MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
FEBRUARY 1996
OBSERVER 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	27	11	 .02	 0.5	 T
2	25	12	 .27	 4.3	 1
3	21	5	 .07	 1.0	 5
4	13	-2	 		 5
5	22	0			 5
6	31	14			 5
7	34	13	 .10	 1.0	 4
8	40	28	 .12		 4
9	45	36			 2
10	60	30			 T
11	48	27	 .03	 0.8
12	26	15			 1
13	26	15	   T	   T	 T
14	38	20	 .20	 2.5	 2
15	38	28	 .02	 1.0	 2
16	30	19	   T	   T	 2
17	30	12	   T	   T	 2
18	29	21	   T	   T	 1
19	35	17			 T
20	36	28	 .34		 T
21	52	34	 .01
22	52	35
23	50	42	   T			F
24	54	42	 .10
25	64	46
26	50	36	 .37			F
27	51	44	 .44			F
28	56	25	 .10
29	28	18	   T	   T

AVG/SUM	38.3	23.1	2.19	11.1	1.5	<<--Mean
EXT	64	-2	0.44	4.3	5
Date	25	4	27	2	6*
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  30.7 F						
Year precipitation to date:  10.03"					
Season snowfall to date:  74.6"					
Number of days with:  
Fog 3
							
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

1: Cold, light snow in the evening.
2: Cold with AM flurries, then moderate snow resuming in the evening with 4.3" of
   snowfall by midnight.
3: Cold with another 1.0" of snow overnight for a storm total of 5.8".
4: RECORD COLD low -2 high of only 13 both setting daily records.
5: Very cold again this morning low of 0 F tying the record set just last year.
7: An early evening snow shower dropped 1 inch of wet snow.
8: Light rain overnight.
10: Mild high 60 F.
14: An Alberta Clipper passed through overnight dropping 2.5" of snow.
15: Snow showers this morning dropped a dry inch of snow (only .02" of water).
20: Cold rain .34" fell.
25: Mild high 64 F.
26-28: Periods of rain, mostly light, all 3 days.  Storm total .91".
29: Much colder and blustery with flurries and a high of only 28.
					
MONTHLY SUMMARY	

February was cold, with a snowy first half then no measurable snow after the 15th.
An arctic outbreak after a storm on Groundhog Day (2nd) and the day after dropped
moderate snows, brought the coldest air of the 1995-96 season with record lows of
-2 and 0 on the 4th and 5th, respectively.   Temperatures moderated after the 20th
which is a typical pattern for February.  Still temperatures were below normal,
with precipitation also below normal but slightly above average snowfall.