LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - August 1995

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	94	70	T		T
2	94	71			T
3	93	69			F
4	93	71	0.02		F,T
5	88	69	0.49		F,T,DW
6	78	66	1.51		
7	77	63	0.05		F
8	75	63			F
9	75	62			F
10	81	65	0.18		F,T
11	83	65	0.57		F,T
12	90	66			
13	92	71	0.09		
14	96	73			T
15	94	72			
16	92	73	0.01		F
17	94	70			
18	93	63			
19	90	64			
20	85	64			
21	88	62			
22	83	62			
23	80	54			
24	90	54			
25	81	60			
26	86	55			
27	87	63			
28	78	69			
29	89	65			F
30	88	67			
31	92	68			
Total 	87.1	65.5	2.92	0.0	76.3 (mean temp)
Ext	96	54	1.51	-
Date	14	24*	6	-

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST 1995

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 10
THUNDER 7
DAMAGING WINDS 1

1-4: Hot and humid all four days with highs well into the 90s.  Thunder on all but
     the 3rd.  A strong storm just missed us to the SE on the 2nd.  Only .02" of
     rain fell from the storm on the 4th.
5: Warm and humid with a surprise thunderstorm at 1pm dropping a quick .33" of rain
   in only 5 minutes and strong wind gusts that brought some limbs down in the yard.
   After a brief clearing, light, steady rain resumed by late afternoon.
6: Heavy rain overnight 1.51" fell by 8am.  Remained cloudy through the day.  The
   24-hour storm total of 2 inches was the result of a slow-moving cold front
   approaching from the north and the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin from the west.
10: Strong storms in the area, mostly passing just to the east of this station.
11: Intense afternoon thunderstorm with heavy rain, frequent lightning and gusty
    winds .57" of rain fell.  Like yesterday, this storm moved in from due north.
13: Brief heavy midday shower .09" fell.  A warm front passed through and it became
    quite hot and humid with a high of 92 F.
14-15: Hot highs of 96 and 94 F.  From the 13th-17th, 5 consecutive lows were 70 or
    above.  This is very unusual and four (13th-16th) set new daily record high min
    temperatures.
16: Last measurable rainfall of the month.  The 17th began a record 26-day stretch
    without measurable rain that finally ended September 12th.
19: 8th consecutive 90+ degree high temperature.
31: Hot high 92 and muggy overnight low 68.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

August 1995 was the HOTTEST AUGUST EVER with a mean temperature of 76.3 F, and the
summer of 1995 tied the summer of 1991 for the HOTTEST EVER with a mean temperature
of 74.2 F.  August was hot in both the min and max temperature department.  The mean
high of 87.1 tied 1988 for 4th warmest (later bumped to No. 5 by August 2006, which
had a mean max of 87.5 F).  The mean min of 65.5 set a new record.  14 days this
month were in the 90s, with 8 lows in the 70s.  Needless to day, August was hot!!!
It was also bone dry, with ALL of the month's rain falling the first 16 days, and
not one drop of rain after the 16th.  Virtually all of the rain came from Erin and
a couple of scattered thunderstorms.

Additional notes/records

5: Daily record high min 69 F
6: Record daily rainfall 1.51".  This record however was shattered in 2000 when
2.70" fell.
13: Record high min 71 F
14: Record high 94 F (broken in 1999 with 96 F).  Record high min 73 F
15: Record high min 72 F
16: Record high min 73 F
17: Began a record long streak of 26 days without measurable rainfall.

August 1995 was the HOTTEST August on record with a mean temperature of 76.3 F.
The mean minimum temperature was 65.5 F, also the warmest on record.

The Summer of 1995 tied the Summer of 1991 for the HOTTEST summer on record with a
mean temperature of 74.2 F.