August 1998 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	78	51
2	82	45
3	82	49
4	84	50
5	85	56
6	86	52
7	88	54
8	80	62	   T
9	82	68			T
10	74	66	 .93		T
11	85	66	 .09
12	82	57			F
13	78	57	 .01
14	74	61	 .03		T
15	76	63	 .01
16	80	66	   T
17	82	65	 .39
18	83	62	 .02		T
19	72	51
20	77	44
21	84	50
22	88	59			T
23	90	67
24	85	60	 .03
25	88	56	 .07		T
26	86	60			F
27	88	58			F
28	86	57
29	82	60
30	86	56
31	84	58

Tot	82.5	57.6	1.58	 0.0
Ext	90	44	0.93	  -
Date	23	20	10	  -

Mean Monthly Temp:  70.0 F
Thunder days 6
Fog days 3

Significant Events

10: Steady rain this morning, thunderstorms late in the evening.
15: Big thunderstorms all around this station.  Frostburg weather observer Greg Latta recorded
    2.50" of rainfall from a thunderstorm.
17: Occasional showers.

Summary:

August was the first month in 1998 with below-normal precipitation.  In fact it turned out to be
the driest August on record so far (since 1992).  Scattered thunderstorms soaked nearby areas
but narrowly missed this station.  As in July, temperatures were near-normal through the month.

Additional notes/records

2nd: Record low 45 F this morning
10th: Daily record rainfall 0.93" fell today.  Daily record low max 74 F.
20th: Record low 44 F this morning

August 1998 was the 3rd driest on record with 1.58" of rainfall.