West Rockville MD Weather

Tuesday was a generally partly cloudy day with very similar temperature extremes as on Monday. Temps rose up to the upper 40s. Dew points were a bit lower than yesterday, from the low 30s to the upper 30s. At 0800 we have generally clear skies with a few scattered high clouds on the horizon as the sun prepares to rise in the eastern sky. Temperatures are in the mid 30s, but showcasing clear, calm mornings like this have the coldest…

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Monday started out cloudy with overnight light rain (0.13″) that ended before dawn then we had a partly cloudy afternoon with temps rising up a bit into the upper 40s. Dew points rose some from yesterday, from the mid 30s up to the low 40s. At 0756 we have a stratocumulus overcast sky, light winds, and moderating temperatures into the low 40s with dew points up into the upper 30s. The Monday minimum temperature from the VP2 (37.7°) was recorded…

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Sunday was still relatively cold but moderated from yesterday’s colder day with partly cloudy skies. Dew points rose some from yesterday, from the low 20s up to the lower-mid 30s. At 0751 we have a high cloud partial overcast, light winds, and moderating cold after a period of light rain (0.07″ since midnight) for a few hours after midnight, from about 0115 to 0430. Temperatures are now in the upper 30s with dew points up into the upper-mid 30s. The…

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Veteran’s Day Saturday was my coldest day since March 15 with highs in the mid 30s under mostly sunny skies and lows in the low 20s for the season’s first killing freeze. Dew points dropped even more, from the low 20s down to the upper single digits . At 0944 we have an high cloud overcast, light winds, and still cold but moderating. Temperatures are now in the mid 30s with dew points up into the upper 20s. The Saturday…

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Friday stayed relatively mild overnight and somewhat damp, in the low-mid 40s, then mid-morning the wind picked up out of the NW and the temperatures failed to go up any more and started to slowly lower as the day progressed under mostly sunny skies. We reached the upper 20s by midnight obs. Dew points really dropped from the mid 40s down to the mid teens by midnight obs. At 0718 we have clear skies, light winds. Temperatures are now in…

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Thursday warmed up a bit, remaining cloudy all day with some unexpected light rain (0.06″), falling mostly in the morning. From the lower 40s in the very early AM we rose to the low 50s by mid-afternoon, then down to the mid 40s by midnight. Cloudy skies have persisted overnight but with cloud ceilings rising so right now we have broken middle to high clouds with sun filtering through early on this Friday morning. Dew points dropped from the high…

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Wednesday cooled down a bit more, remaining cloudy all day but without any rain. From the upper 30s in the early AM we only rose to the mid 40s in the afternoon, then down to the low 40s by midnight under cold, relatively stable conditions all day. Today’s featured image highlights the cloudy sky as darkness descended late this afternoon about 1725. Cloudy skies have persisted overnight with a bit of occasional light rain the past hour or so (0.02″…

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Tuesday cooled down quite a bit, right from the warmest temp of the day at midnight, sinking down into the upper 30s just about 24 hours later at Tuesday’s midnight obs time. Rain developed during the cloudy day in the late morning and rain lightly but steadily all afternoon into the early evening (0.95″ – roughly between 1100 and 1900) Temperatures turned cold, mostly in the low 40s all day before dropping into the upper 30s during the later evening…

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Monday warmed up in the afternoon after another cool, cloudy and still wet (0.14″) morning, falling as occasional light rain and drizzle during the AM hours. The sun came out in the PM with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures were cool in the mid-upper 50s in the AM, then upper 60s for the highs for the day and low 50s for the low at the very end of the day, after the cold front had passed and colder air started to…

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Sunday was cool, cloudy and still wet (0.09″), falling as occasional light rain and drizzle during the AM hours, with fog off and on all day, remaining gloomy. Temperatures were cool in the upper 50s for highs similar to yesterday and low 50s for the low at the very beginning of the day. Cloudy skies have continued overnight but with no additional rain with temps holding in the upper 50s. Dew points remained in the 50s all day. At 0810…

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