September 1996 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	82	50			F
2	80	49			F
3	81	52	 .03		F
4	67	58	 .61
5	81	64	 .04	
6	66	59	5.20
7	76	64	 .01
8	86	57			F
9	84	60	   T		F,T
10	82	60			F
11	79	59			F
12	72	57	 .48		F,T
13	68	55	 .73
14	65	47
15	66	41
16	55	50	1.28
17	60	53	 .36
18	70	51
19	71	48
20	72	41
21	75	41	 .10	
22	68	45	 .27		T
23	68	51
24	63	48	 .05
25	70	44			F
26	60	38
27	73	53	   T
28	64	50	 .71
29	66	43
30	70	39			F

Tot	71.3	50.9	9.87	 0.0
Ext	86	38	5.20	  -
Date	8	26	6	  -

Mean Monthly Temp 61.1F
Fog days 10
Thunder days 3

Significant Events

4: Overnight rain .61"

HURRICANE FRAN - RECORD RAINS
6: Rain began this morning about 9:40am.  Mainly moderate with about .70" by 1pm.  Breezy with E winds
   gusting 20+ mph.  Heavy and steady downpours all afternoon as Fran took dead aim on the area.  Already
   about 3.5" by 6:20pm and 4.5" by 9:30pm.  Showers and gusty winds continued through midnight.  An
   incredible 5.20" of rain fell today and was the heaviest on record.  Some parts of the county reported
   six to eight inches of rain!  Severe and widespread flooding of rivers and creeks caused around a
   million $ damage in the county and a Federal Disaster area declaration for the second time this year
9: Thunderstorms north of station this evening, thunder but no rain.
12: Late-evening thunderstorm, heavy rain .48" by midnight.
13: Rain heavy at times overnight another .73" fell
16: Cool with steady rain heavy at times from Pacific tropical system Fausto, 1.28" for the day.
17: More rain and drizzle, .36", storm total 1.64"
22: Evening thundershower .27" of rain
26: Cool low 38 F this morning
28: Steady rains throughout the day .71" of rain fell

Summary:

An active tropical weather pattern brought record rains to the area.  Hurricane Fran's 5.20" deluge on the
6th was the heaviest on record.  This caused severe flooding throughout the area.  Fausto brought another
1.64" on the 16th-17th.  A few other heavy showers and thunderstorms completed a very active weather month.
September's total was 9.87", the heaviest on record.  Temperatures were relatively cool with some warm day
the first half of the month.  There were many cool nights, especially during the 2nd half of September.

Additional records/notes:

5.20" of rainfall on the 6th sets new all-time daily record.
9.87" is the wettest September on record and 2nd wettest month ever.
Mean temperature of 71.1 F ties 1962 for 4th coolest September on record.