LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - August 1993

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	86	60			
2	86	62	0.34		F,T
3	85	63			F
4	85	58	T		
5	83	58			
6	62	59	0.89		
7	78	60	0.01		
8	82	53			F
9	85	56			F
10	83	61	0.13		T
11	86	65	1.09		F,T
12	86	54	T		T
13	90	63			F
14	89	60			
15	89	59			F
16	88	67	0.01		
17	89	68	0.02		F
18	85	63			F
19	87	62			
20	86	66	T		
21	85	59			
22	86	52			
23	87	57			F
24	96	67			
25	95	71			
26	95	66			
27	96	67			F
28	96	69	0.09		F,T
29	94	65			F
30	93	66			
31	95	67	0.03		F,T
Total 	87.4	62.0	2.61	0	74.7 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 14
THUNDER 6

2: Round of afternoon thunderstorms .34" of rain fell.
6: Very cool high only 62 F with steady rains all day totaling .89".
10: Several evening thunderstorms, mostly passing north & east of this station.
11: Warm & humid.  Very heavy, slow-moving thunderstorm inched southwestwards from
    Bedford Co. PA this afternoon.  The storm finally crept into this station at
    4pm with some very severe close lightning and brief heavy downpours.  The
    storm continued for 2 hours with nearly continuous lightning and steady heavy
    rains before the storm dissipated around 6pm.  1.09" of rain fell, setting a
    new daily record.  Over 3" of rain and flash flooding was reported to our NE.
12: Brief afternoon thunderstorm passed just NE of station - only a trace of rain.
13: Hot and humid and very hazy with a high of 90 F.
24-31: 8 consecutive days in the mid 90s to end the month of August.  2 daily
    records were set (24th and 25th, 96 and 95 respectively).  The 25th also had a
    record low minimum of 71.  Brief evening thunderstorm on the 28th, and another
    thunderstorm passing over Cumberland late on the 31st dropped an intense bolt
    of lightning that fried our TV.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

The final summer month of 1993 closely followed the pattern of the first two, in that
August had a cool, wet start, only to finish hot and dry.  In June and July, this
temperature trend is somewhat expected, but it is backwards for August.  It is very
unusual to have such persistent and intense heat so late in the month.  96 was
recorded three times, on the 24th, 27th and 28th.  The summer of 1993 finished as the
3rd hottest summer ever with a mean temperature of 73.6 F, just beating out the very
hot summers of 1983 and 1988, but shy of the 1987 and 1991 marks of 73.9 and 74.2,
respectively.  The summer of 1995 later tied 1991 for hottest on record and bumped
1993's summer down to 4th, but this was still a very hot summer.

Additional notes/records

6th: New all-time daily low max for the month of August with a high of only 62 F.
11th: A daily record 1.09" of rainfall.
24th: Record high 96 F.
25th: Record high 95 F.  Also a daily record high min of 71 was recorded.
31st: 8th consecutive day with temperatures 93 or higher.  Very unusual for late
      August.

The Summer of 1993 was the 3rd hottest summer on record with a mean of 73.6 F.