March 1997 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	51	37	 .50		F
2	62	34	 .16		F
3	34	30	 .82	 1.0	F,S,G
4	43	30	 .08	   T	F,G
5	48	33	 .40		F
6	40	32	   T	 0.2
7	40	20
8	59	24	   T
9	45	32	 .11	   T	S
10	52	28	 .05
11	52	24	 .02
12	45	21
13	46	24	 .03	   T	S
14	40	34	1.25		F
15	37	28	   T	   T
16	32	17
17	46	16
18	42	22	 .50
19	33	30	 .44	 1.5	F
20	54	30			F
21	70	26
22	44	28
23	45	24	 .03	   T	S,G
24	45	18
25	64	40	 .08
26	45	36	 .17
27	71	30
28	74	34
29	68	44	 .02
30	62	36	 .02	   T
31	36	27	 .01	 0.3

Tot	49.2	28.7	4.69	 3.0
Ext	74	16	1.25	 1.5
Date	28	17	14	  19

Mean Monthly Temp 38.9 F
Fog days 8
Sleet days 4
Glaze days 3

Significant Events

1:  Rain overnight tapered to light shower during the day & foggy.  Total .50" rain fell.
2:  Shower about 4am (.14) and brief shower 10:45am total .16" rain.
3:  Light-moderate mix of rain and sleet through the AM hours.  Mix of sleet/snow & rain all afternoon total .82"
    fell by midnight with about 1" of sleet accumulation.
4:  Freezing drizzle overnight (0.08") and dense AM fog, clearing by afternoon.
5:  Heavy fog & clouds early.  PM rain total .35"
6:  Gusty winds and snow showers throughout the day with very little accumulation.
14: Rain heavy at times overnight and through the morning.  Light rain & drizzle after 11am total 1.25" fell.
18: Light to moderate rains through the afternoon & evening .50" fell
19: Rain overnight changed to wet snow.  Periods of snow throughout the day 1.5" accumulation and another .44"
    precip.  Snow was very wet and stuck to everything.
21: Very mild high 70F
27-28:  Again very mild high 71F on 27th and 74F on 28th
31:  Temperatures dropped rapidly this evening with flurries and snow showers.

Summary:

March brought a mixed bag of weather, below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation.  There wasn't much
snow but sleet & freezing rain as well as fog were common especially early in the month.  Temperatures warmed into
the 70s late in the month.

Additional notes/records

14th: Record daily rainfall of 1.25" but this record was quickly broken in 1999 with 1.56" (and also 13" of snow)
19th: Record low max of 33 F