LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - January 1994

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	40	14	T		
2	41	34			
3	37	27	0.51	4.0	
4	31	23	0.69	7.3	
5	31	23	0.06	1.5	
6	30	20	0.05	0.5	F
7	33	29	0.52	T	F,G
8	34	13	0.01	T	
9	22	11			
10	24	6			
11	35	20			
12	36	31	0.78	3.5	F
13	39	33			F
14	34	1	T	T	
15	12	-4	T	T	
16	13	-5			
17	28	11	1.22	12.0	F,S
18	22	-11	T	T	
19	2	-16	T	T	
20	14	-8	T	T	
21	22	-13			
22	35	16			
23	46	18			
24	47	37			
25	42	35	0.31		
26	36	24	0.12		
27	25	21	0.14	0.5	S
28	44	25	0.79	1.0	S,G
29	38	30	T	T	
30	33	25	T	T	
31	35	22	T	T	
Total 	31.0	15.9	5.20	30.3	23.4 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 1994

3: Overcast with temperatures slowly falling and heavy snow beginning late
   this evening.  4" fell between 9pm and midnight.
4: Heavy snow overnight, tapering to flurries after 8am.  Another 7.3" of
   snow fell for a storm total of 11.3 inches.
5: Cloudy with a mid-day snow squall dumping 1.5" in a half-hour.
6: More light snow overnight.
7: Rain, fog, and some freezing rain during the late afternoon and evening.
12: Wet snow overnight, mixing with rain at times.  A few rain showers
    during the day with .78" of precip and 3.5" of snow.
14: An arctic front pushed through with snow flurries, high winds, very cold
    wind chills below zero and temperature tumbling to a chilly 1 F by
    midnight.
15-16: Bitter cold with wind chills approaching -30.  Highs of only 12 and
       13 and lows -4 and -5.  All were record lows except -5 on the 16th
       just missed the record of -6 in 1972.
17: Not as bitter cold but heavy snow fell all day.  A few ice pellets mixed
    in during the mid-afternoon.  A total of 12" of snow and 1.22" of precip
    set a new daily record.
18: Another even more intense arctic invasion, as temperatures fall all day
    to a frigid -11 by midnight.
19: Extreme cold low of -16 ties all-time record low set on Jan. 21, 1985.  A
    high of only 2 also set a new all-time daily low max.  This was offically
    the coldest day on record with a mean temperature of -7!
20: Very cold again with a low of -8 and a high of only 14.
21: Extremely cold again this morning low -13 but missing the record of -16
    set in 1985.
25: A period of rain this afternoon .31" fell.
26: Light rain overnight another .12" rainfall.
27: Cold with occasional sleet developing during the afternoon and evening.
28: Sleet and freezing rain overnight with heavy icing.  Storm total precip
    .93" with 1.5" of ice.  Brief heavy rain shower late afternoon and a
    warming trend with a high reaching 44 F.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

January 1994 was a month for the record books!  It was the 3rd coldest, 2nd
snowiest and 4th wettest January on records.  Many daily low records were set
this month, particularly during one of the greatest Arctic outbreaks in recent
history from the 14th-21st.  6 of 7 days were below zero, with three double-
digit readings below zero, and an all-time record low -16 tied on the 19th
along with the lowest max ever at only 2 F.  Overall 8 daily record lows were
set, with several more merely missed.  Meanwhile, the area was assaulted by
several nasty winter storms.  11.3" of snow fell from a Nor' Easter on the
3rd-4th, a mild ice storm hit the area on the 7th, heavy wet snow fell on the
12th, a daily record 12 inches (1 foot) of snow fell on the 17th, and another
ice storm crushed the area on the 27th-28th with 1.5" of sleet/freezing rain.
A total of 30.3" of snow fell, the most snow to fall in a month since January
1978, which was the snowiest month to date with 39.5" of snowfall.  5.20" of
melted precipitation also made it the 4th "wettest" January on record.  The
mean temperature of 23.4 F was 3rd coldest.  Winter definitely hammered the
area this month!

Additional notes/records

3: Daily record snowfall 4.0"
4: Daily record snowfall 7.3" (11.3" storm total)
12: Daily record precipitation 0.78".  3.5" of snowfall.
14: Record low 1 F
15: Record low -4 F.  Record low max 12 F.
16: Record low max 13 F.
17: Record daily precipition and snowfall with 1.22" and 12.0", respectively.
18: Record low -11 F
19: Record low -16 F.  Ties all-time record low temperature on Jan. 21, 1985.
19: Record low max 2 F.  Sets new all-time record low max.
19: Coldest day ever on record with a mean temperature of -7 F!
20: Low -8 F.  Not a record, but a high of 14 did set another record low max.
21: Low -13 F.  Close to the record of -16 F on Jan. 21, 1985.
28: Daily record precipitation 0.79".  1.0" of sleet/ice.

January 1994 was the 3rd coldest January ever with mean temperature of 23.4 F.

January 1994 was the 2nd snowiest January ever with 30.3" of snowfall.

January 1994 was the 4th wettest January ever with 5.20" of precipitation.