February 2001 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		Snow
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Depth^	Special Obs

1	40	29	   T	   T		S	
2	42	18	 .02	 0.5
3	33 	14			  T
4	43	17
5	45	27
6	47	32
7	49	29
8	52	25
9	55	30
10	60	32	 .01
11	49	21
12	42	18
13	50	26
14	57	35	 .12			F
15	61	41	 .13			F
16	45	38	 .21			F
17	38	19	   T	   T
18	35	16
19	49	12
20	61	31
21	40	21
22	23	15	 .42	 5.5		F,S
23	39	21			  5
24	38	31			  3
25	72	35	 .02		  2
26	52	27			  T
27	56	24	   T	   T
28	40	24	   T	   T

Tot	46.9	25.3	0.93	 6.0	  -
Ext	72	12	0.42	 5.5	  5
Date	25	19	22	  22	 23

^=snow depth observation time 7am

Mean Monthly Temp:  36.1 F

Fog days 4
Sleet days 2

Notes and Significant Events

2:  Variable clouds with snow flurries and snow showers on and off through the afternoon.
    One snow squall dropped 0.5" in only 10 minutes.  West winds gusting to 30 mph.
3:  Clear & cold overnight with a low of 14 F.
9:  Mild high 55 F.
10: Very mild high 60 F.
14: Cloudy, mild, intermittant drizzle.  Showers and fog late this evening .12" fell.
15: Low clouds, fog & drizzle all day with occasional light rain .13" fell.  Very mild.
16: Cloudy, cooler, drizzle and occasional rain, tapered off by evening .21" fell.  Became
    breezy late this evening.
17: Partly cloudy, snow flurries through the day, gusty NW winds to 30 mph, falling temps.
22: Cloudy and cold.  Heavy snow between 10am-1pm 4" fell in only 3 hours.  Light snow
    mixed with sleet at times continued through the afternoon tapering to flurries by
    evening total 5.5" fell melting down to .42" precip.
25: Brief AM shower .02" fell and cool.  However became sunny and very warm by afternoon
    with a balmy high of 72 F.  Breezy at times.

Summary:

February was a quiet month with much warmer than normal temperatures and well below normal
precipiation and below normal snowfall.  Nearly half the month's precip and nearly all of
the snow fell in one storm on the 22nd.

Additional notes/records

22nd: Daily snowfall record 5.5"
25th: Daily record high temperature 72 F ties record set just last year (2000).

February 2001 was the 3rd driest February on record to date with 0.93" of precipitation.

Winter 2000-2001 was the 4th driest on record with 4.76" of precipitation.