Station: Hagerstown 1E Md
Observer: Gregory L Keefer
Observation time: Midnight
                          
               Month: SEPTEMBER 1996

        Temperature         Precipitation

                               Snow    On gnd.
Day  Max  Min  Obsn.   Liquid  Ice     Obsn.  
 1    86   56   63       0
 2    88   57   65       0
 3    85   61   66      .01
 4    75   64   70      .69
 5    86   69   73      .88   
 6    75   69   74     3.21
 7    84   67   67       0
 8    87   63   68      .38
 9    86   64   69       T
10    85   65   72       0
11    79   65   65       0
12    80   60   67       0
13    73   54   54     2.24
14    70   51   51       0
15    73   48   57       0   
16    61   57   59     1.20
17    65   58   59      .33
18    74   57   57       0
19    77   48   56       0
20    78   45   53       0
21    79   46   63       0
22    74   56   56      .78
23    72   53   53       0
24    65   51   56      .01
25    72   46   49       0
26    63   43   62       0
27    74   61   67       T
28    68   56   56      .81
29    71   49   50       0  
30    78   45   54       0
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          SEPTEMBER 1996 WEATHER REMARKS  HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND
DAY
 3rd- Light shower around 6:30pm .01".
 4th- Showers overnight and today became heavier towards midnight 
     .69" fell.
 5th- Heavy rains midnight - 2am .88" fell. Tropical looking skies
      today as Hurricane Fran approaches. 
          FLOODS WIND DAMAGE FROM REMAINS OF HURRICANE FRAN
 6th- Remains of Hurricane Fran begins around 9:30am with drizzle.
      Rains became very heavy by 12:45pm and winds becane strong
      from East. Rains continued all afternoon moderate to heavy,
      with a few loud claps of thunder and some sharp lightning,
      winds peaked at 46 mph around 4:30pm. A few more heavier
      downpours and gust winds this evening, most of the rain ended
      by 9pm. Total rain 3.20"
      Alot of street flooding occured and creeks and streams came
      out of there banks. Some trees were uprooted and damaged
      along with powerline damage.
      Fran also has broken our All Time Yearly Rainfall Record of
      52.86" set in 1975 We are now at 54.75".
 8th- Area rivers are cresting today causing severe flooding and
      going very close to the levels of this past January.
      Thunderstorm developed overhead this afternoon 4:15pm to
      4:45pm produced .38" of rain and very sharp and very close
      frequent cloud to ground lightning. Wind gusts to 25 mph. 
 9th- Very warm humid and hazy today. Thunderstorms moved in and
      developed all around us this evening just before 9pm but
      only a trace of rain fell here.
10th- Denese am fog. Warm and humid today.
                         HEAVY DOWNPOURS
13th- Very heavy downpours early this morning and some thunder and
      lightning began just after 3am. Rain intensity was very heavy
      with a maximum rate of 6.60" per hour at 3:20am  Most of the
      rain ended by 8am 2.20" fell. Breezy and cooler today.
      Light showers around 2pm .02" fell
14th- A very fine fall-like day, fells good.
15th- Chilly morning low of 48 F. Another fine fall day.      
                         MORE RAIN
16th- Rain began around 10am. Very cool and rainy all day, rain was
      moderate to heavy at times 1.20" fell by midnight.
17TH- Showers overnight and this morning and a few this afternoon
      .33" fell.
22nd- Showers overnight mainly between 2-5am .28" fell. A rather
      intense thunderstorm this evening 7-8pm produced another .50"
      of rain sharp lightning and strong winds up to 37 mph.
24th- Cloudy and cool with a few very light showers around 10am
      and 6pm .01" fell.
27th- Few light sprinkles late this evening, trace.
28th- Some light rain showers overnight and this afternoon with
      heavier downpours around 4:30pm from strong cold front, also
      strong winds up to 34 mph as front passed. Rains continued
      untill 11pm. Total today .81".

      Wettest September On Record with 10.60" Beats the 1975 record
      of 10.09"