MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
AUGUST 2005
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (DATA COMPILED BY 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
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	86	64				F
2	90	66				F
3	93	63
4	88	63
5	84	65
6	81	69
7	82	67	   T			T
8	72	67	 .18
9	71	67	 .09			F
10	84	68
11	86	66
12	91	67				F
13	92	68				F
14	93	66
15	81	70
16	72	66	 .27			F
17	84	61				F
18	84	60				F
19	73	69	   T
20	92	70	 .03			F
21	85	69
22	82	57
23	80	55
24	80	58
25	80	56
26	78	58	 .07
27	64	60	 .51			F
28	84	65				F
29	74	66	 .10
30	80	67	 .25			F
31	72	68	 .17

AVG/SUM	81.9	64.5	1.67	 0.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	93	55	0.51	  -	 -
Date	14*	23	27	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  73.2 F
Year precipitation to date:  28.33"
Season snowfall to date:  
Number of days with:
	Fog:  12 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  1 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1:  Light fog clearing by 9am then sunny with light west breezes.
2:  Light fog early then partly sunny and hot with light NW breezes.
3:  Sunny and hot high 93 F with light NW winds.
4:  Sunny and hot high 88 F.
5:  Clear early then partly cloudy and warm with light east winds.
6:  Cloudy becoming partly sunny by 2pm.
7:  Partly cloudy with light and variable winds.  Strong thunderstorms built up all around this
    station in every direction 3-6pm with the heaviest just to the NW and SE.  Radar estimated
    2-3 inches of rain in some parts of the county.  Thunder but only a trace of rain.
8:  Cloudy with light rain through early afternoon.  Only .18" fell as areas to the north & south
    were again getting hammered by strong storms and very heavy rain.  Cooler high only 72 F.
9:  Some light rain (.09") overnight and fog on mountaintops.  Continued cool.
10: Became mostly sunny and warmer again with calm wind.
11: Mostly sunny, warm, hazy, humid, breezy.
12: Early mountaintop fog then sunny, hot and humid.
13: Early light fog then sunny, hot and humid.
14: Sunny, hot and humid, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with light SW winds.
15: Partly cloudy and not quite as warm or humid.
16: Shower before 7am then more showers 9am-noon .27" fell with low clouds.  Partial PM clearing.
17: Heavy AM fog then sunny and warm with low humidity.
18: Light AM haze, becoming mostly sunny then partly cloudy during the afternoon.
19: Cloudy and cooler with a couple periods of light drizzle around dawn and noon.
20: Cloudy with mountain fog becoming clear by 9pm.  Hot and humid high 92 F.  Some light rain
    11pm-midnight and distant lightning as a big line of storms fell apart.  Only .03" fell.
21: Partly cloudy and warm with light S winds.
22: Cooler overnight low 57 F.  Clear becoming partly cloudy and pleasant.
23: Cool AM low 55 F then partly cloudy and pleasant.
24: Cloudy becoming partly sunny and pleasant.
25: Clear early becoming cloudy during the day.
26: Cloudy with a shower about 6pm .07" fell.
27: Steady light rain began early this morning and continued through the day with low clouds and
    mountain fog.  Cool high only 64 F.  Total .51" rain fell.
28: Early fog then partly cloudy and much warmer but with lower humidity.
29: Cloudy and cooler with light rain beginning about 5pm and continuing on and off through
    midnight .10" fell.
30: Fog and light drizzle through the day with slowly rising temperatures.  Rain showers 8pm-
    midnight .25" fell by then.
31: A few more showers overnight and early morning.  Remained cloudy with the threat of rain but
    only drizzle during the day.

SUMMARY:

August 2005 was a quiet month with a very warm first half and milder second half.  Precipitation
was well below normal and this August surpassed last year as the second driest August in 14 years
of records.  Thunder was observed on only one day, which is a record low for August.

Additional notes/records

9: Record low max 71 F
27: Record low max 64 F

August 2005 followed suit of July and ranked 3rd warmest for a mean min temperature of 64.5 F.
The summer of 2005 had the warmest mean min temperature ever on record of 63.6 F.

August was the 5th driest on record with 1.67" of rainfall.