MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
FEBRUARY 2005
Daily Observations taken by David Drewery and Charles Orlick
Data compiled by Nate Mullins

Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins

Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds
Observation time for this station is midnight.

	Temperature, °F	Precipitation, In.		
			Liquid	Solid	7am
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	47	19			1
2	43	17			T
3	35	32	 .01	 0.2	T
4	50	31			T
5	58	23
6	60	25
7	57	28
8	57	39	 .05
9	56	34	 .24			F
10	34	24	   T	 0.1	T
11	33	22	   T	 0.2	T
12	45	33
13	46	30
14	47	36	 .61
15	56	36
16	45	33	   T
17	36	27
18	30	18
19	35	14
20	40	24	 .18			F
21	45	26	 .06			F
22	48	35
23	41	32
24	33	27	 .63	 7.0	 1
25	40	26			 7
26	42	25	   T	   T	 5
27	42	16			 4
28	33	26	 .75	 7.5	 3

AVG/SUM	44.1	27.1	2.53	15.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	60	14	0.75	 7.5	 7
Date	6	19	28	  28	25
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  35.6 F
Year precipitation to date:  6.73"
Season snowfall to date:  21.1"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  3 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: Sunny & mild high 47 F this afternoon after a cold low of 19 F.
2: Clear & cold overnight, mild again during the day with light breezes & increasing clouds.
3: Colder with light snow showers through the day.  Less than 1/4" accumulation.
4: Much milder high 50 F, mostly sunny.
5: Sunny & mild high 58 F.
6: Sunny & mild high 60 F.
7: Sunny & mild. Increasing clouds by sunset.
8: AM drizzle, then clearing & mild, but became cloudy again late.
9: AM fog, partly cloudy & mild PM, rain developing during the evening .24" fell.
11: Windy and blustery with a dusting of snow overnight.  WNW winds gusting to 30 mph.
14: Cloudy with periods of rain through the day .61" fell.
15: Partly cloudy AM, mostly cloudy PM.  Mild high 56 F.
16: Cloudy with very brief AM shower (trace) then mostly cloudy, breezy and turning colder.
19: Coldest morning so far this month low 19 F.  Sunny/clear, light west breezes.
20: Cloudy with a cold rain this evening 8pm-midnight .18" fell.  Some light glaze was
    observed on nearby mountain tops.
21: Rain ending overnight and cloudy with fog on mountains.  A little more rain this evening
    another .06" fell today.
22: Mild high 48 F with AM clouds & PM sun.

SNOW!
24: Light snow began about 4am and continued through the day moderate to heavy during the
    afternoon and evening 7.0" fell.
26: Some light AM snow with no measurable accumulation, then partial sunshine.

MORE SNOW!
28: Light snow began about 5am and continued through the day moderate to heavy at times.
    A total of 7.5" fell by midnight with close to 11 inches on the ground by then.

SUMMARY:

Until the final five days, February was a relatively quiet weather month.  Temperatures were
on the mild side with no extreme cold.  It was the seventh consecutive month of above normal
temperatures, completing a very mild winter.  Despite the mild and dry conditions, snowfall
ironically ended up above normal after two major winter storms on the 24th and 28th dropped
a combined 14.5 inches.  The storms brought the month's preciptiation up near normal.

Additional notes/records

24: Daily record snowfall 7.0"
28: Daily record snowfall 7.5"