June 1997 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	65	53	 .40		F
2	62	58	 .92		F
3	58	44	 .77		F
4	68	42
5	65	40
6	68	40
7	65	50	 .01
8	80	52
9	83	48
10	89	52
11	80	57
12	82	60	 .11
13	78	62	 .25		T
14	77	62
15	80	48
16	75	60
17	78	56	 .12
18	80	62	1.04	T(hail)	T,H,DW
19	84	56
20	89	56
21	90	63
22	90	64	 .03
23	90	55
24	92	57
25	91	59
26	82	52	 .28
27	81	53
28	83	51
29	84	55
30	82	58
31	

Tot	79.0	54.2	3.93	T(hail)
Ext	92	40	1.04	T(hail)
Date	24	6+	18	18

Mean Monthly Temp 66.6 F

Fog days 3
Thunder days 2
Hail days 1
Damaging wind days 1

Significant Events

1:  Low clouds & fog & periods of rain and showers during the morning and late evening total .40" fell.
2:  Rain overnight heavy at times.  Tapered to drizzle by late morning another .92" fell.
3:  An usually chilly high 58F with steady rain all day .77" fell by midnight.
4:  Finally a nice day still a bit cool high 68F and low 42F
5-6: Rather cool morning lows 40F both days
12: Few showers overnight .11" fell.
13: Morning thunderstorms 6-8am .24" fell another brief shower this afternoon total .25"
17: Shower overnight .12" fell.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM / DAMAGING WIND & LARGE HAIL
18: Dark AM overcast then partial clearing by noon.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM suddenly whipped through 4-4:30pm with
    strong damaging winds, torrential sideways downpours, and large hail up to the size of golf balls!  1.04" rain
    fell in only 20 minutes.  Winds estimated 50+ mph at this station and near hurricane force in some areas
    blowing down many trees and power lines.  The large hail put many small dents in our cars and a car dealership

    2 miles to the northeast was hammered with baseball-sized hail causing millions of $ in damage!

20-25: Hot & humid each day with highs in the upper 80s-low 90s
26:  Periods of rain mainly during the late morning to early afternoon hours total .28" fell.

Summary:

June began very cool & wet then temperatures rebounded and summer gradually set in with many highs in the 80s and
low 90s.  Things were rather quiet until a vicious thunderstorm ripped through on the afternoon of the 18th and
produced damaging winds and large, damaging hail in the area.

Additional notes/records

2: Record low max 62 F today
3: Another record low max 58 F but this record was broken with the all-time record low June max 55 on Jun. 3, 2003.
18: Easily the worst hail storm in recent history.  It has been a very long time since golf ball sized hail has
been observed here in LaVale.  Baseball-sized hail within 2 miles - this is extremely unusual for Allegany Co.