MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
MARCH 2008							
OBSERVER SCOTT LOHR
DATA COMPILED AND PUBLISHED 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		DAY
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow	Special	WEATHER
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Obs.	SUMMARY

1	38	32	 .01		 2		Partly cloudy
2	45	23			 1		Partly cloudy
3	69	31			 T		partly cloudy, much warmer
4	50	42	1.66			F	Rain began 9am, became heavy during PM hours
5	50	32	 .26	   T			Overnight rain, falling temperatures, windy, flurries
6	52	27					Partly cloudy
7	43	31	 .14				Cloudy, AM rain
8	35	25	 .18	 0.1			Occasional rain, falling temps, very windy, PM flurries
9	34	19	   T	   T			Partly cloudy, cold, windy
10	49	23					Mostly cloudy to partly sunny
11	52	34					Partly to mostly sunny
12	51	37					Partly cloudy
13	60	29					Sunny, increasing clouds, mostly cloudy PM
14	61	40					Partly sunny
15	54	40	 .28				Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with rain late evening
16	40	31	 .07	 0.1	 T		Mostly cloudy with occasional snow showers
17	51	27			 T		Partly cloudy, becoming mostly cloudy PM
18	44	41	 .22				Cloudy, occasional light rain
19	50	39	 .92			F	Steady rain, ending late afternoon then partial clearing
20	46	34				DW	Partly cloudy, very windy, NW winds gusting to 45 mph
21	52	32					Sunny
22	39	31	 .01	   T	 T	S	Early sleet shower, overcast
23	50	25					Mostly sunny
24	46	28					Mostly cloudy
25	53	23					Partly cloudy
26	67	50					Partly to mostly cloudy, mild, gusty SW winds
27	50	42	 .08			F	Occasional light rain and drizzle
28	45	40	 .11			F	AM light rain, overcast
29	52	29					Sunny
30	48	33					Sunny becoming partly cloudy
31	64	40					Variable clouds

AVG/SUM	49.7	32.6	3.94	 0.2	0.1 	<--Mean
EXT	69	19	1.36	 0.1	 T
Date	3	9	4	 16*	22*
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  41.1 F						
Year precipitation to date:  9.09"					
Season snowfall to date:  22.0"					
Number of days with:
Fog 4
Sleet 1
Damaging Wind 1

NOTABLE EVENTS
3:  High of 69 F, warmest temperature of the month.  Not a record however (75 F in 1992).
4-5:  1.92" of rainfall.  The heaviest rain fell during the evening of the 4th as a strong
      cold front passed through.
8-9:  A second cold front passed through the evening of the 8th with strong winds, mountain
      snow showers and led to the month's low temperature of 19 F on the morning of the 9th.
18-19:  1.14" of rainfall, most of it falling on the 19th, 2nd heaviest event of the month.
20:  NW winds gusted to 45 mph, causing scattered minor tree damage in the area.
			
MONTHLY SUMMARY	

March had its usual temperature swings, occasionally strong winds and a couple of relatively
heavy rain events.  Temperatures overall were near normal, but were up and down like a yo-yo.
The warmest temperature was set early on the 3rd, preceding a slow-moving cold front that
produced heavy rain on the 4th-5th (1.92").  Another front passing through the evening of the
8th brought more wind and ushered in the coldest temperatures of the month on the morning of
the 9th.  Although there were some winter-like temperatures, virtually no snow fell.  It is
unusual to not see at least one or two decent snows during the month of March.  Precipitation
was slightly below normal, mainly due to the lack of snowfall.  There were 12 days with
measurable rainfall, but only two particularly significant events (4th-5th and 18th-19th).

Additional notes/records

26: Record high min 50 F