MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
MARCH 2003
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins
Thanks also to David Drewery for watching the weather on 3/29-3/30.

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	42	31		 .01	 0.1	11	F
2	44	32		 		10	F
3	38	12		   T	 0.1	9
4	46	16				8
5	56	29		   T		7
6	38	29		 .76		5	F
7	37	27				3
8	52	22				2
9	42	20		 .01		1
10	34	19
11	42	12
12	56	24
13	57	33		 .25
14	44	27
15	55	25
16	66	32
17	69	39
18	66	47
19	56	42		 .08
20	38	33		1.32			F
21	54	36		 .01			F
22	60	42
23	58	35
24	68	31
25	77	42	
26	53	44		 .13
27	66	29
28	65	36
29	61	42		 .18
30	42	32		 .35	 3.5	2	F
31	39	21		   T	 0.1	3

AVG	52.3	30.4	SUM	3.10	 3.8	- 	 	
EXT	77	12  	MAX	1.40 	 3.5 	11 
Date	25	11* 	DATE	20	 30	1  
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  41.3 F
Year Precipitation to Date:  10.59"
Season Snowfall to Date:  66.3"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  6 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

3rd:  A light dusting of snow overnight and a chilly low of 12 F this morning.
5th:  A mild high of 56 F this afternoon with cloudy skies and drizzle this evening (trace).
6th:  Rain began after midnight and was moderate through the mid-morning before tapering to
      showers and ending by around noon.  A total of .76" fell.
8th:  Another mild day high 52 F.
9th:  Windy and became colder this afternoon with NW winds gusting 20-30 mph.
11th:  Cold low 12 F this morning.
13th:  Cloudy with rain by noon, continued through mid-afternoon with 0.25" falling.
16th:  Clear and warmer today with high 66 F.
17th:  Mostly sunny and a mild high 69 F.
18th:  Mild again high 66 F.

SPRING-LIKE RAINS
20th:  Rain began overnight.  Rain was steady all day and was moderate to heavy at times.
       Heavy fog also.  Rain ended during the evening.  Total 1.40" fell in 24 hours.
21st:  Heavy fog this morning, cloudy, brief shower .01" rain.
24th:  A frosty cold morning low of 31 F but warmed up nicely to 68 F this afternoon with
       brilliant sunshine.
25th:  Warm high 77 F today, by far the warmest day of the season and year.
26th:  Cooler and cloudy with rain from about noon-3pm mainly light .13" fell.
27th:  Another clear cold night with a low of 29 F.
29th:  Mild and breezy with cloudy skies and a few showers throughout the day and evening, total
       .18" fell.

SURPRISE SPRING SNOW
30th:  A surprise snow began overnight, was a heavy wet snow sticking to everything.  About 3.5"
       fell by 10am and lighter snows this afternoon, but no additional accumulation as the snow
       melted faster than it fell.  Water equivalent .35" total.  Colder & windy this evening.
31st:  Cold, windy & blustery today with some snow showers this afternoon, only 0.1" fell.

COMMENTS ON MARCH'S WEATHER
March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion with winter making an apparent return at the
very end of the month.  Overall it was a quiet March though compared to past years with some
mild spring temperatures at times and slightly below average precipitation.

Additional notes/records

10th: Record low max 34 F
18th: Record high min 47 F
20th: Daily record precipitation 1.32" rain fell.