West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday was partly cloudy, a tad cooler and dry. Temperatures started out mild in the upper 40s then rose a bit more through mid-morning into the mid 50s, then slid down the rest of the day till hitting the low (lower-mid 30s) for the day at midnight. Dew points rose into the mid 40s in the AM then slowly fell the rest of the day till reaching the mid 20s by midnight. At 0617  we have partly cloudy skies with…

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Tuesday was partly cloudy, warmer, and dry. Temperatures started out in the mid 30s and rose during the day to the upper 50s in the mid-afternoon. Dew points rose from the 20s early to the mid 40s later in the afternoon and evening. At 0548 we have cloudy skies with temperatures in the low 50s. The Tuesday minimum temperature from the VP2 (35.5°) was recorded at 0655 while the maximum temperature (58.3°) was recorded at 1456. Dew point temps ranged…

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Monday was partly cloudy, colder, breezy at times and dry. Temperatures started in the mid 30s in the early AM, and rose some during the day to the upper 40s in the mid-afternoon. Dew points held in the 20s all day. At 0448 we have clear skies with temperatures in the upper 30s. The Monday minimum temperature from the VP2 (35.2°) was recorded at 0703 while the maximum temperature (48.5°) was recorded at 1503. Dew point temps ranged from 29°…

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The start of Sunday was cloudy, mild and wet (0.16″) overnight then clearing, windy, and gradually cooler in the later AM and PM hours as a cold front swept through the area. Temperatures started in the upper 50s then gradually cooled off all day, bottoming out around 40° by the late evening around midnight obs. Dew points dropped all day, starting in the mid 50s and ending in the late evening in the upper 20s. At 0646 we have mostly…

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Saturday was a cloudy, warmer, breezy day that finally got a bit of rain right at the very end of the observation day (0.02″). Temperatures started in the mid 30s then warmed up all day after a warm front passed our area from south to north. Dew points rose later in the day, starting around 30° early then rising all day into the low 50s by the evening. Overnight rain since midnight has totalled 0.10″ in my VP2 tipping bucket…

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Friday was a cooler, partly cloudy, breezy at times day to finish up the workweek. I checked data reported yesterday and all checked out correctly except for minor timing differences not worth reporting further on. Temperatures started in the mid 30s. Dew points were lower than yesterday, staying no higher than the low 30s and dropping down into the upper 20s. At 0743 we have a partial high cloud overcast of mostly broken altocumulus. Temperatures are in the upper-mid 30s….

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Thursday started out mild and cloudy with showers scattered lightly around the region (but not at my location). Please note that due to earlier browser problems I didn’t have access to my exact data directly from my VP2 for Thursday extremes as normally shown. I employed a backup I have at my disposal from my daily weather underground station data. It usually runs pretty close. I will be checking that against the actual which I can read now but don’t…

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Wednesday started out cold, clear and frosty (formed at ground level near rain gauge that I saw – despite a low temp above freezing). Later, partly cloudy skies predominated during the rest of the day with very similar temperature lows as on Monday but slightly warmer maxs. Temps rose up to the lower 50s. Dew points rose a bit from yesterday, from the 30° to the mid 40s. In the evening clouds returned as a line of dying showers approached…

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