West Rockville MD Weather

Tuesday was cloudy once again and colder in the afternoon, with mostly overnight light rain once again (0.04″) prior to sunrise that just morphed into cloudy, damp skies most of the daylight/evening hours. Showers approached from the west with a strong cold front, but won’t get here till late morning Wednesday. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (50.0°) was recorded at 2051 while the Tuesday minimum temperature (42.3°) was recorded at 0000. Just about a total reversal of the…

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Wednesday was cloudy and milder with occasional light showers and drizzle. Temperatures started out mild around 40° and rose into the low 50s in the mid-afternoon. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (53.0°) was recorded at 1549 while the minimum temperature (40.2°) was recorded very early at 0002. Dew point temperatures kept rising, ranging from a low of 38° at 0000 up to a high of 50° later at 1653. Relative humidity values were even higher than yesterday (96%…

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Tuesday was cloudy, a bit cooler in the PM but warmer in the early AM, breaking our freezing min streak (through 3/27 22 of 27 days have had freezing mins this March – correction to yesterday’s report). It was still breezy at times, with a trace of afternoon sprinkles. Temperatures rebounded later to reach the mid 40s by mid-afternoon, held down by all the cloudiness. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (44.0°) was recorded at 1543 while the minimum…

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Sunday was partly to mostly cloudy, a bit cooler due to the cloudiness but still hit freezing in the early AM (through 3/26 22 of 26 days have had freezing mins this March). It was still breezy at times. Temperatures rebounded some after the sub-freezing 30° minima to reach the low-mid 40s by late afternoon. There was some rain (and even snow) reported by Marty in Eldersburg to my NE over Carroll County and points N and E. The Sunday…

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Saturday was partly cloudy, a tad milder PM but still freezing in the early AM (through 3/25 21 of 25 days have had freezing mins this March), with the snowpack melted off to 0 from the strong March sun. Today’s feature image is looking N from my balcony from Saturday afternoon. It was also breezy at times, creating wind chill temps in the 20s and 30s early and late in the day. Temperatures rebounded after the sub-freezing 30° minima to…

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Friday was mostly sunny, a tad milder PM but still freezing in the early AM (through 3/24 20 of 24 days have had freezing mins this March), with the snowpack just about wiped out from the strong March sun. Temperatures rebounded after the sub-freezing 30° minima to reach the mid 40s by mid-afternoon. A 1 inch snowpack early melted off to a very patchy trace by the end of the day. It was still breezy at times. The Friday maximum…

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Tuesday featured cloudy skies, much colder temperatures, and precipitation most of the day (0.69″) of first rain, then sleet, then snow, mostly light (snow/sleet/ice total 0.8″). Temperatures started out in the low 40s, but slowly dropped into the 30s (36° when the rain commenced around 0600) then down to 33° by mid-morning when sleet then snow mixed in, further dropping the temperature to around 30° where it would stay the rest of the day. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the…

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Monday featured sunny skies, warmer all day and in fact the warmest day (so far) of March, and warmest day since February 28 when 63.3 was the high recorded. We did have increasing clouds late ahead of our stormy mid-week weather. We have a radically different scenario for Tuesday, with clouds and much colder temps as rain started to fall around 0600 and is expected to turn to sleet and snow later on today. Temperatures have been running just above…

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Thursday featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, cold temperatures in the early AM but milder PM temps and windy conditions at times. We did warm into the upper 40s for highs with early AM mins running in the upper 20s. Temperatures are approaching the freezing mark very early this Friday morning, with winds lessening overnight. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (48.7°) was recorded at 1500 while the minimum temperature (29.1°) was recorded at 0721. Dew point temperatures were…

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