MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
NOVEMBER 2006
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (DATA COMPILED BY 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
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	68	53	 .26
2	53	34	 .04
3	43	28	 .01
4	45	21
5	52	32
6	57	37
7	45	35	 .12
8	56	45	 .48			F
9	70	54
10	69	59
11	72	44	 .45
12	45	44
13	50	43
14	57	46
15	53	39	 .50			F
16	67	51	1.56
17	51	44
18	44	34
19	45	36
20	44	36
21	48	31
22	45	26
23	50	38	 .02
24	62	33
25	63	30
26	63	31
27	62	40
28	64	38
29	55	48	 .04
30	58	49	 .03			F

AVG/SUM	55.2	39.3	3.51	 0.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	72	21	1.56	  -	 -
Date	11	4	16	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  47.3 F
Year precipitation to date:  31.83"
Season snowfall to date:  Trace
Number of days with:
	Fog:  3
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  0 	
	Hail:  0	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

DAILY NOTES:

1: Partly cloudy and warm.  Clouds increased during the afternoon with a period of late
   evening rain .26" fell.
2: Clear early becoming mostly cloudy with a period of light rain during the afternoon.
3: Partly cloudy and cool with a brief period of drizzle during the morning.
4: Clear and cold AM low 21 F then sunny during the afternoon.
5: Cloudy early with gradual clearing through the day.
6: Partly cloudy, calm, slightly milder.
7: Cloudy and cool with occasional light rain and drizzle beginning around 10am and
   continuing through the day.
8: Period of moderate rain overnight with light rain continuing through 3pm and fog on
   the mountains.  A total of .60" rain fell since 10am yesterday.
9: Partly cloudy and warm high 70 F with light breezes.
10: Sunny and mild.
11: Some AM high clouds otherwise mostly clear, then increasing clouds by noon.  Mild
    high 72 F.  Rain began by 2:30pm and was steady through early evening, .45" fell.
12: Cloudy and much colder with temperatures in the mid 40s all day and gusty winds.
13: Cloudy and slightly milder with calm wind.
14: Cloudy becoming partly cloudy by 2pm, milder.
HEAVY RAINS
15: Became cloudy with steady rain developing by 1pm moderate at times and continuing
    through midnight .50" fell.
16: Rain overnight and through the morning ended by noon.  Rain was heavy at times
    during the mid-morning.  Some peaks of sun by 1pm and became mild high 67 F.
    Clouds, gusty winds and a few showers moved in by 5pm.  Total 1.56" rain today.
17: Cloudy becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, cooler.
18: Cloudy becoming partly cloudy by 10am, cool.
19: Cloudy and cool with light breezes.
20: Cloudy with light variable winds, still cool.
21: Became sunny today with calm wind.
22: Partly cloudy, calm.
23: Light predawn shower, remained cloudy.  Skies cleared with light breezes around 3pm.
24: Sunny and mild high 60 F.
25: Sunny and mild.
26: Sunny with some high clouds, continued mild high 63 F.
27: Partly sunny with high clouds, calm wind, mild.
28: Partly sunny with more high cloudiness and mild high 64 F.
29: Cloudy with occasional brief light showers, .04" fell.
30: Cloudy and calm with fog and brief periods of light rain.

SUMMARY:

This was one of the mildest Novembers on record, with near normal precipitation.  There
were frequent light to moderate rain events mainly during the middle of the month, with
over 2 inches falling on the 15th-16th then very dry, quiet conditions prevailing the
final two weeks.  No snow fell.  Temperatures were consistently above normal with a lack
of extremes in either direction.  November 2006 ranks 4th warmest on record since 1948.

Additional notes/records

9: Record high min 54 F
10: Record high min 59 F
16: Record high min 51 F.  Record 1.56" of daily rainfall.
29: Record high min 48 F
30: Record high min 49 F

November was the 4th warmest on record with a mean temperature of 47.3 F.  The mean min
of 39.3 F was 3rd warmest on record.