LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - January 1992

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	37	13			
2	42	24			
3	48	37	0.06		F
4	51	43	0.08		
5	43	41	0.01		
6	40	30			
7	41	27			
8	47	26			
9	49	35	0.03		
10	47	32	0.01	T	
11	43	32	T	T	
12	53	32			
13	59	38			
14	55	22	0.41	T	F,T,H,DW
15	31	13			
16	19	9	0.05	1.0	
17	34	9	T	T	
18	31	12			
19	21	4			
20	33	12	0.03	1.0	
21	55	23			
22	47	24			
23	40	34	0.52	T	F,S
24	39	17	0.02	0.3	
25	27	15	0.32	3.5	
26	32	22	T		
27	32	10			
28	47	17			
29	47	23			
30	53	23			
31	43	32	T		
Total 	41.5	23.6	1.54	5.8	32.5 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 1992

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 3
SLEET 1
THUNDER 1
HAIL 1
DAMAGING WINDS 1

3-5: Mild with occasional light showers.
13: Mild and sunny with a high of 59 F.
14: Very mild overnight with temperatures steady in the mid-50s.  However, a
    line of severe thunderstorms ripped through at 6:45am with frequent
    lightning, brief torrential downpours, pea-sized hail and very strong
    winds gusting 50 to 60 mph.  Temperatures dropped rapidly as the front
    moved through with rain and very strong, damaging winds continuing through
    mid-morning, bringing down some trees and power lines.  Temperatures fell
    to 22 by midnight with snow flurries observed this evening.
16: Cold high 19 F and low 9 F with light snow overnight totaling 1 inch.
19: Cold low 4 F.
20: Overnight snow showers (1.0")
23: A cold steady rain, with fog and a few ice pellets mixed in this evening.
24: Snow showers, windy and blustery, little accumulation of snow.
25: First significant snow of the season of 3.5" finally falls from a Clipper.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

January was mild, particuarly during the first half.  Precipitation was below
normal, as was snowfall.  The season's first respectable snow didn't fall until
the 25th.  The highlight of the month was undoubtedly the surprise severe
thunderstorm and damaging wind event on the morning of the 14th, when a sharp
cold front plowed through.  After a very mild first two weeks, this front
brought a pattern change to much more seasonal temperatures, with the coldest
weather during the 3rd week following the potent cold front on the 14th.

No temperature or precipitation records were set this month.