MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD Jan-08 OBSERVER SCOTT LOHR 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 Special Date Max Min Equiv Ice Depth Obs Day's Weather Summary 1 37 21 T T Partly cloudy with a few sprinkles/flurries 2 37 30 T 0.2 T Variable clouds with occasional snow showers 3 30 15 T T T "AM Clouds, PM sun" 4 38 9 T "Clear & cold AM, mostly cloudy PM" 5 38 29 T "AM Clouds, showers began late" 6 45 35 0.22 F "Overnight showers, AM fog" 7 69 44 "Overcast clearing to partly cloudy, warm" 8 66 41 F "Heavy AM fog becoming mostly sunny, warm" 9 54 36 0.09 "Mostly sunny, blustery, AM strong wind (46 mph gusts)" 10 44 31 T Becoming cloudy. Rain began late evening 11 49 39 1.11 F Heavy rain overnight tapering off in the morning 12 46 34 Sunny AM becoming partly cloudy 13 40 26 0.04 "AM Mostly cloudy, becoming partly cloudy" 14 38 27 T 0.1 "Partly cloudy, brief snow showers, falling temps" 15 39 25 T 0.2 T "Early snow showers, PM clearing w/ flurries" 16 39 25 Overcast 17 33 28 0.42 3 2 S Steady snow occasionally mixed with sleet 18 38 33 3 Mostly cloudy becoming mostly sunny 19 34 17 2 Partly cloudy 20 17 10 1 "Partly cloudy, cold" 21 24 6 1 "Sunny, chilly AM" 22 36 14 1 Mostly cloudy 23 28 22 T Mostly sunny 24 32 14 Partly cloudy 25 29 10 Sunny 26 29 19 Cloudy 27 35 29 Cloudy 28 47 27 "Sunny, some PM cirrus clouds" 29 37 32 0.4 T G "AM rain and freezing rain, overcast" 30 34 28 DW "Mostly sunny, very strong west winds" 31 37 20 "Sunny AM, cloudy PM" AVG/SUM 38.7 38.7 25.0 3.5 0.3 <--Mean EXT 69 6 1.11 3 3 Date 7 21 11 17 18 *=Also occurred on earlier dates Miscellaneous Stats Mean Monthly Temperature: 31.9 F "Year precipitation to date: 2.28""" "Season snowfall to date: 9.3""" Number of days with: Fog 3 Sleet 1 Glaze 1 Damaging Wind 1 NOTABLE EVENTS "7-8: Unseasonably warm with record highs of 69 and 66, respectively." "11: 1.11"" of rain falls, the heaviest of the month and breaking the record of 1.00"" on 1/11/2005." "17: A significant winter storm, the only one of the month, brings 3 inches of snow, mixed with sleet." "20-21: Arctic air invades, with a high of only 17 on the 20th and monthly low of 6 on the 21st." "29-30: A system brings rain and freezing rain on the 29th, followed by a blast of very strong, damaging" west winds on the morning of the 30th. MONTHLY SUMMARY "January was a relatively uneventful month with above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation," "though neither anomaly was excessive. Following a brief shot of cold air, temperatures warmed into the" "upper 60s on the 7th and 8th. The second half of the month had more seasonable temperatures, with a" "couple of cold snaps, but nothing extreme. There were three signficant precipitation events. The first" "was heavy rain early on the 11th totaling 1.11"" which accounted for nearly half of the month's total." The second was the month's only significant snowfall of 3 inches on the 17th. The third was a mild ice "and rain storm on the 29th, followed by a blast of strong winds on the 30th." Additional notes/records 7: Record high 69 F 8: Record high 66 F