfall today 1.17". Storm Total 6.01" Minor to moderate flooding and minor wind damage reported. This area was spared much of the destruction that was seen in many states from this storm. 31st: Light rain and drizzle overnight. Cloudy cold and breezy today with some light rain and drizzle at times .03" OCTOBER 2012 was the 4th wettest on record with 8.18". The wettest was in 1976 with 12.36"