MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JANUARY 2003
OBSERVER 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		Temp	Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	at Obs	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	43	37	37	1.47		 T	F
2	38	35	35	 .18	  T		F,S
3	35	30	30	 .55	2.0	 T	F,S
4	32	27		   T	  T	 2
5	29	28		 .10	1.0	 2
6	30	29		   T	  T	 3
7	36	17				 2
8	44	24				 1
9	40	32				 T
10	37	21		 .06	1.0	 1
11	26	17				 T
12	26	15
13	38	16
14	29	14		   T	  T
15	23	16		   T	  T
16	21	 9		 .05	0.8
17	27	 8		 .01	0.2	 1
18	21	 3				 1
19	25	13				 1
20	27	17		 .06	1.5	 2
21	20	18		   T	0.3	 1
22	22	 5				 1	
23	12	 2		   T	0.1	 1
24	24	10		   T	0.1	 1
25	29	13				 1
26	30	24		   T	0.2	 T
27	24	 7				 T
28	29	 9				 T
29	40	29		 .05	0.3
30	31	24
31	34	32		 .11	0.5	 T	F

AVG	29.7	18.7	SUM	2.64	8.0   	  	 	
EXT	44	2  	MAX	1.47 	2.0  	3 
Date	8	23 	DATE	1	3 	6  
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  24.2 F
Year precipitation to date:  2.64"
Season snowfall to date:  26.0"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  4  
	Ice Pellets:  2   	
	Glaze:  0  	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

SOGGY START TO 2003
1:  A very wet New Year's Day with light rains overnight becoming moderate to heavy at times
    during the day.  Rain tapered off by 4pm.  Some streams overflowed banks and flooded roads
    and basements were reported in the area.  Light showers this evening for a 1.47" total.
2:  Overcast with drizzle & fog beginning mid-afternoon, drizzle and light rain and some sleet
    mixed in at times all evening long .18" fell by midnight.

SLUSHY SNOW
3:  Periods of rain and sleet overnight changed to snow before daybreak.  Light and occasionally
    moderate snow througout the day, was very wet and mostly turned to slush.  Tapered to
    flurries by 6pm, total 2.0" accumulation, total .55" melted precipitation.

NATE LEAVES AGAIN FOR SALT LAKE CITY.  DATA TAKEN BY STEVE & SARA MULLINS.

LIGHT SNOW
5:  Periods of light snow on and off all total 1.0" fell.
6:  Light snow late, dusting.
7-9:  Milder with gusty winds
10:  Snow showers overnight and early this morning, total 1.0".

WINTER MAKES A COMEBACK
14-15:  Variably cloudy with flurries at times.
16:  Light snow began this evening total 3/4" by midnight.
17:  Another 1/4" snow overnight, otherwise mostly cloudy with falling temperatures.
20:  Snow showers overnight and early this morning, total 1.5" before partial clearing.  Windy
     and blustery with winds gusting over 25 mph.
21:  Light snow (0.3") overnight then clearing, breezy & blustery.
22:  Increasing clouds, windy/blustery.
23:  Very cold and blustery with flurries and light snow showers on and off, only a dusting.
     A very chilly low of 2 F this morning, high only 12 F one of the coldest highs in years.
24:  Still breezy & blustery with a dusting of snow.
26:  Dusting of snow again, blustery and cold.
29:  Light rain showers mixed with snow, a dusting.
31:  Drizzle and fog all day mixed with wet snow, total 0.5" accumulated by evening.

SUMMARY:
January 2003 was a chilly winter month with an average temperature of only 24.2 F.  It wasn't one
of the coldest ever, but was below average.  In spite of that only 8.0" of snow fell mainly from
scattered snow showers.  Precipitation totaled 2.64", but 2.20" of that fell on the first 3 days.

Additional notes/records

1st: Heaviest New Year's day precipitation on record 1.47" of rain fell.
23rd: Daily record low max 12 F.

January 2003 ranked 5th coldest on record with a mean temperature of 24.2 F.  The mean maximum
temperature of 29.7 ranked 3rd coldest.  The monthly high of 44 (8th) is the coldest extreme
monthly maximum for January and in fact any month ever on record.