West Rockville MD Weather

July started out with an interesting Saturday. The day started out cloudy with a low stratocumulus deck hiding the sunrise with temperatures in the humid mid 70s. By late morning skies at least partially cleared and temperatures climbed through the muggy, unstable air to the 90° level as happens typically in early July in this area. Clouds developed quickly in the mid-afternoon and we had a heavy thunderstorm between 1500-1530.  Brief heavy rain, strong winds that blew the rain into…

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Storm passed through here today from 1500-1530. No funnel clouds here, but strong winds and heavy rain at times during that time period. Visibility reduced to less than 1/4 mile during height of intensity. Got 1.11″ of rain out of storm. Pictures were looking to the SE from my apt window at about 1700, long after the storms passed through here. Storm clouds were over southern Maryland about 50 miles away at the time of the photo. 

Friday started out partly cloudy and somewhat muggy, heating up significantly up into the lower 90s in the afternoon under the hot sun, along with muggy dew points into the humid range. There was no rain once again today. High temperatures rose during the partly sunny afternoon into the lower 90s after a muggy early AM min in the upper 60s to low 70s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer gave a representative max of 91.6° from its new shielded…

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Thursday started out clear and relatively pleasant but began to worm up significantly up into the upper 80s in the afternoon, along with rising dew points gradually building into the humid range. There was no rain once again today. High temperatures rose during the partly sunny afternoon into the upper 80s after a comfortable early AM min in the low-mid 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer gave a representative max of 88.5° from its new shielded location in its…

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Wednesday started out clear and pleasant but clouded up a bit at times mid-day, then yielded to clear skies with high clouds signifying increased levels of moisture moving in at the upper levels of the atmosphere, that will come down to the surface along with heat, starting on Thursday. There was no rain once again today. High temperatures only rose during the partly sunny afternoon to the upper 70s after a comfortable early AM min around 60°. My newly acquired…

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Tuesday started out clear but quickly clouded up in the later AM, then yielded to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon with mostly fair-weather cumulus dotting the sky. There was no rain once again today. High temperatures only rose during the partly sunny afternoon to the upper 70s after a comfortable early AM min in the mid 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer maxed out at 88.9°, once again too high of a temperature to officially be my high…

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Monday started out quite clear and sunny. Fair weather cumulus developed during the heat of the day, even though temps were even a bit cooler than they have been. There was no rain today. High temperatures only rose during the sunny afternoon to around 80° after a cooler early AM min in the low 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer maxed out at 91.2°, once again too high of a temperature to officially be my high value for the…

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Sunday started out quite clear and sunny. Fair weather cumulus developed during the heat of the day, even though temps were cooler than they have been. There was no rain today. High temperatures rose during the sunny afternoon into the low 80s after a mild early AM min in the upper 60s. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer maxed out at 83.3°, only slightly warmer than the other thermometers at my disposal. At 0500 we have clear skies with temperatures…

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Saturday started out cloudy with more early morning light rain (0.32″ total also a 0.32″/hour max rain rate at 0422 at the USG VP2) but cleared off quickly by mid-morning, with partly cloudy skies and a bit cooler temps dominating most of the daylight PM hours.  High temperatures rose today in the afternoon into the mid 80s after a muggy, mild early AM min around 70°. My newly acquired Taylor Max/Min thermometer maxed out at 87.8°, a bit better than…

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Friday started out cloudy with early morning light rain (0.48″/hour max rain rate at 0634 at the USG VP2) but cleared off quite a bit by noon or so, with partly cloudy skies and warmer temps dominating most of the daylight PM hours. It got cloudy again in the evening as our post-midnight rain was approaching. It was still quite warm but more noticeably even more humid. High temperatures rose today with the strong PM sun into the high-mid 80s…

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