MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD						
JUNE 2007						
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK						

"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	90	62	 .83			F,T
2	85	62	 .21			F,T
3	70	63	 .23			
4	80	63	 .03			
5	73	63	 .08			
6	74	54	 .02			
7	87	50				
8	93	60	 .01			T
9	85	65				
10	82	57				
11	83	52				
12	87	57	 .43			T,DW
13	80	61	 .72			F,T,H
14	65	53	 .03			F
15	69	54				
16	78	53				
17	88	55				
18	93	64	   T			T
19	90	64	 .29			T
20	81	63	 .01			
21	82	53	 .24			T
22	78	57				
23	75	50				
24	82	50	   T			T
25	84	63	   T			T
26	88	66	 .12			T
27	92	67				
28	84	68	 .21			
29	82	67	 .03			
30	79	59				

AVG/SUM	82.0	59.2	3.49	 0.0	 -		
EXT	93	50	0.83	 -	 -					
Date	18*	24*	1	 -	 -					
*=Also occurred on earlier dates						

Miscellaneous Stats

Mean Monthly Temperature:  70.6 F
Year precipitation to date:  15.62"
Season snowfall to date:  35.5" (final total for 2006-2007 season)
Number of days with:  
Fog 4
Thunder 11
Sleet 0
Glaze 0
Hail 1
Damaging Wind 1

DETAILED OBSERVATION NOTES

1: Cloudy early, becoming partly cloudy, hazy, hot & humid by afternoon high 90 F.  Strong
   thunderstorm built up overhead @ 6pm with gusty winds and a deluge of rain measuring .83"
   in 30 minutes.  Fog by late evening.
2: Early fog becoming mostly sunny by 10am.  Sudden severe thunderstorms blew up in the area
   this evening dropping a quick .21" rain but passing mostly east of this station where
   damaging winds and hail were reported.
3: Cloudy all day and cooler with little to no wind.  Drizzle began during the afternoon with
   periods of light rain during the late afternoon and evening hours .23" fell.
4: Partly sunny and breezy, warmer.  A few brief afternoon showers.
5: Mostly cloudy and breezy with occasional brief showers.
6: Mostly sunny with light west winds.
7: Sunny and warm with calm wind.
8: Mostly sunny, hazy hot and humid with light breezes.  Severe line of thunderstorms blew up
   just north & east between 5:30 and 6:30pm with wind gusts to 30 mph but only .01" rain.
9: Sunny, slightly cooler and much less humid, windy all day.
10: Sunny and calm with a few afternoon clouds and light breezes.
11: Sunny with light breezes developing in afternoon.
SEVERE STORMS - FUNNEL CLOUDS!
12: Mostly cloudy, warm & humid.  A rare round of late evening thunderstorms hammers the area
    between 8-11pm and even rarer they were moving from the NE.  High winds gusting over 40 mph,
    severe almost continuous lightning and brief heavy rains .43" fell.  Severe wind damage and
    several funnel clouds were reported in the Flintstone area and other parts of the county
    reported hail and lightning strikes that downed trees and power lines onto roads.  A nearby
    observer in Keyser, WV reported a staggering 1,035 lightning strikes during the storms.
SEVERE STORMS - ROUND 2
13: Early fog then becoming partly cloudy and humid.  Another severe storm this evening moved in
    from the NE between 6-7:30pm bringing heavy rain, hail and gusty winds.  The Cumberland area
    was really hammered with numerous reports of downed trees and power outages as well as
    golfball-sized hail and flash flooding.  0.72" rain fell.  Much heavier amounts fell nearby.
14: Cloudy and much cooler with fog, drizzle and mist all day high only 65 F.
15: Mostly cloudy and cool with some partial clearing in the afternoon.
16: Partly cloudy, warmer, calm wind.
17: Partly cloudy, very warm, no wind.
18: Mostly sunny, hot and humid.  Severe thunderstorms blew up just N & E of this station
    around 7pm.  No measurable rain here but Cumberland reported heavy rain, hail and damaging
    winds.
19: Mostly cloudy, hot & humid.  Thunder from more strong to severe storms to the east around
    3pm but no rain at this station.  Thundershower between 9:30 and 10pm dropped .29" rain.
20: Partly cloudy and a bit cooler and less humid with light to moderate breezes.
21: Partly cloudy and breezy.  Thunderstorms between 7-8pm dropped .24" rain and wind gusts 20
    to 30 mph.
22: Sunny and pleasant with light breezes.
23: Sunny with pleasant temperature and humidity, light winds.
24: Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms in the area around 3pm but only a trace of rain.
25: Mostly cloudy.  Thunder observed again but once again no measurable rain.
26: Mostly cloudy, very warm and more humid.  Brief localized thundershower dropped a quick .12"
    rain around 1pm.
27: Mostly sunny, hot and humid high 92 F.  Storms passing to north but no rain or thunder.
28: Partly cloudy and calm, becoming cloudy with occasional showers this evening .21" fell.
29: Cloudy and calm with occasional light showers.
30: Partly cloudy with light breezes developing during the afternoon.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

June was highlighted by warm temperatures and scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.  Strong
to severe storms hit the area on the 1st-2nd.  On the evening of the 12th, a line of severe
storms brought funnel clouds to Flintstone and widespread wind damage.  The following evening
another severe storm hammered Cumberland with golfball-sized hail, damaging wind and flooding.
Cumberland was hit by more severe storms on the 18th-19th.  Those particular storms missed this
station.  Meanwhile, temperatures were near to above normal all month with few extremes.

Additional notes/records

3: Record high min 63 F
8: Record high 93 F
14: Record low max 65 F