October 2001 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	36
2	79	46
3	80	46
4	80	47
5	79	50
6	63	39	 .01
7	52	29
8	58	24
9	62	24
10	70	32
11	77	37
12	70	47	   T
13	81	53
14	68	51	 .71		F
15	65	42
16	64	33	 .25		DW
17	55	37	 .03
18	67	31
19	64	29
20	72	38
21	78	38
22	79	47
23	78	43
24	84	52
25	64	41	 .10
26	48	34		   T
27	34	33	 .02	   T
28	42	28
29	65	22
30	65	37
31	65	31

Tot	67.0	38.2	1.12	   T
Ext	84	22	0.71	   T
Date	24	29	14	  27

Mean Monthly Temp:  52.6 F
Fog days 1
Damaging wind days 1

Significant Events

7: Chilly AM with a hard frost and freeze
8-9: Very cold both mornings with lows of 24 F
13: Mild high 81 F
14: A series of moderate to heavy showers during the early-mid afternoon .71" rain fell.
16: Occasional showers and very windy with some tree limbs down in the yard
24: Very warm with a record high of 84 F.
25: A few showers, very windy with temperatures falling through the day
26: Continued very windy and blustery with a high of 48 and temperature continuing to fall.
    A few snow flurries late this evening
27: Very cold and blustery winter-like day with a high of 34 setting a new all-time low for
    October.  Snow showers fell but did not accumulate.  Very dramatic temperature reversal
    after a record high just 3 days prior.
29: Cold low 22 F

Summary:

October was very dry yet again.  We've had a string of very dry Octobers in the past 11
years.  Here's a quick glance at many recent dry Octobers since 1990 (which was the 4th
wettest on record with 6.41 inches).

Oct. 1991 - 0.86"
Oct. 1992 - 0.67" (3rd driest on record)
Oct. 1994 - 0.52" (2nd driest on record)
Oct. 1997 - 1.43"
Oct. 1998 - 1.42"
Oct. 2000 - 0.78"
Oct. 2001 - 1.12"

Last time October precipitation was above normal was in 1995, which was 5th wettest with
6.12" rain falling.

Meanwhile, there were some dramatic temperature swings, particularly late in the month
when a record high of 84 on the 24th was followed 3 days later by the record coldest high
temperature ever in October with a chilly 24 on the 27th and snow showers.

Additional notes/records

7: Record low max temperature 52 F
9: Record low 24 F this morning
24: Record high 84 F this afternoon
27: All-time October record low maximum temperature of 34 F - very dramatic turnaround
29: Record morning low of 22 F