October 1997 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	65	48	   T
2	62	32			frost
3	71	35
4	84	44
5	82	52
6	85	50
7	82	49			F
8	83	48			F
9	84	54			F
10	75	51	 .01
11	64	39
12	67	36
13	74	44	 .01		F
14	60	51	 .04		F
15	64	36
16	56	30
17	56	31	 .08
18	56	38	   T		F
19	60	35			F
20	60	34
21	62	26
22	46	28
23	45	20
24	47	25	 .56
25	50	37	 .10
26	42	40	 .58
27	48	38	 .05
28	44	26
29	56	26
30	58	30
31	62	28

Tot	62.9	37.5	1.43	 0.0
Ext	85	20	0.58	  -
Date	6	23	26	  -

Mean Monthly Temp 50.2 F
Fog days 7

Significant Events

2:  Light frost this morning and also a freeze with a low of 32 F.
4:  Cool overnight low 44 F but temperatures recovered to a warm 84 F with mostly clear skies & light breezes.
6:  Very warm high 85 F.
14: Fog and drizzle during the morning hours.  Remained mostly cloudy with some more light rain & drizzle by dusk.
17: Clear frosty morning low 31 F, variable clouds with light midday showers producing .08" rain.
23: Quite cold with a heavy frost and a low of 20 F.
24: Light rain began around 2pm and became moderate after 5pm and continued through midnight .56" fell.
25: Light rain & drizzle overnight.  Another .10" rain fell by 7am.  Cool & cloudy all day.
26: Cloudy all day with steady light and occasionally moderate rains falling all day .63" total.

Summary:

October was very quiet and dry with almost no rain falling until the weekend of the 24th-26th when back-to-back
systems brought 1.29" rain.  There was a period of heat early in the month, then temperatures were on the chilly side.

Additional notes/records

22: Record low max 46 F
23: Daily record low this morning 20 F.  Record low max 45 F (broken in 2003, 43 F)
24: Record low max 47 F (broken in 2006, 45 F)
26: Record low max 42 F
28: Last in a 7-day stretch where 6 days had highs in the 40s.