LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - July 1995

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	78	66	0.07		F,T
2	78	57			F
3	75	50			F
4	85	60	0.02		F
5	86	68	0.13		F,T
6	85	70	0.12		F,T
7	87	65			F
8	75	60			F
9	80	50			
10	85	60			T
11	85	60	0.25		F,T
12	88	60			F
13	93	60			
14	97	62			
15	100	77	0.38		T,H,DW
16	90	75	T		
17	90	70	1.19		F,T
18	90	69			F
19	89	68			
20	87	56			F
21	88	67			
22	85	70	0.03		
23	88	66			
24	92	67			F
25	92	67			F
26	90	68	T		
27	91	67			T
28	94	68	0.20		T
29	90	64			
30	92	64			
31	93	66			
Total 	87.7	64.4	2.39	0.0	76.0 (mean temp)
Ext	100	50	1.19	-
Date	15	3	17

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 1995

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 15
THUNDER 9
HAIL 1
DAMAGING WINDS 1

1: A mild afternoon thunderstorm (.07")
5-6: Mild, brief afternoon thunderstorms both days.
10: Thunder from strong storms to the north late this evening.
11: Strong thunderstorm moved SE from PA and brushed this station at 1am,
    passing mostly to the north & east but still dropping a quick .25" of
    rain and dropping some wicked close lightning bolts.
13: Hot and humid high 93 F heat indeces around 100.
14: Very hot and oppressively humid, high 97, heat indeces near 110.
15: Extremely hot and humid.  Low temperature of 77 F this morning set a
    new record high min for the month of July.  Temperature reached a
    sizzling 100 this afternoon - not a record, actually, but this was
    still the hottest day on record with a mean temperature of 88.5 F.
    Heat indeces were over 110.  Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms began
    forming over the area during the evening hours, producing brief heavy
    rains, high wind gusts that brought down tree limbs and pea-sized
    hail.  Also very frequent and intense lightning, which continued for
    hours as the storms continued dumping heavy rain, severe lightning
    and damaging winds to our east.  What a day!!!
16: Very warm and muggy again overnight with a low of 75 F.
17: Hot and humid, high 90 and low 70.  A brief morning thunderstorm then
    an intense thunderstorm around 5pm with very heavy downpours and
    nearly continuous cloud-to-ground lightning.  A daily record of 1.19"
    of rain fell with some flash flooding in the Cumberland area and also
    some lightning damage.
24-31: 8 consecutive days in the 90s.  On the 27th, a small-aircraft pilot
       reported 3 funnel clouds from a rotating thunderstorm about 15
       miles east of Cumberland.

MONTHLY SUMMARY:

July was very hot and humid, with near record temperatures.  It was to date
the 5th hottest July on record.  Highs reached 100 for the first time since
1991.  The second two-thirds of the month were unbearably hot, with 14 of
the final 19 days 90 or higher.  Meanwhile, precipitation was below normal,
with most of it falling from strong to severe storms around the middle of
the month.  The 15th was the hottest day on record with a mean temperature
of 88.5 F, a high of 100 and a record high low of 77.  Thunderstorms hit
hard on the 15th and 17th, especially to our east.  Another severe storm
to our east on the 27th produced several funnel clouds.  There was a sharp
east/west precipitation gradient, with areas such as Frostburg very dry
with only 1.5" of rainfall, but Cumberland reporting almost 4 inches, and
some very high amounts just to the east. 

Additional notes/records

14: High 97 F but shy of record 102 in 1954.
15: High 100 F still not a record as 102 F was recorded in 1954.  However
the record high min of 77 F set a new daily high minimum temperature for
the month of July.  The mean of 88.5 made this the hottest day on record.
16: Record high min 75 F
17: Record high min 70 F.  Record 1.19" of daily rainfall.

July 1995 was the 5th hottest July on record with a mean temperature of
76.0 F.