MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JULY 2006
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	86	56
2	92	64	 .02			T
3	88	65	 .04			T
4	82	69	 .01			T
5	75	67	 .75
6	83	56	 .01
7	83	53
8	82	56
9	81	58	 .08			T
10	84	61	 .01			F
11	91	63
12	88	68	 .12			T
13	82	68	 .07	 
14	86	70	 .01
15	86	72	   T
16	93	64
17	92	65
18	93	63				T
19	92	66				F
20	83	69	 .05			T
21	87	67	 .54			T
22	82	64	 .07
23	80	62	 .01
24	87	58
25	88	62	 .41			T
26	87	66	 .01			F
27	82	67	 .05			T
28	86	70	 .01
29	88	60
30	95	66	 .01			T
31	94	70	 .01

AVG/SUM	86.4	64.0	2.29	 0.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	95	53	0.75	  -	 -
Date	30	7	5	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  75.2 F
Year precipitation to date:  20.19"
Season snowfall to date:  0.0
Number of days with:
	Fog:  3 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  11 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

DAILY NOTES:

1: Sunny and warm with light breezes.
2: Partly sunny, hazy hot and humid.  Breezy.  Line of thunderstorms fell apart as it
   approached from the west only .02" rain around 5pm and wind gusts to 30 mph.
3: Thunderstorms to the north overnight brushed by with just a brief shower around 5am
   .04" fell.  Became mostly sunny during the day and very warm.
4: Sunny this morning then cloudy during the afternoon with light W winds.  Occasional
   thunder in the area but storms again fell apart as the approached, only .01" fell.
5: Period of moderate to heavy predawn rain.  Remained cloudy.  More rain 9-11am with
   a few peaks of sun this afternoon, then another shower around 6pm, total rain .75".
6: Rain ended overnight.
7: Sunny and pleasant.
8: Clear becoming partly cloudy.
9: Mostly sunny this morning then becoming mostly cloudy.  Brief thundershower around
   1pm dropped .08" rain.
10: Fog this morning lifted by 9am then became clear and warm.
11: Mostly cloudy, hot and humid.
12: Mostly cloudy, warm and humid.  Showers around 11am and again 7pm and late evening
    .12" fell.
13: Mostly cloudy with a few brief showers.
14: Mostly cloudy, threatening skies but only .01" rain.
15: Light predawn shower, trace.  Partly cloudy early gradually becoming mostly sunny.
16: Mostly sunny and hot high 93 F.
17: Sunny and hot.
18: Clear early then partly cloudy and breezy, continued hot.  Severe thunderstorms
    hammered the eastern half of the county between 5-10pm with damaging winds, hail
    and flooding but not a drop of rain fell at this station.
19: Early fog then sunny and hot.
20: Cloudy early then partly cloudy.  Big storms blew up just to the south around 3pm,
    no rain fell.  A brief shower around 7pm, storms blew up again just to the west
    late this evening.
21: Thunderstorm 12-12:30am with heavy downpours .54" fell.  Partly cloudy, warm, some
    thunder in the area this afternoon but no more rain.
22: Cloudy early then partly cloudy.  Rain shower around 4pm .07" fell.  West winds
    gusting to 10 mph.
23: Mostly sunny with light N breezes.
24: Sunny and warm.
25: Partly cloudy, warm and humid.  Thunderstorm dropped .41" rain between 6-7pm.
26: Dense AM fog then partly cloudy, warm and humid.
27: Mostly cloudy.  Showers and storms in the area this afternoon and evening but no
    direct hits only .05" rain fell.
28: Partly cloudy with a few brief light showers.
29: Partly cloudy and warm with light NW breezes.
30: Line of thunderstorms dissipated as it moved into the area around 7:30am, only .01"
    rain fell.  Became sunny and hot this afternoon high 95 F.
31: Cloudy this morning with a brief shower around 10am then became mostly sunny and
    hot high 94 F.

SUMMARY:

Despite numerous showers and thunderstorms in the area, precipitation was below normal.
In fact, 20 days had measurable rainfall, which is a July record, yet it was the second
driest July in 15 years of record.  Meanwhile, it was a very warm, humid month.  The
mean temperature of 75.2 F made this the warmest July since 1999.  The 95 F reading on
the 30th was the warmest in over 4 years (since 7/4/02, when the max reached 97).

Additional notes/records

28: Record high min 70 F