MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
FEBRUARY 2006
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (DATA COMPILED BY NATE 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	43	32	 .01
2	56	28	 .01
3	56	41	 .32
4	45	38	 .68
5	44	32	 .01	 0.3	 T
6	40	27	   T	   T	 T
7	36	25
8	34	23	   T	   T
9	33	22
10	40	23
11	33	28	 .30	 3.5		S
12	33	24	 .06	 0.7	 4
13	35	16			 3
14	45	25			 2
15	60	29			 1
16	67	34
17	57	30				DW
18	30	15	   T	   T	 T	
19	28	7			 T
20	42	28
21	40	24
22	42	24
23	51	33	 .01	   T		S
24	42	22	 .01	   T	 T	S
25	62	24
26	32	20	   T	 0.2	 T
27	33	20	   T	 0.3	 T
28	40	27	 .08	 2.0	 2

AVG/SUM	42.8	25.8	1.49	 7.0	0.4  	  	 	
EXT	67	7	0.68	 3.5	  4
Date	16	19	4	  11	 12
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  34.3 F
Year precipitation to date:  5.37"
Season snowfall to date:  26.5"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  0 
	Ice Pellets:  3   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  1	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: Cloudy all day, becoming clear by dusk.
2: Cloudy becoming partly sunny after 10am.  Cloudy again this evening, intermittent light rain
   began around 10am, .01" by midnight.
3: Light rain overnight, tapering off during the early morning .32" fell.  Cloudy and breezy,
   became mostly sunny during the afternoon.
4: Cloudy, rain from 10am-1pm and again from 5pm-10pm, occasionally heavy at times.  Another
   .68" fell.  Became breezy by late evening.
5: Mostly cloudy with intermittent snow showers.  Around 1/4" accumulation.  A bit blustery
   with west winds gusting 20+ mph.
6: Mostly sunny and windy with NW winds gusting 20+ mph.
7: Partly cloudy, somewhat cold, moderate breezes from the west.
8: Partly cloudy.  Some light snow showers this evening with a slight dusting by 11:30pm.
9: Mostly sunny, chilly and breezy.
10: Mostly cloudy, calm, slightly milder.
SNOW
11: Cloudy with flurries by 10am and light snow by 11am.  Steady, light snow all day and evening.
    3.5" snow fell by midnight.
12: Light snow gradually tapered off overnight.  About another 3/4" fell.  Became partly sunny
    around 9am.
13: Mostly sunny, breezy, cold.
14: Sunny, milder.
VERY MILD
15: Sunny, continued warming trend with a high of 60 F.
16: Sunny and unusually mild high 67 F.  Became hazy late in the day.
STRONG WINDS - MUCH COLDER
17: Continued mild overnight.  High of 57 F set early this morning before cold front plowed
    through with 40+ mph wind gusts and rapidly falling temperatures.  Wind was clocked at 53 mph
    at the Cumberland regional airport.  Scattered tree damage and power outages in the area.
18: Cloudy this morning with occasional light snow, no measurable accumulation.  Partly cloudy,
    windy and blustery this afternoon.
19: Cold low 7 F overnight then sunny but continued cold during the day.
20: Partly cloudy, milder.
21: Partly cloudy with light N breezes.
22: Mostly cloudy, calm.
23: Partly cloudy, breezy and mild.  Became cloudy and and colder this evening with light sleet.
24: Some light sleet overnight (.01") then clearing and breezy during the day.
MILD THEN COLD
25: Mild high 62 F with hazy sunshine, then gusty winds and falling temps as another cold front
    passed through.
26: Much colder with light AM snow showers (0.2"), otherwise partly cloudy, windy and blustery.
27: Some light AM snow showers, mostly cloudy, cold, light snow showers again this evening (0.3"
    by midnight).
28: Light, steady snow overnight 2.0" fell by 7am.  Cloudy during the morning becoming mostly
    sunny during the afternoon, breezy.

SUMMARY:

February brought a mixed bag of weather, particularly in the temperature department.  Overall, it
was a mild month.  Many dry frontal passages resulted in large temperature swings and gusty winds
on several occasions.  Precipitation and snowfall were below normal.  The second half of February
was particularly dry.  The month's high and low temperatures were set only three days apart.

Additional notes/records

3: Record high min temp 41 F