MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
MARCH 2005
OBSERVERS CHARLES ORLICK AND DAVID DREWERY
DATA COMPILED BY 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		Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	33	26	 .04	 1.0	11
2	30	23	   T	 0.3	10
3	34	18	   T	   T	 9
4	44	12	 .01	 0.2	 7
5	46	32			 5	F
6	48	34			 3
7	62	32	   T		 1
8	50	20	 .02	 0.1	 T
9	30	20	   T	 0.1	 T
10	42	16	 .02	 0.5	 1
11	42	29	 .01	 0.2	 T
12	40	26	   T	 0.1	 T
13	45	29			 
14	42	23
15	44	22
16	44	26
17	53	32
18	61	26
19	60	30
20	52	42
21	42	36
22	55	27
23	45	43	1.16			F
24	47	36	 .08			F
25	42	38	 .12			F
26	41	36	 .08			F
27	41	38	 .48			F
28	48	41	2.05			F,T
29	61	43	   T
30	65	35
31	62	42

AVG/SUM	46.8	30.1	4.07	 2.5	 -  	  	 	
EXT	65	12	2.05	 1.0	11
Date	30	4	28	   1	 1
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  38.5 F
Year precipitation to date:  10.80"
Season snowfall to date:  23.6"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  7
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  1 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: Snow ended overnight about another 1" fell.  Occasional flurries but little additional accumulation.
   (Note:  A total of 7.5" snow fell on 2/28).
2: Flurries and light snow showers overnight.  Cold, windy, and blustery with mostly sunny skies.
4: Cold low 12 F.  Mostly sunny & milder but increasing PM clouds.  Light evening snow 0.2" fell.
5: Dense AM fog, then mostly sunny.
7: Partly cloudy becoming overcast by 2pm with light west breezes.  Very mild high 62 F.
8: Falling temperatures overnight and through the day with very light rain showers turning to light
   snow showers.  Very windy with NW gusts 40+ mph. 
9: Light AM snow showers, then partly cloudy, breezy, cold.
10: Periods of light snow midnight-6am 0.5" fell.  Cold low 16 F.  Clear then high clouds after 3pm.
11: Mostly cloudy.  Some light snow showers but little accumulation.
12: Mostly cloudy & breezy with occasional snow showers.
14-15: Clear, sunny days.  Cold mornings and mild afternoons with light west breezes.
18: Mild high 61 F after cold low 26 F.  Sunny then partial clouds in the afternoon
19: Another cold night & mild afternoon with a high of 60 F and thickening clouds.
23: Steady rain began overnight and continued through the day.  Calm winds with fog on the mountains.
    Also cooler high 45 F.  A total of 1.16" rain fell today.
24: Cloudy with AM fog & drizzle then some hazy sun by mid-afternoon and breezy
25: Light rain began around 10am .12" fell.
26: Cloudy with fog on the mountains and drizzle all day.
27: Cloudy again with PM showers .48" fell.

HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING
28: Rain began overnight and continued through the day heavy at times especially this evening with
    even a bit of thunder in the area.  Rain tapered off around midnight.  A total of 2.05" fell
    today.  Quite a bit of flash flooding was reported in the area with flooded basements, several
    roads closed and evacuations in the Locust Grove area.
29-30: Became sunny, mild & pleasant both days.
31: Continued mild and pleasant.

SUMMARY:

The first half of March was more like January with frequent light snows, unseasonably cold
temperatures and fierce winds.  Temperatures began to moderate during the second half of the month.
The first three weeks were extremely dry with only 0.10" precipitation falling.  However nearly
four inches of rain fell in a six-day period from March 23-28 causing some flooding in the area.

Additional notes/records

28: Daily record 2.05" of precipitation