West Rockville MD Weather

Tuesday was a partly cloudy, hot, humid day with a good mid-afternoon thunderstorm that yielded 0.39″ of rain and a max rain rate on the USG VP2 of 0.80″/hour at 1555.  Some changes have been made to the station setup, and I just returned late Monday night from a three day wonderful trip with my great friend Marty up into the high country of western Maryland and especially the central highland area of West Virginia. More on that later. Just…

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Thursday was a partly sunny, hot, dry but humid day that continued our week of heat and high dew points with the usual discomfort. I am still using the USG data for the time being, and all data references will be based on the USG outputs, except where noted. The Taylor thermometers remain disconnected but the Radio Shack thermometer has been put to temporary limited backup use. The temperatures rose up closer to the mid 90s a few degrees warmer…

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Wednesday was a partly sunny, hot, dry but humid day that continued our week of heat and high dew points with the usual discomfort. Marty came over to reinstall my VP2 at ground level but hardware problems prevented the completion of this project. I have to use the USG data for the time being, and all data references will be to the USG outputs, except as indicated. The Taylor thermometers were also disconnected. The temperatures rose up into the lower…

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Tuesday was a partly sunny, very warm, dry but more humid day that continued our week of heat and high dew points with the usual discomfort. The temperatures rose up into the upper 80s similar to yesterday after lows in the low 70s during the early AM hours. There were even more clouds than Monday, with blow off clouds from dying thunderstorms to the west in the AM and new thunderstorm and shower development in the late afternoon. The rain…

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Friday was cloudy in the morning and slightly wet (0.17″) that turned partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon, as temps rose up in the mid 80s after the usual muggy warm low 70s mins during the early AM hours. The Taylor Max/Min thermometer continues to have problems and I could not get a max (or a min) out of it again today. At 0341 we have partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the slightly less humid low 70s. The…

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Thursday was cloudy and wet (0.95″), particularly in the AM hours and an evening secondary max. Temperatures were surpressed from the clouds and rain. After temps fell into the muggy low 70s during the early AM hours, the temperatures held in the 70s all day.  The Taylor Max/Min thermometer continues to have problems and I could not get a max (or a min) out of it again today. At 0545 we have cloudy skies with temperatures in the damp low…

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Wednesday was more cloudy than sunny most of the day, with rain threatening from the south but not coming till the mid-evening hour, then more after midnight. After temps fell into the muggy low 70s during the early AM hours, the temperature did not rise a lot due to the greater cloud cover, only reaching the mid 80s by mid-afternoon.  The Taylor Max/Min thermometer continues to have problems and I could not get a max (or a min) out of…

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Fourth of July Tuesday was another typical July day, very warm, humid and even with a brief evening shower (0.20″) around 2130 EDT after we dodged earlier late afternoon/early evening storms that rocked closeby communities in the county. After falling into the low-mid 70s during the early AM hours, the temperature rebounded to around 90° by mid-afternoon. The Taylor Max/Min thermometer had a problem and I could not get a max (or a min) out of it today. At 0524…

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Monday was another more typical July day, very warm, humid and dry under partly cloudy skies with plenty of sun. After falling into the low-mid 70s during the early AM hours, the temperature rebounded into the upper 80s to around 90° in the mid-late afternoon.  The Taylor Max/Min thermometer had a max of 88.2° from its shielded location in its new “house”, a Davis Model 7714 passive radiation shield. At 0524 we have partly cloudy skies along with temperatures in…

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Sunday was more of a typical July day, very warm, humid and dry under partly cloudy skies with plenty of sun. with continued muggy dew points in the mid 70s persisting most of the day. After falling into the low-mid 70s during the early AM hours, the temperature rebounded into the upper 80s to around 90° in the mid-late afternoon.  The Taylor Max/Min thermometer had a max of 89.2° from its shielded location in its new “house”, a Davis Model…

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