Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight SEPTEMBER 1998 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 84 59 68 0 N 2 12 n 70 2 89 67 67 0 SW 5 25 sw 75 3 85 56 68 0 SE 2 12 s 65 4 88 63 64 0 N 4 19 n 95 5 89 56 62 0 N 3 18 n 100 6 97 53 76 0 SW 4 23 w 95 7 86 69 69 .46 SW 5 35 n 30 Thunder 8 74 55 55 .02 NW 6 28 nw 60 Thunder 9 74 52 59 T NW 6 27 n 65 10 78 48 60 0 NW 5 20 nw 90 11 87 48 65 0 WSW 4 17 w 100 12 95 58 74 0 SW 5 19 w 100 13 92 67 69 0 SE 2 12 se 90 14 93 62 77 0 SW 2 10 sw 70 15 94 70 73 0 SE 2 11 se 50 16 93 69 74 0 NW 2 14 n 60 17 84 68 68 .04 NNW 2 12 nw 30 Thunder 18 88 66 70 0 SSE 3 13 n 70 19 81 66 66 0 SE 2 11 se 50 20 89 62 74 0 SE 2 11 se 60 21 81 67 71 .23 ESE 2 15 se 20 Thunder Fog 22 77 63 63 .12 NNW 3 13 n 20 Fog 23 70 46 46 0 N 4 18 n 100 24 76 41 62 0 SW 3 18 sw 90 25 69 58 58 .31 SW 2 11 sw 10 Fog 26 90 54 72 0 SW 2 11 sw 80 Fog 27 92 65 72 0 W 6 29 w 70 Fog 28 81 55 55 0 N 4 20 n 90 29 80 47 59 0 SW 2 15 sw 100 30 87 56 65 .01 WSW 4 17 sw 50 31 2543 1766 1.19" SEPTEMBER STATS Average Temperature 71.8 F. (normal 66.5) Average Maximum 84.8 F. (normal 78.3) Average Minimum 58.9 (normal 54.7) Maximum Temp 97 F. on 6th Minimum Temp 41 F. on 24th Total Precip 1.19" (normal 3.07) Total year to date 39.45" (normal 28.64) SnowFall Total 0.0" (normal 0.0) Season Total (normal ) Max Barometer 30.26" on 24th Min Barometer 29.63" on 7th Wind Average SW at 3.3mph Peak Gust 35mph(N) on 7th Average Sunshine 68.5% SEPTEMBER 1998 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY 4th: Dry weather continues. Hot with low humiditys today in the mid 20% range. 5th: Hot and dry. RECORD HEAT! 6th: Very Hot! Record High for date of 97 F. Old record was 96 in 1900. Also low humiditys again today. WEATHER STATION HIT BY LIGHTNING !! 7th: Wind gusts to 35 mph this morning at 11:30am from thunderstorms well to the north. Thunderstorms here this evening between 8:15pm and 9:30pm brief heavy rains .45" Wicked severe lightning with one of the strikes extremely close and explosive doing damage to both of my digital weather stations electronics and one computer. Thats the first time in 28 years that any of my weather equipment has been damaged by lightning. 8th: Thundershower this afternoon around 3pm only .02" at this station but heavier rain fell in the south end of town. 9th: Breezy today NW winds to 27 mph. Trace of rain around 6pm. HOT AND DRY RECORD HEAT! 12th: Very Hot and Dry High of 95 F. near the record of 96 in 1931. Low humidity again today. 13th: Hot, High of 92 F. Tied the Record for date in 1961. 14th: Hot High of 93 F. Tied the record for date in 1931. A little more humid toady. 15th: Record High of 94 F. Beat the old record for this date of 93 in 1927. 16th: Hot High of 93 F. 17th: Intense Thunderstorm just skirts by to the SW of town 6pm-7pm. Only .04" of rain fell here but very heavy rain was reported just several miles the west and south of here along with severe lightning. 21st: Periods of rain and showers today since 8am. Some thunder and lightning this morning around 9am. .23" fell today. 22nd: Few showers,drizzle and fog overnight. Periods of light rain and showers today through 2:30pm .12" today. 24th: Chilly morning low of 41 F. Coldest morning since April 29th. 25th: Rain this morning 7:30am - 12 noon was moderate at times .31" fell. 26th: Became Hot and Humid today High of 90 F. Not a record though which was 94 in 1986. 27th: Hot and breezy today high of 92 F. Still not a record which was 95 in 1900. Humidity was rather low also winds were strong from the west gusting to 29 mph. 30th: Light shower this morning 6-7am .01" Became mostly sunny and hot again this afternoon. September 1998 Tied 1961 for the 3rd Hottest on Record with an average temperature of 71.8 F. The second hottest was 1900 with 72.4 and the Hottest ever was in 1925 with an average of 73.0. Also the Hottest temperature of the summer occured on September 6th with a Record High of 97 F. September was the 9th driest with 1.19" of rain. The driest ever was in 1943 with .38" September was also a very sunny month with an average sunshine percentage of 68.5% one of the highest I've seen in along time.