MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
NOVEMBER 1998
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	
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Special Obs.

1	56	35
2	55	40
3	44	38
4	49	33
5	38	22
6	42	32
7	46	35
8	42	31
9	49	36
10	52	35	 .02
11	63	41	 .07
12	54	31
13	56	35
14	62	30	
15	57	39
16	54	30
17	52	34
18	53	36
19	54	30
20	47	40
21	43	33	
22	48	25
23	66	25
24	56	36
25	53	28	   T
26	54	41	 .10
27	53	38
28	64	43
29	65	35
30	68	38

AVG/SUM	53.2	34.2	0.19	0.0
EXT	68	22	0.10	 -
Date	30	5	26	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  43.7 F						
Year precipitation to date:  41.89"						
Season snowfall to date:  0.0"						
Number of days with: 
(No special observations) 
							
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

5: Cold low 22 F high only 38.
10-11: Few brief showers.  Very windy on the 11th
26: Light rain overnight .10" fell.
28-30: Mild finish to the month with highs in the 60s.
						
MONTHLY SUMMARY	

November was bone dry with a meager .19" of rainfall, the driest November on record.  It was a
mild month with temperatures slightly above normal and the warmest temperatures near the end of
the month rather than the beginning.

Additional notes/records

5: Low 22 F not a record but a high of only 38 set a new daily low max temp.
30: Record high 68 F.

November 1998 was the driest November on record, shattering the record 0.95" set in 1965.  Only
3 days had any measurable rainfall.  This was the 2nd driest month on record.  September 1985
was the driest with only .08" of rain and 2 days with measurable precipitation.

The Fall of 1998 was the DRIEST Fall and Season ever on record with only 3.61" of precipitation.