West Rockville MD Weather

March 2018 turned the tables on our really warm February, so much so that I actually averaged colder in March by about 3° than February. While we were drier in March, because of the colder temps we got more snow in March than in February. There were only 12 days in February with minimum temperatures at or below freezing, in March there were 22, including a streak of 19 straight (from March 8 through March 26 – using rounded values…

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So sorry for a temporary hiatus from posting my daily weather here. I just had some important projects and activities that were quite time-sensitive the past week. I will be posting my just completed weather summary for March in a few minutes. I will resume my regular daily reports in the next day or so. I really haven’t had any rain to report on since my last report until Tuesday, April 24. Light rain, only 0.20″ so far. Heat appears…

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Thursday was partly cloudy, dry and milder in the AM, but by midday, light showers (.01″), menacing-looking stratocumulus clouds (see featured image) building fast from quickly increasing frontal activity and winds started to drop temps in the PM hours once again through the 40s through midnight obs, then into the mid 30s overnight to sunrise currently. Winds combined with the cold to produce wind chill temps sinking down well into the 30s. The Thursday maximum temperature was 58.9 @ 1108…

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I have really been running behind of late, with continued crazy sleep schedules. I am sorry I am very late with my Wednesday report, being written early AM on Friday (finally). This report will necessarily be brief once again, and only include highlights and the basic data for the day. Wednesday was dry, but the sun came out (at least for part of the day) with high temps “soaring” to the 60° level after yet another cold, frosty morning with…

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Tuesday was dry, but still cloudy and very cool for mid-April. A typical Tuesday afternoon image is shown as today’s featured image. Flooding is still ongoing in spots, particularly near major rivers in the area like the Potomac River, closest to me. Whites Ferry, to my NW and the only ferry working on the Potomac River these days, has been closed for the past few days due to high water and lots of debris in the river that could mess…

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I have had a variety of problems, including sleep, the past few days. This report will briefly cover both Sunday and Monday. We had quite a rainstorm overnight Sunday into most of Monday. Temps dropped on Sunday from a high of 72 @ 0000 down to 43.6 @ 2125. On Monday temps remained cool under the rainy, cloudy conditions, with a high of 56.4 @ 0644 down to 42.6 @ 2356. Most of the rain fell early Monday after midnight…

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Saturday was the second and last day of our “mini-heat wave” with mostly sunny skies with scattered high cirrus at times and temperatures once again reaching well into the 80s as had been predicted all week. The Saturday maximum temperature from the VP2 (83.4°) was recorded at 1513 while the equally balmy Saturday minimum temperature (64.6°) was recorded at 0655. Dew point temperatures continued to rise also, ranging from a low of 51° at 0001 up to a high of…

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Friday the 13th had no meteorological shenanigans for my area, as the typical altostratus overcast lessened and only lasted into the mid AM, then turned mostly sunny with scattered high clouds and warmer temperatures soaring well into the 80s as had been predicted all week. However, it did get hot in my apartment so for the first time this year, I put the A/C on to cool things down. The Friday maximum temperature from the VP2 (83.9°) was recorded at…

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Thursday started out with an altostratus overcast into the late AM, then turned partly sunny and much warmer into the mid 70s, as our big warm-up week continues to progress, culminating at the end of the week with 80° temps. An actual warm front passed through the area in the morning with the associated cloudiness and spotty light rain in the region, but not at my station. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (75.3°) was recorded at 1659 while…

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Wednesday started out with an altostratus overcast into the late AM, then turned mostly sunny and milder, as we start a warming week, culiminating at the end of the week with 80° temps. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (55.9°) was recorded at 1753 while the Wednesday minimum temperature (37.0°) was recorded at 0122. Dew point temperatures were about the same as yesterday, ranging from a low of 23° at 0000 up to a high of 33° much later…

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