MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
FEBRUARY 2012							
OBSERVER SCOTT LOHR
DATA COMPILED AND PUBLISHED 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		DAY
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow	Special	WEATHER
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Obs.	SUMMARY

1	58	49					Mostly cloudy, mild
2	50	31					Partly cloudy
3	51	30					Partly to mostly cloudy
4	36	30	 .39	 2.0		F	PM snow
5	36	33	   T	   T	 2		Early light snow showers, clearing
6	47	22			 T		Partly cloudy
7	48	32					Partly sunny
8	36	29	 .15	 0.5	 T		Mostly cloudy, snow showers
9	40	26					Partly cloudy
10	37	28	 .02	 0.5			Cloudy, PM light snow
11	35	17	 .02	 0.8	 1		Snow squalls, windy, cold
12	26	15			 1		Mostly cloudy, cold
13	41	23			 1		Partly cloudy
14	44	32					Mostly cloudy
15	47	37	 .01				Brief overnight shower
16	38	34	 .29			F	Light rain
17	46	35					Partly cloudy
18	52	26					Partly cloudy
19	39	28					Partly to mostly cloudy
20	45	28					Partly sunny
21	46	25					Partly cloudy
22	56	39	   T				Variable clouds, mild, sprinkles
23	60	45	 .01				Mild, overnight brief shower
24	49	36	 .31			F	Periods of rain, strong WNW wind
25	38	29	 .12	 1.0	 1		AM snow, some PM clearing
26	46	28			 T		Partly cloudy
27	62	23					Partly cloudy, windy, mild
28	55	29					Partly sunny, mild
29	42	34	1.43			F,T	Heavy rain, some thunder

AVG/SUM	45.0	30.1	2.75	 4.8	0.2 (avg)
EXT	62	15	1.43	 2.0	2
Date	27	12	29	 4	5
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature: 37.6°F (+5.2°F)						
Year precipitation to date: 5.99" (+0.41")
February precipitation departure: (+0.02")						
Season snowfall to date: 16.2" (-15.6")				
Number of days with:  
Fog 4
Thunder 1
							
NOTES/SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

1: Mild high 58 F and a low of only 49 F.
4-5: Snow during the PM hours of the 4th, flurries on the 5th, 2" of slushy snow fell, 0.39"
     of melted precip.
10-12: Colder with light snows.
16: Light rain
23: Mild high 60 F.
24: Rain, strong WNW winds developed, slowly falling temps.
25: AM snow, a slushy inch of accumulation. Much colder.
27: Very mild & windy.
29: Heavy rain through much of the day with some thunder reported in the area. 1.43" smashes
    a Feb. 29 record.
							
ADDITIONAL NOTES/RECORDS

1: Record high min 49 F. Old record 43 in 1988.
23: Record high min 45 F. Old record 42 in 1996.
29: Daily record rainfall 1.43" smashes old record 0.31" set last Leap Day in 2008.

*February's mean min temperature of 30.1 F sets a new record high for February.
*The winter of 2011-2012 is the 4th warmest winter on record, with a mean temp of 36.4 F.

MONTHLY SUMMARY	

The relative lack of winter weather and unusually mild temperatures continued in February.
There was a lack of any particularly cold weather. Several nights remained above freezing,
and the mean minimum temperature of 30.1 sets a new February record high. The winter
months December-January-February averaged 36.4 degrees, 4.7 degrees above normal and the
4th mildest winter on record. The same period had only 9.2" of snow, the 3rd lowest Dec-
Jan-Feb total in 64 years of records. Little snow fell, and warm ground and air temps
quickly melted away any snow that did fall.

Along with well above normal temperatures, precipitation was near normal for the 4th
consecutive month, despite the lack of snowfall. February in general was dry, but heavy
rain on the final (extra) day, the 29th, brought the month's total up to normal. Aside
from this event, the weather pattern was relatively quiet, with mostly weak systems that
passed through the area. February was a breezy month, but not nearly as windy as January.