MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JULY 2003
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins
Also help from neighbor David Drewery
Note this station uses daylight savings time when it applies.
Data for this month is preliminary and still needs to be checked for errors.

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		Temp	Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	at Obs	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	83	58
2	80	59		 .18
3	84	65
4	91	62		 .03			T
5	90	68
6	90	68		 .05			T
7	90	65		 .28			T
8	91	62		 .37			T
9	80	64		 .29			T
10	71	64		 .65			T
11	80	64		 .01
12	82	58		 .26			T
13	78	58					F
14	82	57					T
15	86	56
16	80	68		 .04
17	83	59					F
18	79	60		 .01
19	80	60
20	84	53
21	84	62
22	88	69		 .06
23	76	65		 .23			T
24	75	59		 .01
25	85	57
26	84	57
27	84	68
28	73	64		 .31
29	74	61
30	77	60
31	74	60		 .27			F

AVG	81.9	61.6	SUM	3.05	 0.0  	N/A  	 	
EXT	91	53  	MAX	0.65	  - 	 - 
Date	8+	20	DATE	10	  -	 -  

+=Also occurred on earlier dates.

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  71.7 F
Year Precipitation to Date:  31.12"
Season Snowfall to Date:  0.0"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  3 
	Ice Pellets:  0  	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  9 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

2:  Partly cloudy with a shower between 2-3pm that dropped .18" of rain.

HAZY/HOT/HUMID/SCATTERED STORMS
4:  Hottest day of the year so far high 91F.  Brief shower about 2pm .03" rain.  Big storms blew
    up just to the S & E of the station.  More showers and storms to the W and S but dissipated
    as they crossed the mountains.
6:  Lightning and thunder overnight about 3-4am.  Only .01" rain as strong storms went just to
    the south & west.  More storms this evening by 7:30 pm with strong cells to the W, N and S
    but only light rain fell at this station as the storms broke up.  Total .05" fell.
7:  Thunderstorm 1-1:30am .26" rain fell.  Continued hot and humid today.  Light showers 10pm-
    midnight as another line of storms dissipated when it hit the mountains.  Total .28" rain.
8:  Brief storm overnight about 4:15am .08" rain.  Almost all of the heavy cells went just to
    the south & west again.  Rain with thunder continued through 9am.  Hazy hot and humid again.
    More storms rolled through this evening with gusty winds.  Total rain .37" today.
9:  Mostly cloudy.  Few brief showers this afternoon.  Strong storms blew up barely south & east
    about 6pm with more showers late this evening.  Total rain here only .29" but over 1 inch was
    reported in Cumberland and nearly 2 inches fell within only a few miles south of this station. 
10: A much cooler and cloudy day.  Thunderstorms this evening 8-10pm with some heavy downpours
    at times for a total of .65" of rain.
12: Thunderstorm with brief heavy rain and gusty winds this afternoon about 4:20pm .16" fell in
    15 minutes.  Rain continued through the early evening hours.  Total .26" fell.  Hail was
    reported in the extreme western part of the county.
14: Partly cloudy, warm.  Severe storms were headed this way this evening from the SW about
    7:30pm but it was the same story as the cells split yet again and went just north & south
    and not a drop of rain fell at this station.
20: A cool morning low of 53 F.
22: Warmer high of 88 F.  Hazy and humid.
23: Cooler with haze and mostly cloudy skies.  Strong storms and heavy rains skirted just barely
    south & east of this station again between 1:30-2:30pm.  No measurable rain fell.  Another
    storm between 4:30-5pm produced .23" rain.
25-26: Clear and cool overnight and sunny, pleasant days with low humidity and light breezes.
28: Cool with periods of rain beginning around noon and continuing through most of the afternoon
    total .31" fell.
31: Another cool, cloudy day.  Drizzle began by evening with rain 9pm-midnight .27" fell.

JULY SUMMARY

July 2003 was a fairly uneventful month with slightly cooler than average temperatures and a lack
of any excessive heat.  Numerous thunderstorms threatened but the storms repeatedly broke up and 
almost all of the direct hits missed this station, especially to the south and east.

Additional notes/records

10: Record low max 71 F
28: Record low max 73 F