LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - July 1993

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	71	64	0.32		F
2	81	66	1.47		F,T
3	85	66	0.01		F,T
4	90	66			F
5	94	69			F
6	93	71			T
7	95	70	T		
8	96	68			
9	97	68			
10	95	66			
11	93	66			
12	88	72			
13	92	67			
14	93	64	0.01		
15	83	67			
16	85	56			
17	90	54			
18	84	58			
19	88	67	0.01		
20	88	65			
21	87	62			
22	85	55			
23	87	54			
24	90	55	T		
25	87	63			
26	91	70	0.24		T,H
27	93	67			F
28	97	67			
29	87	70	0.53		T
30	80	67			
31	79	64			
Total 	88.5	64.6	2.59	0	76.6 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 1993

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 6
THUNDER 5
HAIL 1

1: Dense fog and heavy drizzle all day, cool high 71.
2: Heavy rain and thunderstorms began around dawn and continued on and off through
   early afternoon with 1.47" of rain falling, setting a new daily rainfall record.
4-11: Very hot and humid stretch with 8 consecutive days in the 90s.  Heat indeces
      were frequently well over 100.  No measurable rain fell during this stretch
      either, although some very heavy thunderstorms passed SE of the area on the
      evening of the 6th with 2 hours of thunder and 1-2 inches of rain in areas.
      Also on the 6th, a low of 71 set a new daily high.
12: Monthly high min temperature of 72 F was the second of 3 daily high mins.
26: After a 3 1/2 week stretch with a meager .02" of rainfall, a strong afternoon
    thunderstorm brought brief heavy rain and pea-sized hail with some gusty winds
    as well.  Still it was very muggy with another record high min of 70 F and a
    high of 91 with heat indeces over 100 again.
27: Morning fog.  Hot, hazy and humid high 93 F.
28: Record high of 97 F and oppressive heat indeces approaching 110.
29: A series of overnight thunderstorms between 2-4am dropped .53" of rain with
    some close/intense lightning and thunder.  Temperatures and humidities were
    much more tolerable today after a cold front passed through.

MONTHLY SUMMARY:

July 1993 was excruciatingly hot and humid.  It was the 4th hottest July on record
(later bumped down to No. 5 by the record hot July 1999).  15 days were 90 or
hotter, with only the first and last day of the month failing to break 80.  High
humidity made for some rather uncomfortable heat indeces, which broke 100 on
several occasions.  While only one daily record high was set (28th, 97), it was a
consistently hot month.  5 nights also failed to climb below 70, 3 of them setting
record high mins.  A strong Bermuda High pressure led to extremely dry conditions,
with nearly 3 1/2 weeks of virtually no rainfall.  Nearly all of the month's rain
fell at the beginning of the month and again near the end.

Additional notes/records

2nd: 1.47" of rainfall sets new daily record.
6th: Record high min 71 F
9th: High of 97 F just misses record of 98 in 1988.
12th: Record high min 72 F
26: Record high min 70 F.
28: Record high 97 F.

July 1993 was the 4th hottest July on record with a mean temperature of 76.6 F.