MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
JUNE 2003
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS
Observations for this month taken by Steve and Sara Mullins
Note this station uses daylight savings time when it applies.
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 49
2 75 42
3 55 48 1.77 F
4 60 47 .09 F
5 75 48
6 75 44
7 65 58 1.17 F
8 72 60 .18 F
9 76 50 T
10 78 52
11 80 58 T
12 84 60 .72 T
13 77 64 .06 T
14 78 62 .10 F,T
15 74 65 T
16 75 58
17 64 56 .44 F
18 78 56
19 83 60 T
20 61 58 .82
21 70 54 .44
22 72 58
23 82 52
24 87 58
25 90 54
26 86 60
27 75 66
28 85 50
29 85 58
30 85 58
31
AVG 75.5 55.4 SUM 5.79 0.0 -
EXT 90 42 MAX 1.77 - -
Date 25 2 DATE 3 - -
+=Also occurred on earlier dates.
Miscellaneous Stats:
Mean Monthly Temperature: 65.5 F
Year Precipitation to Date: 28.09"
Season Snowfall to Date: 67.3"
Number of days with:
Fog: 6
Ice Pellets: 0
Glaze: 0
Thunder: 4
Hail: 0
Damaging Winds: 0
NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:
1-2: Cool high only 64F on the 1st and low 42F on the 2nd
VERY WET
3: A steady soaking rain lasting the entire day. Rain heavy at times with patchy fog. Total 1.77" fell today. Another
unseasonably cool day with a high of only 55F.
4: Periods of light rain and drizzle .09" fell. Continued cool with low clouds and fog all day.
7: Steady rain overnight and through the morning. Heavy at times 6-9am. Rain tapered off after 10am, 1.17" total.
8: Heavy overcast all day long. Brief shower about 8pm and a brief heavy downpour about 9:45pm .16" fell in 10 minutes.
Lightning to our SW but no thunder. Total rain .18" today.
9: Variable clouds, few sprinkles, trace.
THUNDERSTORMS
12: Mostly clouds with some peaks of sun, warm & humid. Strong storm just to the west 3-4pm, no rain fell at this station.
Thunderstorm about 5:30pm dropped .28" of rain in 15 minutes. More showers and storms this evening 8-10pm, moderate to
heavy rains, another .44" fell. Total rain .72" fell today.
13: Light rains this afternoon 1-5pm .06" fell. Dark skies to the south where much heavier rain & flooding was reported.
14: Showers with some thunder between noon-2pm. Only .10" fell at this station but storms were heavier to the S & E.
17: Cloudy & cool. Periods of rain overnight and through the afternoon. Total rain .44"
RAIN/COOL
20: Rain began early this morning and was heavy at times. Showers continued on and off all day with cool temperatures again.
Total rain by midnight .82" fell.
21: Periods of rain again overnight another .44" fell. Skies gradually cleared today.
HOTTER AND DRIER
24: Clear but hazy and hotter high 87F.
25: Sunny, hazy hot & humid, high 90F.
26: Sunny, hazy hot & humid, high 86F.
27: Cloudy & breezy early, then sunny but cooler with lower humidity.
28-30: Mostly sunny, warm & dry all three days. Thunderstorms went to the S & E of this station on the 30th.
JUNE SUMMARY
The trend of below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation continued in June. Average temperature was 65.5 F,
nearly 5 degrees cooler than last June. Total precipitaton was 5.79"; it was on pace to be as wet as May, but no rain fell
the last nine days of the month. Thunderstorms were infrequent and there was no severe weather locally.