MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JULY 2005
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (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
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	88	66
2	82	64
3	82	58
4	84	64
5	85	67	 .12			T
6	84	65	 .02
7	82	62	 .61			T
8	74	63	1.31			F,T
9	84	60	 .01			F,T
10	83	58
11	86	59
12	88	64
13	88	69	2.20			F,T
14	75	67	 .95			F
15	90	70	 .26			T
16	86	70	 .21			F,T
17	84	69	 .16			T
18	88	69	   T
19	85	72
20	87	68
21	83	65				F
22	83	66				F
23	81	67
24	80	56
25	86	68	 .07			T
26	88	66
27	92	69	 .01			T
28	84	65
29	85	62
30	83	66				F
31	83	64				F

AVG/SUM	84.3	65.1	5.93	 0.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	92	56	2.20	  -	 -
Date	27	24	13	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  74.7 F
Year precipitation to date:  26.66"
Season snowfall to date:  0.0"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  9 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  10 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: Partly cloudy and very warm high 88 F.
2: Partly cloudy and a little cooler with light breezes.
3: Cloudy early becoming partly cloudy with occasional breezes.
4: Mostly clear with occasional light NW breezes.
5: Cloudy AM, becoming partly cloudy PM.  Thunderstorm @ 4pm with brief heavy rain only .12" fell
   as most of the storms were to the south & west.
6: Became mostly sunny with light PM breezes.
REMNANTS OF CINDY
7: Increasing high cloud cover becoming overcast by late afternoon.  Thunder and rain began by
   4:30pm with steady rain from Cindy continuing through the evening .61" fell by midnight.
8: Rain overnight heavy at times tapered to drizzle by 6am about another 0.80" since midnight.
   Became partly sunny during the afternoon.  Surprise thunderstorm this evening brought another
   half-inch of rain in 30 minutes and some intense lightning.  Total rain 1.31" today and 1.92"
   from the storm.
9: Thunder around 2am but no rain.  Brief overnight shower .01".  AM fog then became sunny and
   pleasant with light breezes from NE.
10: Sunny and pleasant with low humidities and light NE breezes.
11: Hazy sunshine through high clouds, calm winds, warmer and more humid.
12: Same as yesterday with slightly increasing high clouds.  Very warm high 88 F.
STRONG STORM/INTENSE LIGHTNING/HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOODING
13: Mountaintop fog early then mostly cloudy with calm wind.  Strong thunderstorm between 3-4pm
    with very heavy rain and intense frequent lightning, some very close.  Also some nearby
    reports of small hail.  Around 2" fell in only one hour and 2.20" fell before the rain
    finally ended @ 5:30pm.  Numerous roads and basements were flooded especially in Cumberland
    where nearly 3 inches of rain fell and lightning struck transformers causing many power
    outages in the area.  The 2.20" of rain is the 2nd heaviest day on record in July (since 1992).
14: AM clouds/fog on mountains.  Light rain began around 1:30pm then heavy rain between 3-4pm with
    nearly an inch falling within the hour.  Rain tapered off by 4pm.  Another .95" fell today.
15: Hot and humid with fair skies.  Localized thunderstorm built up overhead around 4pm dropping a
    quick .26" rain.
16: AM clouds/fog.  Continued very warm and humid with partly sunny skies.  More thunderstorms in
    the area this evening around 8pm dropped .21" rain.
17: More showers overnight another .16" fell.
18: Cloudy in AM becoming partly cloudy and very warm.  Very brief localized showers this
    afternoon but only a trace of rain.
19: Mild overnight low 72 F.  Cloudy early becoming partly cloudy and warm.
20: Partly cloudy and very warm.
21: Fog early then mostly sunny with light NW breezes during the afternoon.
22: Fog early then mostly sunny with high afternoon clouds.
23: Mostly sunny with passing high clouds, light breezes and low humidity.
24: Cooler overnight low 56 F.  Sunny becoming partly cloudy with light N breezes.
25: Brief thunderstorm @ 4:30am .07" rain.  Gray skies giving way to partly cloudy skies.  Hot and
    humid with winds shifting to the SW at 10 mph.
26: Partly sunny, hot and humid with light E breezes.
27: Sunny and hot with SW breezes at 10 mph.  Thunder by 2:45pm with heavy rain in other sections
    of LaVale but only .01" rain here.  More thunder about 6pm but no rain.
28:  Partly sunny with calm winds and seasonable temperatures.
29:  Partly sunny with calm winds and seasonable temps again.
30:  AM fog then partly cloudy.
31:  AM fog then sunny becoming partly cloudy during the afternoon.

SUMMARY:

July 2005 continued this summer's trend of heat and humidity.  It was the hottest July since 1999.
Two tropical systems, Cindy and Dennis impacted the area.  The first dropped 1.92" on the 7th
and 8th, and the latter brought scattered thunderstorms from the 13th-17th.  The storm on the 13th
dumped 2.20 inches of rain in a little over an hour and caused flooding and power outages in the
area.  After the 17th it was very dry.  Temperatures were above normal with a lack of extremes and
little variation.  27 of 31 days were in the 80s.  Despite the seemingly relentless heat, only two
days reached 90.

Additional notes/records

7: Daily record rainfall .61"
8: Daily record rainfall 1.31"
13: Daily record rainfall 2.20"
19: Daily record high min 72 F

July 2005 had the 3rd highest mean minimum temperature on record of 65.1 F.