MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JANUARY 2005
Daily Observations taken by 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	68	43
2	52	36	 .02
3	54	41	 .08
4	61	48	 .04
5	52	37	1.25			F
6	42	36	 .20			F
7	40	35	 .28
8	45	37	 .40
9	44	32
10	50	28
11	42	36	1.00			F
12	52	39	 .04			F
13	57	42	 .04			F
14	42	26	 .23
15	36	25
16	34	16	 .03	 0.3
17	16	14	   T	   T	 T
18	21	7			 T
19	23	14	 .03	 0.5	 T
20	32	26	   T	   T	 1
21	26	19			 T
22	26	13	 .46	 4.0	 T
23	18	8	   T	   T	 4
24	24	4			 4
25	36	22			 4
26	43	24			 3
27	24	12			 2
28	33	7			 2
29	33	12	 .07	 0.7	 2
30	38	26	 .03	 0.3	 3
31	38	16			 2

AVG/SUM	38.8	25.2	4.20	 5.8	 -  	  	 	
EXT	68	4	1.25	 4.0	 4
Date	1	24	5	  22	25*
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  32.0 F
Year precipitation to date:  4.20"
Season snowfall to date:  6.1"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  5 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: A very mild start to the New Year with a high of 68 F.  Partly cloudy.
2: Early AM shower, cloudy, mild.
3: Early AM shower, light PM shower .08" fell.  Still mild.
4. Occasional light drizzle.  Very mild again.
5: Rain began overnight and continued through the day moderate to heavy at times 1.25" fell.
   Windy at times with temperatures falling through the day.
6: Low clouds/fog below mountain tops.  Occasional light rain .20" fell.  Some partial
   clearing late with light north winds.
7: Cloudy with occasional light breezes.  Rain 5:30pm-midnight mostly light .28" fell.
8: Rain overnight ended by mid morning another .40" fell.  A bit of partial clearing by
   11am with light west winds.
11: Rain began around 8am and became heavier by 11am.  Moderate to occasionally heavy rain
    with fog through most of the afternoon and evening.  Exactly 1.00" fell by midnight.
12: Cloudy with calm winds, drizzle and fog through the day .04" fell.
13: AM fog.  Mild high 57 F with fog clearing then increasing clouds during PM hours.
14: Rain overnight mostly light .23" fell.  Mostly cloudy, windy with falling temperatures.
16: Light snow during the evening 0.3" fell, became windy with dropping temps.
17: Partly cloudy, few flurries, cold, gusty NW winds 20+ mph.
18: Cold low 7F.  Mostly sunny but blustery & cold with gusty NW winds.
19: Light snow began around 9am.  Light snow and flurries throughout the day.  Cold.
22: Snow began around 6am and became heavy at times during the morning tapering off this
    afternoon.  Flurries and light snow showers through the rest of the day.  Total 4.0"
    snow fell melting down to 0.46" water.
23: Mostly cloudy, snow flurries, blustery & cold high only 18 F.
24: A chilly low of 4 F this morning.
26: Milder temperatures all day high 43 F.  Temperatures dropped again this evening.
27: Sunny, breezy & cold high 24 F low 12 F.
28: Clear & cold overnight low 7 F.
29: Became cloudy.  Light snow and snow showers this afternoon and evening 0.7" fell by
    midnight.
30: Light snow & flurries overnight about another 0.3" for a total of 1.0".  Clearing PM
    skies.

SUMMARY:

The first half of January more closely resembled March with spring-like temperatures and
abundant rainfall.  The second half of the month felt much more like January with the last
17 days all reaching below freezing.  It was also drier with one significant snow event.
Overall, temperature and precipitation were both above normal with below normal snowfall.

Additional notes/records

1: Record warm New Year's Day with a high of 68 F
5: Daily record 1.25" of precipitation
22: Daily record precipitation 0.46" and snowfall 4.0"