January 1997 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	28	26	   T	   T	G
2	55	28	 .02	   T	G
3	60	55	   T
4	71	50
5	64	42	 .07
6	42	28
7	32	20
8	32	15
9	27	22	 .56	 3.5	S,G
10	31	16	   T	   T	
11	16	6
12	18	7	   T	   T
13	27	5
14	28	11	   T	 0.2
15	31	5
16	38	8	 .22	 1.0
17	13	-6
18	15	-2
19	18	-5
20	38	18
21	38	18
22	38	25	 .05		F
23	44	27
24	28	22	 .64	 4.0	G
25	43	29	 .12	   T	F,G
26	29	13
27	31	20	 .30	 0.5	G
28	37	31	 .10
29	32	10
30	34	11
31	37	18

Tot	34.7	18.5	2.08	 9.2
Ext	71	-6	 .64	 4.0
Date	4	17	  24	  24

Mean Monthly Temp 26.6F
Glaze days 6
Fog days 1
Sleet days 1

Significant Events

4: Record warmth high 71F
5: Again mild high 64F
9: Snow this morning changed to sleet and freezing rain mix.  About 3" snow and another 0.5" solid ice.
   Total liquid precip .56" fell.
11: Very cold low 6F and high only 16F
16: Periods of rain this morning.  Strong cold front came through with gusty winds and rapidly falling
    temperatures this afternoon.  Snow squalls during the evening hours dropped an inch of snow.
17: Clear and frigid overnight low of -6F.  High only 13F during the day.
18: Very cold again low -2F high 15F
19: Continued extremely cold.  Low -5F and high 18F
24: Heavy snow during the midday hours about 3.5" fell 11am-3pm.  Snow changed to freezing rain during the
    late afternoon and evening hours tapering off by 7pm.  Total .64" precip.
25: Another .12" rainfall overnight.  Heavy AM fog.
27: Some light snow this afternoon.  Freezing rain this evening .30" fell and .40" total (through 1/28)
29: Cold low 10F

Summary:

January brought some very warm and very cold temperatures, ranging from a warm 71 on the 4th to a frigid
-6 on the 17th.  Precipitation was slightlyy below normal despite three significant ice storms.

Additional notes/records:

3rd: Record high min temperature of 55 F.  Ties Jan. 15, 1995 for all-time warmest low temperature in
January!
4th: Record high 71 F.  Highest January reading since 1975 (72 on Jan. 29th), 22 years!  Also a daily
record high min of 50 was set.
The 11th-19th had an Arctic air invasion.  5 days remained in the teens, and all but one day had a low in
the single figures, three of them below zero (17th-19th).
12: Record low max temp high only 18
17: Record low max of 13 F.  Low of -6 is very cold but nowhere near the record -15 set in 1982.
18: Record low max high 15

77 degree range between the month's high (71) and low (-6) sets a new January record.