March 2001 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		Snow
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Depth^	Special Obs

1	47	21
2	49	34
3	52	32
4	36	30	1.13	 4.3	 1	F,S
5	37	31	 .14	 2.0	 5
6	33	19	 .01	 0.3	 3
7	39	28			 3
8	48	28			 2
9	40	26	 .01	   T	 1
10	41	23
11	55	21
12	54	23	 .36
13	58	39	 .31	T(hail)		F,H
14	52	31	   T
15	38	31	 .01
16	45	35	 .30			F
17	53	28	 .02	   T		F
18	44	29
19	50	21
20	52	22	 .05
21	38	34	 .87			F
22	58	31
23	51	25
24	48	21	 .05	   T		S
25	43	24
26	36	19	   T	 0.2
27	39	15	   T	   T
28	53	16
29	43	27	 .50	   T		F
30	47	34	 .17			F
31	48	33	 .01			F

Tot	46.0	26.8	3.94	 6.8	 -
Ext	58	15	1.13	 4.3	 5
Date	22+	27	4	   4	 5
+=also occurred on earlier dates
^=snow depth observation time 7am

Mean Monthly Temp:  36.4 F
Fog days 8
Sleet days 2
Hail days 1

Notes and Significant Events

4:  Became cloudy overnight, heavy wet snow through the morning 2.7" fell by noon.  Mix of
    rain, sleet and snow this afternoon with patchy fog.  All snow again 9-11pm and
    flurries through midnight.  Total snow/ice 4.3" melted down to 1.13" liquid precip.
5:  More snow overnight 1.5" fell by 7am.  Cloudy this morning and variable clouds with
    gusty N winds to 30 mph this afternoon.  Snow showers dropped another 0.5" this
    afternoon and evening for a storm total of 6.3".
6:  Variable clouds with snow showers overnight 0.3" fell.  Very windy with N wind gusts to
    35 mph.  Flurries and light snow through the day but no additional accumulation.
9:  Few snow showers overnight, trace.  Mostly cloudy with strong W winds gusting to 30 mph.
11: Clear & cold overnight.  Mostly sunny, mild & windy AM with WNW gusts to 30 mph.  Mostly
    cloudy PM clearing again by evening.
12: Clear, cold night, sunny & mild until mid-day, then increasing clouds.  Rain 7pm to
    midnight .36" fell.
13: Fog & drizzle overnight.  Couple brief AM showers, mild and windy with W gusts to 35 mph.
    Mostly clear @ night but a surprise heavy shower with small hail between 8-3:30pm and
    strong gusty winds.  Total .31" precip fell.
14: Clearing overnight, mostly sunny & windy day with NW gusts 30+ mph.
16: Periods of rain on and off all day with patchy fog .30" rain fell.
17: Rain ended overnight.  Variable clouds with W winds gusting to 30 mph.  Sprinkles then
    snow flurries this evening but not measurable.
21: Light rain and patchy fog overnight.  A cold steady rain all day mostly light and
    occasionally moderate with low clouds/fog.  Snow fell in the mountains above 1500 ft.
    Precip total .87".
22: Clearing skies overnight with NW winds gusting 25-30 mph.
24: Variable clouds.  Light rain 9-11am .05" fell.  Some spits of rain, sleet & snow this
    afternoon but not measurable.  Became windy with dropping temps as another cold front
    moved through.
27: Clear & cold overnight, partly cloudy & chilly day with a few snow flurries.
28: Another clear cold night.  Sunny and milder today.
29: Cloudy with a cold steady light rain all day mixed with a bit of wet snow.  Foggy.
    Rain became moderate towards midnight .50" fell by then...
30: Light rain & fog overnight another .17" fell, then mostly cloudy with seasonable temps.

Summary:

An active weather pattern brought ample rain and snow during March.  An early Nor' Easter
dropped 6.3" of wet snow and ice on the 4th-5th melting down to 1.27" precipitation.  It
was a cold month with average maximum temperatures colder than that of February!  The
high for the month was only 58 F and the low a chilly 15 F as late as the 27th.

Additional notes/records

4th: Daily record snowfall 4.3"
27th: Daily record low temperature 15 F
28th: Record low 16 F

March ranked 5th coolest for maximum temperature with a mean max of 46.0 F.  This was
colder than February's max of 46.9 F.  Only the second time on record this has been noted.