December 2000 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	37	31
2	34	25
3	34	12
4	44	10
5	36	12
6	32	17
7	31	25
8	41	28
9	37	26
10	35	19
11	38	26
12	50	26	 .05	   T	DW
13	33	15	 .34	 0.5	S,G
14	40	27	 .65	 0.8	S,G
15	36	30	   T	   T
16	37	33	 .35		F,T
17	43	22	   T	   T
18	32	15	   T	   T
19	29	17	 .21	 2.5
20	28	11
21	25	11
22	22	10		   T
23	27	6
24	35	10	   T	   T
25	18	8
26	27	11
27	24	15	   T	   T
28	24	12	 .01	 0.2
29	25	10
30	25	15	   T	   T
31	29	18	   T	   T

Tot	32.5	17.8	1.69	 4.0
Ext	50	6	0.65	 2.5
Date	12	23	14	  19

Mean Monthly Temp 25.2 F
Sleet days 2
Glaze days 2
Fog days 1
Thunder days 1
Damaging wind days 1

Significant Events

3-6: Cold with lows of 12, 10, 12 and 17.
12: Mild early then a strong cold front plowed through with very strong howling winds
    overnight.  Many trees and power lines were blown over this morning, and a
    communications tower atop Dan's Rock was even toppled.  Winds were estimated at
    70 mph in some areas!
13: Cold low 15 F with increasing clouds and sleet/freezing rain beginning mid-
    evening.  0.5" of ice by midnight.
14: Heavy ice storm overnight.  Another 0.8" of sleet and glaze.  1.3" total ice
    melted down to .99" of precip.
16: Occasional showers, dense fog, brief evening thunderstorm .35" of rain fell.
18-31: An unusually long 14-day (2-week stretch) of lows in the teens or single
       digits.
19: Steady light snows through the day, ending late, 2.5" fell.
23: Cold low 6 F
25: Cold, blustery, low 8 F high only 18.
26-31: Continued cold and blustery.

Summary:

December was quite cold with two consecutive weeks of unsually cold lows in the teens
and single figures to finish off the month.  All but one of those days failed to
climb above freezing.  There was a fury of wild weather at mid-month, with a huge
wind storm on the 12th, a heavy ice storm on the 13th-14th, a thunderstorm on the 16th
and a snow storm on the 19th that stayed through Christmas.

Additional notes/records

5th: Record low 12 F

December 2000 was the 4th coldest December on record with a mean temperature of 25.2 F.
The average high of 32.5 F was 3rd coldest on record.