May 1999 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	70	37	
2	73	38
3	75	40	   T
4	76	43
5	77	47	   T
6	62	53			F
7	78	57	1.36	T(hail)	F,T,H
8	73	59	 .06
9	74	55
10	78	43
11	79	45
12	86	50			T
13	63	38	 .38		F
14	65	49	 .03
15	76	41
16	70	39
17	78	45
18	72	53	   T
19	70	56	 .10
20	75	41
21	80	42
22	81	47	 .50		T
23	77	56	 .02
24	69	54	 .15
25	68	49
26	72	51
27	73	47
28	82	50
29	86	49
30	89	52
31	85	50

Tot	75.2	47.6	2.60	T(hail)
Ext	89	37	1.36	T(hail)
Date	30	1	7	7

Mean Monthly Temp:  61.4
Fog days 3
Thunder days 3
Hail days 1

Significant Events

7: Intense evening thunderstorm between 7-8pm.  Frequent lightning, gusty winds, very
   heavy downpours and pea-sized hail.  1.36" of rain fell.  Reports of large hail,
   trees down, flash flooding throughout the county.  2.13" rain fell at the Police
   Barracks 1.5 miles SSW of this station within the hour.  Lightning struck our church
   (the First Presbyterian) in Cumberland, damaging electrical equipment, and a few
   other houses and buildings were hit by lightning in the Cumberland area.  Tim Thomas
   (Cumberland NWS observer) reported 1.15" of rain in only 10 minutes!
12: Warm high 86 F.  Thunder to north but no rain.
13: Much cooler high 63 F with intermittent rain .38" fell.
22: Afternoon showers and thunderstorms, .50" fell.
24: Morning showers.
30: Very warm and humid high 89 F.

Summary:

Except for the severe storm on the 7th, May was a very quiet weather month.  Temperatures
were near-normal, with summer slowly creeping into the area late.  There were not too
many days of rainfall.  Sunshine was relatively abundant.

Additional notes/records

7th: A daily record 1.36" of rainfall.  2.13" fell at the Police Barracks in LaVale.