West Rockville MD Weather

Sunday once again featured partly cloudy skies and pleasant air and dew point temperatures. High temperatures reached the mid 70s, with dew points in the lower 60s to mid 50s. Now at 0433 we have fair skies with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s with dew points in the mid-upper 50s. The Sunday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (59.5°) was recorded at 0614 while the maximum temperature (76.1°) was recorded at…

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Saturday featured partly cloudy skies, pleasant temperatures, both air and dew point. High temperatures only reached the mid-upper 70s, with dew points in the lower 60s and upper 50s. Now at 0644 we have fair skies with temperatures around 60° with dew points in the mid-upper 50s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (61.2°) was recorded at 0700 while the maximum temperature (77.7°) was recorded at 1458. Dew point temps were about…

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Friday featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, even cooler temperatures, with light rain to start the day in the very early AM from just after midnight to about 0230 (0.11″) . High temperatures only reached the mid 70s, with dew points in the lower 60s and upper 50s. Now at 0549 we have fair skies with temperatures in the low-mid 60s and dew points in the mid-upper 50s. The Friday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the…

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Thursday featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures and pleasant dew point temperatures. High temperatures only reached the upper 70s, with dew points in the lower 60s and upper 50s. Now at 0452 we have mostly cloudy skies with 0.11″ of rain falling since midnight in the USG gauge, and 0.09″ falling in my VP2 gauge. Rain has stopped for now. I don’t think we will have any more the rest of the day. Temperatures are in the mid…

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Wednesday featured a bit of clouds early and a very light shower/sprinkle (T) that gave way to slowly improving conditions as this day progressed. High temperatures only reached the low 80s, with dew points lowering through the 60s. Now at 0650 we have mostly cloudy skies but with no rain falling in the area. Temperatures are in the mid 60s with dew points in the more comfortable upper 50s. The Monday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on…

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CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR JULY 2017 Average high temperature 87.3° Average low temperature 70.9° Mean temperature 79.1° Precipitation 8.65″ Greatest daily amount(date) 2.92″ (28) Snow 0.0″ Year to date precipitation 26.20″ High temperature for the month (date) 94° (21) Low temperature for the month (date) 61° (31) Highest barometric pressure (date) 30.23” (26) Lowest barometric pressure (date) 29.65” (29) Peak wind gust (date/direction): N/A Heating degree days for the month: 0 Cooling degree days for the month: 438 Greatest diurnal range…

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Tuesday was partly sunny, hot and quite humid with dew point temperatures approaching the very uncomfortable 80° mark. Showers and storms threatened later in the day at times, but never reached my station. Considerable cumulus cloud buildups occurred once again in the mid-late afternoon. Now at 0708 we have cloudy skies and rain showers in the area, but nothing falling at my location at the present time. Temperatures are in the low 70s with dew points just below that around…

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Monday was partly sunny, warmer and considerably more humid than Sunday with dew points soaring once again. Considerable cumulus cloud buildups in the mid-afternoon had a significant effect on the peak partial eclipse viewing (82% of totality at peak which was at 1442 EDT) I took a lot of observations with my VP2, particularly with the USG VP2 across the street which has a solar radiation sensor on it, and provided the most dynamic changes to view during the eclipse….

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Sunday was sunny and a bit cooler, a fairly pleasant day with lower dew points than we have been having. No rain fell today with no storms in the area that I know of. Now at 0600 we have cloudy skies with temps in the low 70s with dew point temperatures rising the past several hours into the upper 60s. The Sunday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (66.3°) was recorded at 0632 while…

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