West Rockville MD Weather

On Sunday, we had some sun at times and some clouds at other times with seasonably cool afternoon temperatures after one more frosty early AM with temps in the mid 20s. A clear, milder evening with temps holding in the 30s overnight into Monday morning. Remember, we are now on Daylight Savings Time so all time references from now on will be in Daylight Savings Time (DST). Mid 40s was reached by later afternoon after mid-upper 20s mins were reached…

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On Saturday, we had plenty of sun at times (see today’s featured image taken during my GLOBE observations in the late morning of a solitary cumulus cloud (enlarged) in the otherwise clear sky at the time) but generally partly cloudy skies and colder early AM temperatures and milder afternoon temperatures than yesterday. A clear, colder evening, with temps eventually falling below freezing but not till way after midnight obs into now the Daylight Savings Time hours of Sunday. Time references…

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On Tuesday, we had mostly cloudy skies, lowering and thickening all day, and colder, particularly in the evening during our light rain changing to/mixing with light snow (0.23″/0.2″ snow). After a low temp just below freezing in the early AM, the temperature rebounded into the low 40s in the early afternoon, then cooled off into the evening through much of the 30s during the rain changing to snow evening activity. The Tuesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (43.0°) was recorded…

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On Monday, we had mostly sunny skies and a bit colder temperatures with light winds. Seasonably cold temps topped out in the mid 40s, after lows in the early AM in the mid-upper 20s. The region is still recovering from our weekend windstorm, still with areas out of power and plenty of traffic problems from blocked roads from downed trees. But with the improving conditions continuing on Monday, recovery efforts have been moving on more smoothly. After early AM lows…

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On Sunday, storm conditions really went away for the most part, with bright, sunny skies, seasonably cold temps in the mid-upper 40s, and lighter winds than we have been having. The region is still recovering from our weekend windstorm, with areas without power, continued blocked roads from downed trees, and damaged houses and structures from the wind. But with the improving conditions on Sunday, recovery efforts were accelerated. After early AM lows in the low 30s, high temps reached the…

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Friday was another cloudy day, much cooler, with mostly AM light rain (0.24″ cocorahs gauge total, Max rain rate 0.42″/hour @ 0731 from the VP2) and then occasional drizzle and fog developing late with dense fog at times overnight into early Saturday morning. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (46.1°) was recorded very late at 2355 while the minimum temperature (38.8°) was recorded earlier at 0803. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 38° at 0129 up to…

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Wednesday was a partly sunny day (mostly clear/sunny AM, partly to mostly cloudy PM) and even warmer that Tuesday. My 78.3 high temperature was the warmest daily max temp I have recorded since 82.3 was reached back on October 10, 2017. Temps on Wednesday hit 70° by 1030, after a warm launching point in the low 60s in the early AM. The Wednesday maximum temperature from the VP2 (78.3°) was recorded relatively late at 1631 while the minimum temperature (61.2°)…

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Sunday AM was foggy early till mid-morning with temps around the freezing mark rising to the mid 40s by mid-afternoon. The snow was all melted off by late afternoon unfortunately. The Sunday maximum temperature from the VP2 (46.1°) was recorded at 1537 while the minimum temperature (30.5°) was recorded at 0716. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 30° at 0652 up to a high of 38° at 1046. Relative humidity values were high much of morning then started…

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Saturday AM was sunny and seasonably cold but then classically progressive increasing clouds took over in the afternoon, lowering and thickening as our small snowstorm moved in by late afternoon and the early evening. Temps were around freezing in the early AM then rose into the low 40s by midday, then slid on off through most of the 30s the rest of the day. Snow (2.3″) fell between about 4 and 8 PM (approx), with mixed precip interspersed and before…

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