July 1996 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	93	63
2	70	60	 .17
3	67	62	 .17
4	73	48
5	81	50
6	85	55
7	87	59
8	92	61	 .02		T
9	88	62	 .22		F,T
10	82	52
11	82	46
12	80	53
13	88	62
14	95	62
15	95	64	 .25
16	80	56
17	90	62
18	92	60	1.12		F,T
19	72	62	1.47		F,T
20	82	56
21	80	46
22	70	59	 .65
23	80	59	 .01
24	86	58			F
25	83	58			F,T
26	82	61
27	82	53
28	86	62
29	78	69	 .72		T
30	85	69	1.32		F,T
31	75	67	 .80		F,T

Tot	82.6	58.6	6.92	 0.0
Ext	95	46	1.47	  -
Date	15+	21+	19	  -

Mean Monthly Temp:  70.6 F
Fog days 7
Thunder days 8

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

1: Hot and humid high 93 F.
2-3: Cooler with brief thunderstorms both evenings .17" fell from each storm.
11: Cool low 46 F this morning.
14: Hot high 95 F today, although humidity was low.
15: Hot high 95 F again.  Showers this afternoon.
18: Hot high 92 F and humid.  Heavy thunderstorms and showers moved through the area
    this afternoon and evening dropping 1.12" of rain.
19: Heavy rain and thunderstorms overnight and early this morning.  Another round of
    heavy storms this afternoon another 1.47" fell storm total rainfall 2.59".  Some
    flooding and wind damage was reported in the area, with several tornadoes to our
    north and east.
22: Steady rain all day .65" fell.
25: Thunder but no rain.
29: Thunderstorms late this evening with heavy downpours .72" fell.
30: Overnight showers and storms.  Big thunderstorms again this evening with heavy
    downpours another 1.32" rainfall today.
31: More overnight heavy rain and thunderstorms, ended mid-morning.  Another .80" of
    rainfall for a storm total of 2.84".

MONTHLY SUMMARY

After a quiet, dry first half, a couple of slow-moving frontal systems dumped heavy
rains on the area during the second half of July.  Precipitation totaled 6.92 inches,
the 2nd wettest July on record.  2.59" fell on the 18th-19th and another 2.84" fell
from the 29th-31st from strong thunderstorms.  Despite a few scattered hot readings,
July was cool, more than 2 degrees below normal.  There were 3 overnight lows in the
40s and 7 days that failed to climb out of the 70s, one day (3rd) in the 60s.