MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD OCTOBER 2007 OBSERVER SCOTT LOHR DATA COMPILED BY 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 7am 24-hour Rain Snow/ Snow Special Date Max Min Equiv Ice Depth Obs Day's Weather Summary 1 71 49 Sunny, breezy 2 72 52 Sunny, breezy 3 76 54 Sunny, PM high clouds 4 76 54 Sunny, PM high clouds 5 75 61 Humid, cirrus clouds becoming heavy 6 80 61 F Dense AM fog, sunny, humid 7 84 59 Sunny, warm 8 85 63 F Dense AM fog, sunny, warm 9 83 63 .17 T Humid, increasing clouds, PM t-shower 10 68 56 Mostly sunny, gusty NW winds 11 54 51 T Cool, mostly cloudy, breezy 12 55 52 .03 Light rain overnight, breezy, partly sunny 13 58 40 Partly sunny, breezy 14 64 40 Sunny, breezy 15 66 43 Sunny, breezy 16 67 49 Mostly sunny, calm 17 71 53 Partly sunny 18 74 54 Partly cloudy 19 67 60 .30 T Occasional showers with PM thunder 20 67 55 Sunny, less humid, gusty west winds. 21 72 43 Sunny 22 70 45 Sunny, few PM cirrus 23 70 64 .20 Cloudy, PM light showers 24 60 52 1.15 Rain overnight heavy at times, falling temps 25 52 51 Overcast, calm 26 52 51 .63 Rain during the afternoon 27 58 52 .03 AM clouds, partly to mostly cloudy, windy 28 52 45 Mostly sunny 29 54 33 Sunny, AM frost, winds becoming SW 30 60 34 Sunny 31 62 34 Sunny AVG/SUM 66.9 50.7 2.51 0.0 - EXT 85 33 1.15 - - Date 8 29 24 - - *=Also occurred on earlier dates Miscellaneous Stats Mean Monthly Temperature: 58.8 F Year precipitation to date: 28.74" Season snowfall to date: 0.0" Number of days with: Fog 2 Thunder 2 MONTHLY SUMMARY Abundant sunshine and record warmth greeted the area in October. This was the warmest October in 16 years of records. The very dry weather pattern continued until the 23rd, when a couple of east coast storms dropped 2 inches of rain in a 4-day period. The season's first frost didn't occur until the 29th in another quiet weather month. Additional notes/records 8: Record high min 63 F 19: Record high min 60 F 20: Record high min 55 F 23: Record high min 64 F October 2007 set a new record for the warmest mean October minimum temperature on record (50.7 F). Overall, October 2007 was 3rd warmest ever with a mean temperature of 58.8 F.