Well I got behind again big time. I will post a necessarily short report here to cover the rest of April, and then try and resume with a more normal schedule for May. It was a bit of a wetter period than earlier April, with some severe weather on a few days during the period. No real extremes of temperature on either end of the spectrum was noted. 

There was a total of 1.44″ of precipitation through the Friday, April 19 – Tuesday April 30, 2019 period. April ended up with a total of 2.36″ of precipitation. The year-to-date total is now 14.05″.

Friday, April 19 was cloudy with occasional showers (0.37″) and seasonably mild with highs in the lower mid 70s and lows in the mild mid 60s. 

The maximum temperature was 73.4° at 1328.

The minimum temperature was 64.6° at 2008.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 56° @ 0000 up to a high of 63° @ 1715.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 60% @ 0000 up to a high of 96% @ 2304.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.82″ @ 0002 down to a low of 29.58″ @ 2105.

Saturday, April 20 featured a bit of light rain (0.01″) early than clearing skies with seasonable temps in the low 70s, dropping to the daily low in the upper 50s by late evening.

The maximum temperature was 71.7° at 1301.

The minimum temperature was 58.7° at 2359.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 64° @ 0000 down to a low of 42° @ 2315.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0000 down to a low of 42% @ 1535.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.55″ @ 0445 up to a high of 29.83″ @ 2340.

Easter Sunday, April 21 featured cooler temps and partly cloudy skies Temps in the upper 40s early rose to the upper mid 60s by mid afternoon.

The maximum temperature was 66.8° at 1552.

The minimum temperature was 49.1° at 0652.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 42° @ 0000 up to a high of 50° @ 1812.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 82% @ 0711 down to a low of 46% @ 1421.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.83″ @ 0014 up to a high of 30.12″ @ 2346.

Monday, April 22 was partly cloudy and dry with seasonably mild temps around 70° for highs in the late afternoon  after and lows in the low 50s in the early AM. 

The maximum temperature was 70.2° at 1709.

The minimum temperature was 50.9° at 0515.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 44° @ 0450 up to a high of 52° @ 1330.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 79% @ 0525 down to a low of 49% @ 1835.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.17″ @ 0910 down to a low of 30.07″ @ 1610.

Tuesday, April 23 featured a spike in the high temperature over the 80° mark for the first time since April 8 and warmest reading of the year so far. The low temperature was once again in the low 50s. Mostly to partly sunny skies helped warm up the temperatures in the afternoon.

The maximum temperature was 80.8° at 1525.

The minimum temperature was 51.3° at 0446.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 47° @ 0345 up to a high of 54° @ 1845.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 85% @ 0430 down to a low of 34% @ 1405.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.09″ @ 0000 down to a low of 29.79″ @ 2220.

Wednesday, April 24 featured cooler high temps in the lower mid 70s but warmer mins in the low 60s under partly to mostly cloudy skies 

The maximum temperature was 73.3° at 1657.

The minimum temperature was 61.0° at 0918.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 59° @ 0524 down to a low of 40° @ 1737.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 72% @ 0441 down to a low of 31% @ 1737.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.78″ @ 0430 up to a high of 29.91″ @ 2349.

Thursday, April 25 featured a bit of light rain (0.04″) late in the evening with mostly cloudy skies and seasonable high temps in the lower mid 70s, dropping to the daily low around 60° with the rain in the late evening.

The maximum temperature was 73.4° at 1354.

The minimum temperature was 54.3° at 2359.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 39° @ 0312 up to a high of 57° @ 2231.

The relative humidity values ranged from a low of 38% @ 1609 up to a high of 84% @ 2337.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.95″ @ 0729 down to a low of 29.83″ @ 2351.

Friday, April 26 was cloudy with mostly AM showers and a brief, heavy thunderstorm (0.67″ daily total – heaviest rain fell around 1500) with seasonably mild high temps very similar to Thursday’s in the lower mid 70s but lows dropping into  the mid 50s by midnight observation time. 

The maximum temperature was 73.4° at 1354.

The minimum temperature was 54.3° at 2359.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 63° @ 1125 down to a low of 42° @ 2334.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 95% @ 0000 down to a low of 42% @ 1535.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 29.86″ @ 0010 down to a low of 29.36″ @ 1407.

Saturday, April 27 featured cooler temps and partly cloudy skies Temps at 50°  early rose to the upper mid 60s by late afternoon.

The maximum temperature was 67.2° at 1703.

The minimum temperature was 50.0° at 0640.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 45° @ 0245 down to a low of 27° @ 1505.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 80% @ 0310 down to a low of 23% @ 1505.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.63″ @ 0000 up to a high of 29.95″ @ 2345.

Sunday, April 28 was somewhat cloudy with occasional showers (0.07″) and seasonably mild temps with highs in the around 70° and lows in the upper 40s. 

The maximum temperature was 70.2° at 1352.

The minimum temperature was 48.9° at 2352.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 57° @ 1321 down to a low of 40° @ 2219.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 93% @ 0910 down to a low of 60% @ 1355.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.87″ @ 0459 up to a high of 30.30″ @ 2357.

Monday, April 29 featured partly cloudy, dry, and cooler conditions with afternoon high temps in the low 60s after early morning lows in the low 40s.

The maximum temperature was 61.2° at 1602.

The minimum temperature was 42.5° at 0401.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 31° @ 1244 up to a high of 51° @ 2323.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 84% @ 0407 down to a low of 38% @ 1244.

The barometric pressure ranged from a high of 30.46″ @ 0902 down to a low of 30.21″ @ 2050.

Tuesday, April 30 featured much warmer, more humid conditions with partly to mostly cloudy (PM) skies highlighted by a mid-evening thunderstorm Temps in the upper-low 50s early rose to the upper 70s by mid afternoon with dew points rising into the muggy mid 60s.

The maximum temperature was 79.2° at 1603.

The minimum temperature was 52.9° at 0534.

The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 50° @ 0000 up to a high of 66° @ 2006.

The relative humidity values ranged from a high of 93% @ 0626 down to a low of 55% @ 1553.

The barometric pressure ranged from a low of 30.14″ @ 0316 up to a high of 30.29″ @ 2357.

My current online data (except for rainfall/snowfall – use the cocorahs link shown below for that dataset) is showing regularly on Weather Underground. My data is posted there every 5 minutes. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time now as it is
being updated on a 5 minute interval. The web address for my data on weather underground is:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200

I contribute my precipitation data daily to CoCoRaHS as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 on https://www.cocorahs.org/

Please remember that my Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge, just as it does on WxLink 2.0. The tipping bucket has been producing erratic values at times so should not be used except for general precipitation timing.

I actually use the data I post to CoCoRaHS from my 4 inch CoCoRaHS gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day.

Forecasts, midnight and current conditions will be resumed with the May reports. Today’s feature image was taken on Tuesday afternoon, April 30, reflecting the leaf-out on my apartment grounds at that time. With even warmer weather since then, the leaf-out has progressed to early summer status. 

Good afternoon from the walrus on this potentially stormy Thursday. Have a great day!