LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - September 1993

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	81	69	0.01		
2	91	68	0.07		F,T
3	90	67	0.06		T
4	76	63	0.60		T
5	81	59			
6	84	54			
7	81	56			
8	72	62	0.04		F,T
9	73	62	0.03		F,T
10	75	53	0.01		
11	70	44			
12	76	40			
13	87	57	0.01		
14	90	54			F
15	88	61	0.48		F,T
16	66	58	0.83		F
17	62	57	0.10		F
18	73	53	0.02		F
19	72	49			F
20	58	48	T		
21	68	57	0.18		
22	71	53			F
23	65	54	0.10		
24	70	48			
25	65	48	0.54		
26	81	56	0.29		F
27	66	49	1.00		T
28	63	51	0.02		
29	60	43	0.05		
30	57	35	0.03		
Total 	73.7	54.3	4.47	0	64.0 (mean temp)

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER 1993
NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 11
THUNDER 7

2: Hot and humid high 91 F.  A series of severe thunderstorms passed east of
   the area, prompting tornado warnings.  A shower this evening dropped .07"
   of rain.
3: Hot again high 90 F.  Only .06" of rain as very heavy thunderstorms lined
   up and trained just south and east of the area.  Lots of lightning in all
   directions late this evening.
4: Finally some decent rainfall shortly after midnight, heavy at times, with
   imbedded thunderstorms .60" of rain fell.  Became mostly sunny and
   pleasant this afternoon.
8-9: Very brief early PM t-storms both days
14: Hot again high 90 F.
15: Very warm high 88.  Brief early afternoon thunderstorm downpour followed
    by lighter rains through the evening .48" fell.
16: Periods of rain, heavy at times overnight.  Much cooler high 66 F.
    Another .83" of rain fell today.
17: Cool and foggy with light rain and drizzle.
21: Brief heavy shower at mid-afternoon .18" fell.
23: Light rain/drizzle this evening.
25: Cool with steady rain during the afternoon & evening .54"
26: Overnight showers .29" fell, then partly sunny and warm high 81 F.
27: Overcast with heavy rain and thunderstorms this morning.  Rain ended by
    early afternoon.  1.00" fell.  Partial clearing by early evening and
    windy.
28-30: Scattered light showers.  Low reached 35 by midnight on the 30th.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

September brought some much-needed rainfall to the area.  Temperatures were
near normal, with some very warm readings during the first half but an
overall cooling trend during the second half, offsetting the warmth of the
first half.  Precipitation was quite frequent, with a September record 20
days with measurable rainfall, although more than half of those days had
less than .10".  There were 4 days with over a half-inch, one day with an
inch (27th).  Thunderstorms were unusually frequent for September, with 7
days of thunder observed.

Additional notes/records

2: Record high min 68 F.  Later broken in 2000 (70 F).
3: Record high min 67 F.  Later broken in 2003 (68 F).
20: Record low max with a high of 58 F.

September 1993 set a new record for the most number of days with measurable
precipitation (20) in September.