MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
APRIL 1996							
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS
							
Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,							
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds							
Observation time for this station is midnight.	
						
	Temperature, °F		Precipitation, In.			
			Liquid	Solid	7am		DAY
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow	Special	WEATHER
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Obs.	SUMMARY

1	51	35	 .68
2	51	30
3	72	27
4	79	45	   T
5	57	36	 .01
6	45	33	   T
7	43	26	   T	   T	 T
8	47	23	 .09	   T
9	45	32	 .12 	 1.5	 2
10	43	28	   T	   T	 1
11	67	33
12	83	51
13	80	49	 .02			T
14	60	42	   T
15	53	34	 .16
16	52	37	 .24	   T
17	52	32	 .03	   T
18	73	27
19	78	45	 .20			T
20	80	47
21	80	55
22	88	48
23	82	44	 .05
24	59	35
25	77	37
26	66	42	 .06			DW
27	66	39
28	71	33
29	87	54	 .06
30	55	50	 .31

AVG/SUM	64.7	38.3	2.03	 1.5	0.1	<<--Mean
EXT	88	23	0.68	 1.5	 2
Date	22	8	1	   9	 9
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  51.5 F						
Year precipitation to date:  16.44"						
Season snowfall to date:  81.8"						
Number of days with:  
Thunder 2
Damaging Winds 1
							
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

1: Steady rain fell, .68"
4: Warm high 79 F.
9: Light rain changed to snow overnight.  1.5" fell by daybreak.
12: Dramatically warmer with a high of 83 F.
13: Warm high 80 F with some thunder but little rain.
15-16: Showers
17: Snow flurries
19: Warm with a morning thunderstorm, .20" of rain fell.
22: Record high 88 F.
24: Much colder high only 59 F.
26: A very strong wind gust (est. 55 mph) ripped through out backyard late
    this afternoon, uprooting a large bush near the shed.
29: Very warm high 87 F.
30: Much cooler with steady light rain on and off all day .31" fell.						

MONTHLY SUMMARY	

April had near-normal temperatures and below normal precipitation.  The heaviest
rain fell on the 1st, while the season's last measurable snow fell on April 9th.
This capped off the 2nd snowiest winter season ever.  The snowiest season was
1960-61, which had 83.2" of snow, so this was a very close 2nd.  Temperatures
fluctuated wildly through the month as many fronts passed through.  Snow flurries
were observed as late as the 17th.  Damaging winds were observed on the 26th.