MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
MARCH 1996
OBSERVER 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	40	21
2	45	18	 .05	 1.0		T	Variable clouds, mild, evening thunder-snow squall 1" in 10 min!
3	23	10	   T	   T	 1
4	42	10
5	54	27	 .25			F
6	51	42	 .32			F
7	42	20	 .66	 1.0		F,S
8	20	11	 .01	 0.4	 1
9	26	12	   T	 0.1	 1
10	34	9
11	42	13
12	55	17
13	62	24
14	69	31
15	63	42	 .34			T
16	55	32
17	39	33	 .37	 1.0	 T	F
18	55	35				F
19	40	32	1.39
20	39	31	 .23	 1.0
21	36	30	   T	   T
22	36	25	 .02	 0.5	 T
23	43 	25
24	58	27
25	65	27	 .12
26	48	28
27	48	25
28	36	32	 .59	 0.5	 T	S,G
29	43	32	 .03	   T	 1	G
30	56	32
31	65	33				F

AVG/SUM	46.1	25.5	4.38	 5.5	0.1	<<--Mean
EXT	69	9	1.39	 1.0	 1
Date	14	10	19	 20*	29*
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  35.8 F						
Year precipitation to date:  14.41"						
Season snowfall to date:  80.3"					
Number of days with:  
Fog 6
Sleet 2
Glaze 2
Thunder 2
							
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

2: A rare evening thunder-snow squall dropped a very quick inch in only 10 minutes!
3: Very cold high only 23 F set new daily record low max.
5-6: Milder with periods of rain.
7: Rain and sleet this morning.  Falling temperatures with precipitation turning to
   snow by evening and accumulating 1 inch.
8: Very cold with a record low max of only 20 F and windy conditions, wind chills
   below zero with occasional snow showers.
9: Continued cold.  High only 26 was also a record low max.  Snow showers ending.
10: Cold low 9 F this morning.  Not even close to the record which was 1 in 1984.
14: Monthly high of 69 F was reached.  Nice rebound after all of the record cold.
15: Mild again with a morning thunderstorm dropping .34" of rain.
17: Cold with periods of rain and snow.  1" of wet snow fell.
19: A cold, steady rain developed in the afternoon and was heavy at times during
    the late afternoon and evening.  1.39" of rain fell by midnight.
20: More rain overnight changed to snow early this morning with 1" falling.  Storm
    total precip 1.62"
22: Cold and blustery with snow showers
28: Cold with rain, freezing rain and sleet.  A half-inch of sleet with a thin
    layer of glaze on top.  Very treacherous conditions and an icy, slushy mess.					

MONTHLY SUMMARY

Cold temperatures dominated much of the month, especially early.  This was the 4th
coldest March on record with a mean temperature of 35.8 F.  Precipitation was above
normal, with several light snows totaling 5.5".  It was quite an active weather
month, with thundersnow, heavy rain, snow squalls, record cold, thunderstorms and a
late-month ice storm on the 28th.