LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - March 1994

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	32	25	0.18	1.8	G
2	30	26	1.17	8.5	F,S
3	43	28	0.22	2.0	
4	48	31			
5	48	28			
6	50	29			
7	60	29	0.24		F
8	44	32	0.05		F
9	33	24	1.30	4.0	F,S,G
10	40	28	0.43		
11	42	21			
12	47	23			
13	51	23			
14	53	35			
15	57	25	0.12		
16	40	23	0.03	0.7	
17	38	18			
18	40	30	0.51	1.5	T
19	42	29	T	T	
20	57	29			
21	43	37	0.60		F
22	58	34	T	T	
23	78	31			
24	75	41	0.20		T
25	47	32			
26	51	30	0.02		
27	54	40	1.03		
28	48	45	0.36		
29	48	35	0.35	T	
30	48	29	T		
31	51	30	0.03		
Total 	48.3	29.7	6.84	18.5	39.0 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 1994

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 5
SLEET 2
GLAZE 2
THUNDER 2

1: Cold high 32 F and overcast with occasional light snow, 1.8" by midnight.
2: Cold high 30 F with heavy wet snow overnight and continuing through much of the
   day.  8.5" more snow fell.  Some sleet mixed in this afternoon.  A daily record
   for snow (8.5") and precipitation (1.17") was recorded.
3: Snow resumed overnight, another 2" fell for a storm total of 12.3 inches.
7: Mild with a period of rain this morning .24" fell.  High of 60 F.
9: Heavy snow began this morning, then turned to sleet, then freezing rain, which
   put a thick glaze on everything.  4" of snow/ice and 1.30" of precipitation.
10: Precipitation changed to plain rain and fell overnight with another .43" for
    a storm total of 1.73".
18: Cold this morning with a period of brief heavy snow 1.5" fell, then rain
    showers this afternoon with one clap of thunder, .51" of precip.
21: More rain throughout much of the day, .60" fell.
23: Very warm high 78 F.
24: A morning thunderstorm dropped .20" rain.  Warm again high 75 F.
27: Light rain developed overnight and became heavy during the early-mid morning.
    Showers continued on and off all day with another daily record 1.03" rainfall.
28: Occasional rain showers.
29: More rain overnight.  Storm total from the 27th-29th 1.74".

MONTHLY SUMMARY

March 1994 saw a continuation of cold temperatures and abundant precipitation, with
two more major winter storms hammering the area within the first 10 days.  The
snow season of 1993-94 had the 2nd highest total on record with 77.1" of snow/ice.
This was the 3rd wettest March on record with 6.84" of precipitation.  18.5" more
snow fell.  We also set a record for the wettest AND snowiest first 3 months of a
year, with 17.11" of precipitation and 69.8" of snowfall.  This was the 4th
consecutive very active March, stretching back to 1991 with 5.46" of precip and 4"
of snow and a lot of wind and temperatures swings, 1992 with 4.92" of precip and
15.5" of snow in a 12-day period, 1993 which brought the Superstorm and record
snows and precipitation, and now 1994, another exceptionally wet, snowy, cold and
active March.  From 1991-94, 13 precipitation records were set - 8 daily precip
records and 5 daily snowfall records that still stand as of 2009.

Additional notes/records

2nd: Daily record precipitation 1.17" and record snowfall 8.5"
9th: Daily record precipitation 1.30" fell.  4.0" of snow/ice.
27th: Daily record rainfall 1.03"

March 1994 was the 3rd wettest March on record with 6.84" of precipitation.

The first 3 months of 1994 were the wettest first 3 months of a year ever with a
total of 17.11" of precipitation.  They were also the snowiest first 3 months of
a year ever with a total of 69.8" of total snowfall.

The 1993-1994 cold season was the 2nd snowiest on record with 77.1" of snow/ice.