January 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	30	18	   T	   T	 2
2	26	15			 2
3	32	14			 2
4	30	20			 2
5	34	20	 .07	 1.0	 2
6	37	23	   T	   T	 3	S
7	50	22			 2
8	36	32	 .12	 0.8	 1	F
9	28	15			 1
10	38	15			 1
11	49	25			 1
12	46	25			 T
13	45	22
14	39	21	   T
15	40	29
16	41	36
17	35	27
18	35	28	 .05	 0.2		F
19	37	31	 .69	 0.5	 T	F,S
20	33	23	 .42	 5.0	 1	F,S,G
21	28	14	   T	   T	 6
22	35	11			 5
23	34	8		 	 4
24	43	27	   T	   T	 3
25	32	25	   T	   T	 1
26	38	15	   T	   T	 1
27	39	28	 .05	 0.2	 1
28	40	23			 1
29	43	31	   T		 1
30	54	33	 .73			F
31	43	33	 .01

Tot	37.7	22.9	2.14	 7.7	 -
Ext	54	8	0.73	 5.0	 6
Date	30	23	30	  20	21

^=Snow depth observation time is 7am.

Mean Monthly Temp:  30.3 F

Fog days 5
Sleet days 3
Glaze days 1

Notes and Significant Events

1:  Mostly cloudy, cold, flurries throughout the day, breezy/blustery
2:  Partly to mostly sunny.  Continued cold and blustery
5:  Light snow overnight, flurries and light AM snow showers.  1.0" snow fell.
8:  Light snow through the morning, ended in early afternoon, 0.8" fell .12" precip.
9:  Mostly sunny, blustery & colder with gusty NW winds to 20-25 mph.
10: Windy overnight NW gusts to 30 mph, diminished during the day.  Sunny, a bit milder.
18: Light snow late AM, only 0.2" fell.  Low clouds, fog, light drizzle this evening.
19: Light and steady rain overnight and through the day with low clouds & fog.  Rain mixed
    with sleet then snow this evening.  Light snow through midnight about 0.5" of slushy
    wet snow fell by then and .69" liquid precip.
20: Light snow, sleet and freezing drizzle overnight, another 0.5" frozen precip by 7am.
    Flurries AM, light snow during the afternoon, moderate and steady snow through the
    evening mixed with sleet at times.  Total 5.0" snow fell and .42" melted precip.
    Snow tapered to flurries late and became breezy with blowing snow.
21: Windy overnight (NW gusts to 25 mph) with blowing snow and a few flurries.  Blustery
    and cold today.
22: A cold low of 11 F this morning.  Mostly sunny with calmer winds.
23: Cold low 8 F.  Sunny day with occasional high clouds.
27: Variable clouds.  Light rain and snow showers this morning .05" fell only 0.2" snow.
    Became windy this evening with gusts to 30 mph from NW.
30: Rain and fog overnight .60" fell by 7am.  Fog and another shower late this morning
    brought the day's precip total to .73".  Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon.
31: Variable clouds with a few light rain showers this morning, windy NW gusts to 30 mph.

Summary:

In spite of a chilly start, January brought slightly above normal temperatures overall.
Temperatures were relatively consistent with few extremes in either direction.
Precipitation and snowfall were both below normal.