MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD Oct-98 OBSERVER 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 24-hour Rain Snow/ Date Max Min Equiv Ice Special Obs. 1 61 34 2 64 28 frost 3 60 40 0.32 4 54 44 0.28 5 57 44 0.06 6 56 50 0.06 F 7 62 50 0.10 F 8 63 58 0.46 F 9 64 48 0.02 10 65 51 11 74 46 12 67 44 F 13 67 44 14 65 44 15 61 38 16 62 35 17 71 39 18 81 44 F 19 72 55 0.02 20 68 45 21 61 41 0.09 22 52 36 0.01 23 58 35 24 70 40 25 71 36 26 64 40 27 65 38 28 68 45 29 64 44 30 58 29 31 60 38 AVG/SUM 63.4 43.1 1.42 0 EXT 81 28 0.46 - Date 18 2 8 - *=Also occurred on earlier dates Miscellaneous Stats Mean Monthly Temperature: 53.5 F "Year precipitation to date: 41.70""" "Season snowfall to date: 0.0""" Number of days with: Fog 5 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 2: First frost and freeze of season low 28 F. 3: Began a stretch of 7 consecutive days with measurable rainfall. The heaviest was .60" on the 3rd-4th and .46" on the 8th. 18: Warm high 81 F just misses the record of 82 set in 1953. MONTHLY SUMMARY After a wet start, October ended up very dry with very little rain after the 8th. There were no daily temperature or precipitation records set. Temperatures averaged slightly above normal.