LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - October 1993

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	65	31			F, frost
2	73	45	0.01		
3	62	46	T		
4	63	39			
5	68	41			
6	67	35			
7	80	44			F
8	77	47			F
9	72	49	T		F
10	50	37			
11	55	29	0.04		
12	58	42	0.68		F
13	50	45			
14	53	46	0.05		F
15	62	43			F
16	66	44	0.04		F
17	63	49	0.26		F
18	68	51			F
19	59	48	T		
20	55	51	0.35		F
21	61	48	0.07		F
22	60	38			
23	65	34			
24	71	32			
25	69	35			
26	62	41	0.06		
27	65	47	0.06		
28	53	42	0.05		
29	66	36			
30	52	39	1.04		
31	40	36	0.40	T	
Total 	62.3	41.6	3.11	T	51.9 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - OCTOBER 1993

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 12

1: Cold near-record low of 31 F with heavy frost and freeze this morning and
   dense fog.  Temperatures rebounded to a mild 65 this afternoon with sun.
7: Warm high 80 F.
11: Cold low 29 F.  Increasing clouds with a few light showers.
12: Steady rain overnight and early this morning, .68" fell.
14: Foggy with a brief early PM shower
16-17: Drizzle and light rain showers, dense fog.
20: Cool, cloudy and foggy with occasional rain.
24: Mild high 71 F.
26-28: Light overnight rain showers all three days.
30: Steady rain all day 1.04" fell, the heaviest of the month.
31: Cold high only 40 F sets a daily record low max.  Rain showers overnight
    turned to snow showers but the snow only accumulated in the higher
    elevations, with as much as 6 inches or more.  The top of Piney Mountain
    just to our west was white by this evening.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

For the second consecutive year, a heavy frost and freeze occurred on the 1st
of October.  The month's high of 80 on the 7th was followed only 4 days later
with the month's low of 29 on the 11th.  Very little rain fell until the 12th
when a more active weather pattern brought frequent light to moderate rain
events.  Heavy rains, mixed with snow, totaled 1.44" on the final two days of
October, pushing precipitation slightly above normal, while temperatures
remained below normal.  A white Halloween was seen in the higher elevations.

Additional notes/records

31: Daily record low max 40 F.  Trace of snowfall.