LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - October 1995

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	78	46			F
2	81	51			F
3	80	48	0.01		
4	71	64	0.29		
5	68	64	2.02		
6	82	65			
7	75	57			
8	67	51			
9	71	40			F
10	72	44			F
11	75	50			F
12	78	42			F
13	79	43			
14	72	53	0.81		F
15	56	44			
16	60	38			
17	67	30			
18	73	33			
19	75	42			
20	64	44	2.05		T
21	55	37	0.43		
22	65	38			
23	72	34			
24	71	39			
25	57	37			
26	58	31	0.01		F
27	57	39	0.39		
28	60	45	0.04		
29	52	39	0.04		
30	61	33			
31	57	45	0.03		F
Total 	68.0	44.1	6.12	0.0	56.0 (mean temp)
Ext	82	30	2.05	-
Date	6	17	20	-

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - OCTOBER 1995

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 9
THUNDER 1

1-3: Warm highs of 78, 81 and 80.
4: Rain developed this evening .29" by midnight.
5: Steady rain overnight and through mid-afternoon, heavy at times.  A downpour
   this afternoon at 3pm dropped .60" in 20 minutes.  2.02" of rain fell today
   setting a daily rainfall record.  The heavy rains were attributed to the
   remnants of Hurricane Opal.  Several tornadoes hit parts of MD and VA today.
6: Warm high 82 F.
14: Final in a string of six consecutive days in the 70s.  Rain this morning,
    then a brief period of sunshine, then more rain this evening heavy at times
    .81" rain fell.
17: First frost and freeze of the season, low 30 F.
20: Became mostly cloudy.  Heavy rain showers began late this afternoon.  A
    strong thunderstorm at 7pm followed by steady moderate to heavy rains and
    gusty winds that lasted through the evening.  2.05" fell by midnight, the
    heaviest rain day of 1995 and also setting a daily rainfall record.
21: More rain overnight another .43" fell.  2.48" storm total rain in 12 hours.
27: Rain overnight .39" fell.  Temperatures fell through the day.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

The drought that began in mid-August ended rather abruptly in October, with
heavy rains on the 5th from Hurricane Opal, a devastating Cat. 4 storm that
slammed into the Florida Panhandle.  Nearly an inch fell from a cold front on
the 14th, then another 2.48" of rain deluged the area on the 20th-21st in only
12 hours as another front plowed through.  The final system passed through on
the 27th-28th.  Precipitation totaled 6.12", making this the 5th wettest
October on record (since 1948).  Meanwhile, temperatures were very mild until
the final week.  Mean temperatures were nearly 3 degrees above normal.  16 days
were in the 70s or low 80s - very warm indeed.  The season's first frost and
freeze didn't occur until the morning of the 17th.  Warm and wet would easily
sum up October's weather.

Additional notes/records

4: Record high min 64 F.  Later this record was tied in 2002.
5: Record 2.02" of daily rainfall.  64 F sets new daily record high min.
6: Record high min 65 F.
14: Daily record 0.81" of rainfall later broken in 2003 with 1.16" of rain.
20: Daily record 2.05" of rainfall.

October 1995 was the 5th wettest October on record with 6.12" of precipitation.