LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - August 1992 Max Min Liquid Ice & Special Date Temp Temp Precip Snow Obs 1 76 56 2 80 52 3 83 59 4 79 57 0.05 5 75 52 6 79 55 7 80 58 8 78 62 0.04 9 83 63 0.26 T 10 89 64 11 90 59 0.24 F,T 12 77 55 F 13 70 60 0.09 14 67 62 15 65 62 0.01 16 69 61 0.19 F 17 68 60 T 18 79 50 19 74 50 T 20 78 50 21 80 48 22 78 57 23 80 56 24 85 54 25 87 62 26 88 62 T F,T 27 87 64 0.33 F,T 28 72 57 1.22 F 29 66 54 30 84 46 31 80 49 Total 78.3 56.6 2.43 0 67.5 (mean temp) NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS NO. DAYS WITH FOG 6 THUNDER 4 4: Brief afternoon shower (.05") 8: Brief PM shower only .04" of rain fell here but we were biking along the C&O Canal Towpath near Oldtown and were drenched with torrential downpours and thunderstorms this afternoon. Nearly an inch of rain fell in this area. 9: Thunderstorm overnight around 3am with frequent lightning and brief heavy rains. 10: Warm high 89 F. 11: Hot and humid high 90 F. Brief thunderstorm this afternoon with light rain and thunder continuing for 2 hours. 14-17: Quite cool with 4 consecutive days in the 60s. Brief localized shower late evening on the 16th. 26: Warm and humid high 88F. Thunderstorms narrowly passed south of station. 27: Warm and humig high 87F. Afternoon gusty thunderstorm dropped .33" of rain. 28: Cloudy and cooler with steady light rain developing, becoming heavy in the mid-afternoon before ending abruptly. 1.22" fell, doubling the month's rain total. A front combined with the remants of Hurricane Andrew. A lot of severe weather, including many tornadoes, hit eastern MD and VA. 29: Cool high only 66 F. MONTHLY SUMMARY August was very cool, in fact the coolest August on record with a mean temperature of only 67.5 F. Precipitation was below normal, despite numerous showers and thunderstorms in the area. Additional notes/records 13: Record low max 70 F 14: Record low max 67 F 15: Record low max 65 F 16: Record low max 69 F 17: Record low max 68 F. 5th consetuve record low max. 29: Record low max again 66 F. August 1992 was the COOLEST August on record with a mean temperature of 67.5 F. Summer 1992 is the 2nd coolest on record with a mean temperature of 68.5 F. very dramatic turnaround from last summer, which was the hottest ever on record.