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.