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.