MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
OCTOBER 2004
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

Observations for this month taken by David Drewery and Charlie Orlick

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	72	44				F
2	70	56	 .05			F
3	67	45
4	69	44				F
5	65	41
6	66	34				frost
7	72	40
8	72	44				F
9	70	47
10	61	50	 .02			F
11	69	44
12	70	34				F
13	52	40	 .17
14	60	49	 .02			F
15	64	55	 .13
16	55	45	 .18
17	57	43
18	57	32	 .18
19	53	48	 .03			F
20	52	50	 .32			F
21	54	50	 .12			F
22	53	50	   T			F
23	55	47
24	56	48	 .42			F
25	66	50				F
26	64	44				F
27	62	50
28	64	50
29	62	53	 .36			T
30	75	55	 .02			F
31	74	54

AVG/SUM	63.2	46.3	2.02	 0.0	 -  	  	 	
EXT	75	32	0.42	  -	 -
Date	30	18	24	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  54.7 F
Year precipitation to date:  44.85"
Season snowfall to date:  0.0"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  15 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  1 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

2:  AM fog.  Light showers 11am-2pm .05" fell.
4:  Dense AM fog.  Partly cloudy with pleasant temperatures.

First frost of season
6:  A chilly low of 34 F this morning with heavy frost.  Clear skies & calm winds during the day.

8:  AM fog, then mostly sunny & pleasant
10: AM fog and a light shower .02" fell.  Became sunny during the afternoon.
12: Clear & chilly with valley fog & frost early.
13: Cloudy.  Light rain during the afternoon and early evening .17" fell.
15: Occasional light rain or drizzle throughout the day .13" fell.  Breezy with gust 20+ mph.
16: Showers began around 11:30am mostly light, ended by mid-afternoon .18" fell.  Breezy with 25
    mph gusts and partial clearing by late afternoon.
18: Partly cloudy overnight and cold with a frost and freeze.  Low 32 F.  Mostly cloudy during the
    day with drizzle and light rain 4pm-midnight .18" fell.
20: Rain during the afternoon noon-6pm .32" fell.  Temperatures steady in the lower 50s.
21: Cloudy with drizzle all day and fog on the mountains.  Light east winds.
24: Rain overnight until about 8am then tapered to drizzle .42" total.  Persistent low clouds and
    fog through the day.
26: Dense AM fog lifted by 11am then became clear and pleasant with light east winds.
29: Light AM shower.  Thunderstorm about 3pm with brief heavy downpours and a few more showers this
    evening .36" fell by midnight.
30: Light AM fog.  Mild overnight low 55 F and high 75 F.  Partly cloudy, breezy, brief AM shower.
31: Mostly sunny, breezy & mild.  High 74 F.

SUMMARY:

The trend of relatively mild temperatures with a lack of extremes continued this month.  The
temperature only reached freezing on one morning.  In spite of abundant clouds, fog and frequent
light rains, October precipitation was below normal for the eighth time in the last nine years.

(By contrast:  Seven of the last nine Septembers have seen ABOVE normal precipitation.)

Additional notes/records

30: Daily record high min 55 F