MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
SEPTEMBER 2002
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

*Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins & David Drewery.*

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	7am
	24-hour		Temp	Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	at Obs	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	64	60		 .08
2	71	62		 .05
3	87	59
4	84	60
5	85	51
6	83	52
7	83	50
8	83	51	
9	82	50
10	82	52
11	74	46
12	75	44
13	76	42
14	80	52		   T
15	72	60		 .31			F
16	82	61					F
17	82	54					F
18	81	50
19	80	60		 .06			T
20	83	62					F
21	74	64		 .02
22	77	66		1.44			T
23	65	56
24	66	44
25	68	48		 .02
26	57	54		1.21			F
27	63	57		 .59			F,DW
28	67	62					F
29	66	48					F
30	65	48
31	

AVG	75.2 	54.4	SUM	3.78	 0.0 	 	   	 	
EXT	87 	42 	MAX	1.44	  -
Date	3	13 	DATE	22   	  -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Mean Monthly Temperature:  64.8
Mean Temp at Obs Time:  N/A
Number of days with:
	Fog:  8  
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0  	
	Thunder:  2 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  1 	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1st:  Drizzle nearly all day, .08" fell.  Cool high of 64F.
2nd:  Drizzle during the morning, but cleared during the afternoon.
3rd:  Hot/humid high of 87F.

4-13:  A long streak of sunny warm days and cool nights with low humidity & clear blue skies.
14th:  More clouds today, few sprinkles, trace.
15th:  Periods of rain from remnants of T.S. Hanna, mostly light, total .31".
19th:  Showers with thunder this morning as heavy storms went to the north, just missed this
       station, only .06" fell.
21st:  Overcast, couple light showers .02".

THUNDERSTORM BRINGS WELCOME RAIN
22nd:  Became increasingly cloudy by late afternoon.  Strong thunderstorm between 4-6pm with
       intense frequent lightning and very heavy downpours.  More showers at times through the
       evening.  A very welcome 1.44" of rain fell.

ISIDORE BRINGS MORE RAIN
26th:  A steady soaking rain all day from remnants of Isidore, total 1.22" by midnight.
27th:  Showers overnight, briefly heavy at times.  More showers on and off all day total .59".

SEPTEMBER SUMMARY
September saw relatively mild temperatures, especially early in the month.  The month was
extremely dry until a line of intense thunderstorms dumped 1.44" rain on the 22nd, then the
remnants of Isidore brought another 1.82" on the 25th-27th.  The rain was much needed, and it
brought the month's total to 3.78", slightly above average.

Additional notes/records

22nd: Daily rainfall record of 1.44".  Also a daily record high min of 66 F.
26th: Daily rainfall record 1.21" fell.