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