October 2000 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 44 F 2 75 48 F 3 80 56 4 84 56 5 69 60 T 6 66 51 7 53 39 8 50 34 9 48 37 .10 10 60 38 11 68 45 12 72 37 13 75 35 14 77 38 15 74 49 16 73 49 .01 17 64 57 .13 F 18 68 52 .54 F 19 67 47 20 70 41 F 21 74 40 F 22 67 48 23 66 36 24 58 45 T 25 67 54 26 71 47 F 27 79 41 F 28 72 52 29 68 29 30 57 33 31 57 32 Tot 67.7 44.2 0.78 0.0 Ext 84 29 0.54 0.0 Date 4 29 18 0.0 Mean Monthly Temp 56.0 F Fog days 8 Significant Events 3-4: Warm highs of 80 and 84, respectively. 9: Cool with occasional brief rain showers. Some wet snow was reported at higher elevations. 17: Light rain this evening .13" fell. 18: Showers overnight, briefly heavy, ended by daybreak .54" fell storm total .67". 27: Warm high 79 F Summary: Following a very wet September, October was exceptionally dry with very few days of rainfall. It was a very sunny and "pleasant" weather month. Temperatures were generally on the mild side. Additional notes/records 8: Daily record low max temperature 50 F 9: Daily record low max temperature 48 F Only 4 days this month had any measurable precipitation. Further south it was a record dry month, with some stations in the SE part of the state reporting zero rainfall this month!