West Rockville MD Weather

Thursday brought with it similar conditions to yesterday – partly cloudy, warm, humid skies with a light thundershower in the mid-afternoon (0.06″). Once again stronger storms once again fired up by late afternoon in the region, with a lot of power outages particularly in parts of nearby Virginia. Now at 0351 we have clear skies and warm temperatures around 70°, with dew points in the upper 60s to around 70°. The Thursday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter…

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Wednesday brought with it partly cloudy, warm, humid skies with a light thundershower sometime in the afternoon that went basically unobserved but partially filled up my rain gauge with 0.15″ of water. Stronger storms once again fired up by late afternoon and came very close, but fell in other parts of Rockville and the Maryland suburbs to the east and south with copious rains in some locations. Now at 0453 we have partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures around 70°,…

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Tuesday ushered in the new month of August with partly cloudy, warm, more humid with a brief light thundershower in the early afternoon. Stronger storms fired up by late afternoon, but were isolated and missed my location for the most part, save for some rumblings of thunder. Now at 0700 we have partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures in the low  70s, with dew points rising to the upper 60s. The Tuesday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter…

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Monday was a sunny, dry, but increasingly warmer and more humid day with only scattered fair weather cumulus floating around at times. Now at 0650 we have clear skies and somewhat pleasant temperatures in the mid-upper 60s, with dew points rising to the mid 60s. The Monday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (60.7°) was recorded at 0601 while the maximum temperature (87.2°) was recorded at 1647. Dew point temps rose through the 60s…

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Sunday was a sunny, pleasant, dry day with very little cloud cover most of the day. Now at 0515 we have clear skies and pleasant temperatures in the low 60s, with dew points in the still comfortable 60° range. The Sunday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (61.2°) was recorded at 0428 while the maximum temperature (82.0°) was recorded at 1623. Dew point temps lowered from yesterday, ranging from 61° to 51°. Relative humidity…

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Saturday was a cloudy, cool, wet early (0.54″), drying out late day with slowly lifting clouds and pleasant breezes on my birthday Saturday. Beautiful day for my birthday! Flooding in other parts of the region continued as streams and creeks continued to rise after Friday’s heavy rains. Now at 0620 we have clear skies and pleasantly cool temperatures in the low 60s, with dew points in the comfortable low-mid 50s. The Saturday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter…

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Friday was a cloudy, cool, very wet day with widespread flooding in the area (many flash flood warnings issued by NWS throughout the day), though I didn’t observe any flooding in my limited travels around Gaithersburg and Rockville in the afternoon.  Now at 0418 we have cloudy skies and pleasantly cool temperatures in the mid-upper 60s, with damp dew points in the mid 60s. The Friday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (69.8°) was…

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Thursday was a mostly cloudy, dry, warm day with dew points climbing further to the uncomfortable range. Now at 0521 we have fair skies with temperatures in the low 70s, with dew points around 70°. The Wednesday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (71.2°) was recorded at 0555 while the maximum temperature (86.1°) was recorded at 1633. Dew point temps rose today, ranging from 76° to 68°. Relative humidity values also rose today (90%…

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Wednesday was a partly sunny, dry, warmer day with dew points starting to climb towards the end of the day. Now at 0407 we have mostly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures than last night at this time, in the low 70s, with dew points approaching 70°. The Wednesday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (65.0°) was recorded at 0540 while the maximum temperature (84.5°) was recorded at 1546. Dew point temps rose a bit…

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Tuesday was a sunny, cooler, less humid, pleasant day. I even had a sub 80° max for the day (78.1°), only the second one this July (78.8° on the 6th was the only other one). Now at 0455 we have clear skies with comfortable temperatures in the low-mid 60s, and dew points around 60°. The Tuesday minimum temperature from the VP2 in the shelter on the ground nearby (66.1°) was recorded at 0654 while the maximum temperature (78.1°) was recorded…

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