MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
MAY 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	57	32	 .21
2	62	42	 .05			F
3	72	47	 .04
4	74	55	 .46			F,T
5	78	51	1.08			F,T
6	65	52				F
7	52	46	 .45			F
8	48	45	 .33			F
9	57	48	 .21			F
10	60	55	 .02			F
11	85	49	 .33			F,T
12	49	37
13	53	31				frost
14	53	29				frost
15	61	46	 .50			F
16	58	45	 .20			F
17	72	42	 .12			F,T
18	89	54	   T			F
19	96	69
20	94	60
21	90	66	 .17			T
22	81	52
23	87	43
24	73	61	 .16			T
25	66	53
26	59	50	 .22			F
27	56	50	 .75			F,T
28	58	50	 .24			F
29	60	53	 .99			F,T
30	71	39
31	75	40

AVG/SUM	68.1	48.1	6.53	 0.0	 -
EXT	96	29	1.08	  -	 -
Date	19	14	5	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  58.1 F						
Year precipitation to date:  22.97"					
Season snowfall to date:  81.8"					
Number of days with:  
Fog 17
Thunder 8
							
NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

1: Light rain overnight .21" fell.
4: Evening rain and thunderstorms, .46" of rainfall.
5: Showers began this afternoon with a series of strong thunderstorms during
   the evening 1.08" of rain fell today.
7: Cool, foggy, rainy .45" of rain.
8: Rain overnight and fog with another .33" rain falling.  Record low max 48.
9: More rain overnight.
11: Dramatically warmer high 85 F.  Line of thunderstorms dropped a quick .33"
    of rain early this afternoon followed by gusty winds and rapidly falling
    temperatures
12: Cool high only 49 F, daily record low max (later broken, 47, in 2008).
13: Record low 31 F with freeze and frost.  Record low max of 53.
14: Record low 29 F with hard frost and freeze.  Record low max of 53 again.
15: Milder with rain and showers during the afternoon and evening .50" rain.
16: Cool, occasional showers.
17: Morning shower with a bit of thunder.  Humid.
18: Much warmer high 89 F.
19: ALL-TIME MAY RECORD HIGH 96 F.  Sunny and blazing hot.  This was one of
    the most dramatic temperature turnarounds of all-time, as this all-time
    record monthly high came only 5 days after a record low of 29!  The low
    of 69 also sets a new daily record high min.
20: Very hot again with another record-shattering high of 94 F today.
21: 3rd consecutive record high of 90 F.  A quick-moving thunderstorm early
    this afternoon.
24: Early evening thundershower.
26: Cool with light PM rain and drizzle.
27: Cool, periods of light rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms this evening.
28: Cool with more rain and showers
29: Thunderstorms overnight dropped .38" of rain.  Another round of heavy
    rain during the mid-morning, .99" of total rainfall today.
30: Chilly low 39 F this morning.
							
MONTHLY SUMMARY	

May brought incessant rainfall, thunderstorms and fog.  16 days had at least
a tenth of an inch of rainfall - a new monthly record.  6.53" of rain racked
up this month.  This was not a record, however.  Temperatures were on the
cool side, but ironically, the hottest ever temperature in the month of May
was recorded on the 19th with a sizzling high of 96.  This occurred 5 days
after the month's low, which was a record cold reading of 29 on the 14th.
Undoubtedly, this was one of the most dramatic temperature turnarounds ever.
Record highs were logged again on the 20th (94) and 21st (90).  Wow!