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.