West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday featured colder temperatures with partly cloudy, blustery conditions and even some snow flurries falling at times in the area as high temperatures only reached the mid 40s after a few days above the 60° mark. See the featured image taken in the early afternoon from the back of the Kaiser Building in Gaithersburg about 5 miles north of my apartment for the blustery sky from there at that time (around 1300) The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (44.2°)…

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Tuesday featured slightly cooler temperatures with early morning rain and clouds (0.07″) then changeable skies, turning partly cloudy skies in the PM as high temperatures just reached the 60° mark. I witnessed a classic wind shift with the cold frontal passage mid-morning, with increasing winds switching from SE to NW, but cooler temperatures were really not found behind the front. Sometimes the cooler air just takes a while to take over. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (60.3°) was…

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Monday featured even warmer, partly to mostly cloudy skies as high temperatures rose into the low 60s. I had a trace of rain out of some morning sprinkles. The Monday maximum temperature from the VP2 (62.8°) was recorded at 1457 while the minimum temperature (46.1°) was recorded at 0607. My dew point temperatures continued their slow climb upwards, ranging from 42° at 0000 up to 48° at 1340. Relative humidity values were about the same as yesterday’s values (87% –…

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Sunday featured very mild, partly sunny skies as high temperatures once again rose into the mid-upper 50s. The Sunday maximum temperature from the VP2 (57.5°) was recorded at 1508 while the minimum temperature (34.3°) was recorded at 0607. It was my first daily minimum temperature above freezing in 2018. My dew point temperatures continued their slow climb upwards, ranging from 30° at 0135 up to 43° at 1605. Relative humidity values rose from yesterday’s values (85% – 56%). Barometric values…

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Saturday featured warm, partly sunny skies as high temperatures rose into the upper 50s. The Saturday maximum temperature from the VP2 (58.3°) was recorded at 1525 while the minimum temperature (27.4°) was recorded at 0708. My dew point temperatures continued their slow climb upwards, ranging from 15° at 0328 up to 36° at 1313. Relative humidity values rose a bit from yesterday’s values (73% – 37%). Barometric values lowered a bit more today from a low of 29.98″ at 1355…

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Friday featured a high clouds overcast in the AM, then mostly sunny, warmer conditions in the PM as high temperatures approached the 50° mark. All vestiges of snow in my immediate area have melted away. The Friday maximum temperature from the VP2 (49.6°) was recorded at 1503 while the minimum temperature (25.5°) was recorded at 0500. My dew point temperatures started a slow climb upwards, ranging from 10° at 0004 up to 21° at 1212. Relative humidity values fell off…

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Thursday featured clear skies and an afternoon warmup after one last cold early AM that will be the pattern for the next few days. No snow left on the ground now, just a few very scattered patches in well protected, north facing areas in my immediate area. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (41.0°) was recorded at 1536 while the minimum temperature (16.5°) was recorded at 0126. My dew point remained pretty low all day, ranging from 8° at…

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Wednesday featured a small snow occurrence (0.7″) during most of the early AM hours, then cold and slow clearing during the PM hours. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (32.3°) was recorded at 0000 while the minimum temperature (17.0°) was recorded nearly 24 hours later at 2340. The PM Max temperature was only 23.8° at 1455, with the AM min was 22.5° at 0720. My dew point temperatures rose early then dropped with the colder, drier PM air, ranging…

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Tuesday was a mostly cloudy, milder day, with snow approaching and starting right around obs time at the end of the day. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (38.0°) was recorded at 1517 while the minimum temperature (28.3°) was recorded at 0734. My dew point temperatures rose a bit more today, ranging from 25° at 1238 up to 29° at 2340. Relative humidity values remained fairly high alll day, similar to yesterday (91% – 61%). Barometric values lowered some…

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Monday was a partly sunny, milder day but still staying below freezing all day. The Monday maximum temperature from the VP2 (30.1°) was recorded at 1636 while the minimum temperature (15.0°) was recorded at 0657. My dew point temperatures started to rise later in the day, ranging from 7° at 0000 up to 26° at 2308. Relative humidity values rose significantly (89% – 63%). Barometric values lowered some (but still quite high) from a very early AM high of 30.67″…

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