MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS LAVALE MD JUNE 2002 OBSERVER 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 Temp Rain Snow/ Snow Date Max Min at Obs Equiv Ice Depth Special Obs. 1 84 60 60 2 78 57 57 3 78 47 59 .10 4 83 56 64 .19 F,T 5 91 63 69 T F 6 71 57 57 .65 F 7 75 54 54 8 79 50 57 F 9 87 55 62 10 88 57 67 11 90 62 71 F 12 85 68 70 .01 13 78 67 67 1.58 F,T 14 78 62 62 .91 F 15 67 54 54 .10 16 77 53 56 .07 17 75 51 55 .02 18 79 50 56 19 82 52 62 T 20 85 59 60 F 21 87 56 60 F 22 84 56 59 F 23 88 56 66 F 24 91 60 67 F 25 91 62 70 26 88 66 69 T 27 86 65 65 .04 28 85 64 64 T 29 87 59 62 30 88 58 68 AVG 82.8 57.9 SUM 3.67 0.0 N/A EXT 91 47 MAX 1.58 Date 25* 3 DATE 13 *=Also occurred on earlier dates Mean Monthly Temperature: 70.4 F Mean Temp at Obs Time: 62.3 F Number of days with: Fog: 12 Ice Pellets: 0 Glaze: 0 Thunder: 4 Hail: 0 Damaging Winds: 0 NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: 3rd: Couple showers late this evening produced .10" rain. 4th: Thunderstorm 3-4am with .13" rain. Hazy, warm humid day. More storms developed over the area 5-6pm, just a brief burst of rain here. Total rain only .19". 5th: Hottest day of the year so far, high 91F. Some lightning to N and W late this evening with light rain around midnight... 6th: Showers and light rains overnight and this morning, more rain this afternoon with a heavy downpour about 3pm and gusty winds 20-30mph. A few more showers this evening, total .65". 10th-11th: Hazy, hot & humid with mild muggy nights. 13th: Thunderstorms overnight with heavy downpours, nearly 1.00" fell between 3:15-4:30am. Light rain 9am-2pm and more showers and storms on and off all evening 6-11pm with some heavy bursts of rain at times, total rain 1.58". 14th: More showers overnight were heavy 2-2:30am with about .60" falling in 30 minutes. Rain and drizzle ended by 8am with .90" total and fog lifted by mid-morning. Some peaks of sun today but mostly cloudy. Light rain 10pm to midnight, total for day .91". 15th: A few showers overnight another .10" rain. A cool cloudy day with sprinkles at times. 16th: Shower about 3am produced .07" rain. Otherwise a dry day with varying amounts of clouds. 19th: Warmer and more humid, some distant thunder to the SE early this evening. 24th-25th: Hazy, hot and humid, high 91F both days. 26th: A strong thunderstorm skirted just to the north & east 12:30-1:30pm, no rain fell here but radar estimated 2-3" of rain fell just to the NE. More storms to the SE between 2-3pm but still no rain. 27th: Only light rain this evening .04" fell as a line of intense thunderstorms fell apart as it crossed the mountains. 28th: Another warm and humid day and another line of showers and storms managed to split apart and hit to the east & west with nothing here except some dark skies and a few sprinkles. JUNE 2002 SUMMARY: The weather in June was pretty uneventful. Typical summer heat and humidity were the rule much of the month. Rainfall was abundant the first half of June and nearly non-existent the second half. A total of 3.67" fell, near average, but 2.49" of that fell on the 13th-14th alone. Additional notes/records 5: Record high 91 F 12: Record high min 68 F 13: Daily rainfall of 1.58" however not a record 14: Daily rainfall record .91" fell.