Main page http://nfis.com/~i4storms Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight OCTOBER: 1997 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 66 44 47 0 NW 6 27 nw 75 2 67 36 46 0 SW 2 12 sw 75 3 73 41 58 0 SW 3 13 sw 55 4 82 53 61 0 SE 2 16 se 75 5 85 55 62 0 SW 2 14 sw 80 6 87 56 61 0 SW 3 17 sw 75 Fog 7 86 54 61 0 SW 2 9 sw 70 Fog 8 81 55 63 0 SE 3 15 s 70 Fog 9 85 56 67 0 SW 2 12 sw 80 Fog 10 83 59 59 .24 W 4 23 w 60 Fog 11 70 44 47 0 N 2 15 nw 95 12 73 41 51 0 SE 2 16 se 95 13 77 47 65 0 SE 2 15 se 80 14 73 51 51 .06 NW 5 22 nw 10 15 67 44 44 .18 N 4 20 n 75 16 63 40 41 0 N 6 19 n 75 17 55 40 47 .08 N 2 10 n 5 18 64 46 52 .03 N 2 11 n 20 19 62 40 40 0 N 3 13 n 15 20 65 37 47 0 WNW 4 23 nw 50 21 57 32 43 0 SW 2 15 sw 40 22 51 34 34 0 WNW 6 30 nw 50 23 55 25 32 0 SW 3 24 sw 75 24 55 28 45 .51 SW 2 13 sw 30 25 52 43 46 .05 N 2 13 n 0 26 47 44 44 .53 N 2 10 n 0 Fog 27 54 41 41 .01 WNW 10 33 nw 10 Fog 28 51 29 29 0 WNW 10 34 nw 50 29 63 28 34 0 SW 3 15 sw 90 30 65 30 36 0 SW 1 8 sw 85 31 66 33 51 .02 SE 3 20 se 80 2080 1306 1.71" Avg SW 3.4 34Peak 56%avg sun Average Temp 54.6 F. Yearly Rain Total 29.62" Average Max 67.1 Average Min 42.1 OCTOBER 1997 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 2nd: Low of 36 F. with some very light frost Observerd. WARM PERIOD 4th-10th Hazy very warm days fog on the mornings. Highs in the 80's Very nice. 10th: Rain this morning 5am - 6:30am, briefly heavy .24" fell. Clearing and became very warm again today high of 83 F. SOME RAIN COOLER 14th: Some light evening showers between 9pm and midnight .06" 15th: Light rain overnight midnight-5am .18" fell. Clearing by mid morning. 17th: Cool, some Light rain showers this evening between 7pm & 11p .08". 18th: Few light showers overnight 3-4am .03" fell. FIRST FREEZE 21st: Low of 32 F. with Moderate Frost & Freeze. First Freezing temperature of the season. 23rd: Hard Killing Freeze with a low of 25 F. Near the record low of 22 in 1924. Moderate to Heavy Frost. 24th: Periods of rain began 3pm and continued into the evening with .51" by midnight. 25th: Few showers and some drizzle overnight till 4am .05" fell. 26th: Cold with periods of rain today began 9am through 9pm .53" 27th: Light shower overnight .01". Windy today with WNW Wind gusts to 33 mph. 28th: Windy & Cool WNW winds gusting to 34 mph. 29th: Heavy Frost. 30th: Moderate Frost. 31st: Showers moved in between 11pm & midnight .02".