LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - November 1993

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	37	32	T	T	
2	46	28			
3	48	34			
4	59	34			
5	62	44	0.21		F
6	44	33	T		
7	38	30			
8	47	23			
9	51	25			
10	52	27			
11	59	27			
12	61	36			
13	48	39	0.33		F
14	70	47	0.03		
15	73	52	T		
16	58	42			
17	60	40	0.43		T
18	51	35			
19	50	41	T		
20	51	36	T	T	
21	53	25			
22	55	25			
23	53	28			
24	54	33			
25	47	35	0.01		F
26	43	35	T		
27	46	40	3.08		F
28	50	35	0.22	T	
29	44	33			
30	45	25			
Total 	51.8	34.0	4.31	T	42.9 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER 1993

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 4
THUNDER 1

1: Cloudy and cold with snow flurries.  Windy and blustery.  High only 37 F sets
   a daily record low max.
5: Mild high 62 F with evening showers.  Distant lightning but no thunder.
13: Occasional rain during the afternoon & evening .33" fell.
14: Became very mild high 70 F with a few light showers.
15: Very mild high 73 F.
17: Mild high 60 F with an afternoon thunderstorm at 3:30pm then occasional brief
    showers through the evening .43" of rain fell.
20: Cool with spits of light rain and snow, not measurable
25: Overcast and foggy with light drizzle all day.
27: Rain developed overnight and was steady all day, and became heavy at times
    during the afternoon and especially evening hours with some downpours at
    times.  A whopping 3.08" of rain fell by midnight, smashing a new daily rain
    record and causing minor flooding in the area.  Heaviest rainfall in November
    since 1985.
28: A few showers overnight another .20" fell.  Brief warm-up and sunshine before
    a round of light rain/snow showers and gusty winds this afternoon.  Storm
    total precipitation 3.30".

MONTHLY SUMMARY

November began cold and windy with snow flurries, but temperatures rebounded,
with the warmest temperatures at mid-month, peaking at 73 on the 15th.  Overall,
temperatures were near normal.  Not much rain fell until the 27th, when a day-
long deluge along a cold front brought a record 3.08" and 3.30" in just over 24
hours.  This caused some minor flooding in the area and pushed precipitation
above normal for the third consecutive month, completing a wet fall of 1993.

Additional notes/records

1: Record low max temperature with a high of only 37 F.  Trace of snowfall.
15: Record high min 52 F.  High of 73 but not a record (76 in 1956).
27: Smashing daily rainfall record of 3.08".  Water crest on Wills Creek of
    10.26' (early on the 28th) is the 10th highest flood level to date.