West Rockville MD Weather

Saturday stayed mostly cloudy but dry, warmer than Friday, reaching the tolerable mid 80s for highs but with dew points mostly in the low-mid 70s. We peaked with our moderate max temperature (84.4) of the day in the early afternoon time period. The low temperature for the day (in the low 70s) was reached about a half hour after sunrise. The peak winds (9 MPH) were even lower than yesterday’s light winds with a quite unusual single digit max, “peaking”…

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Friday started out quite wet, cloudy with heavy morning showers that prompted flash flood warnings during most of the AM hours, then we turned drier but stayed relatively cool with dew points still mostly in the low 70s under partly cloudy PM skies. We peaked with our moderate max temperature (80.5) of the day in the early evening time period. The low temperature for the day (in the low 70s) was reached about an hour and a half after sunrise….

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Thursday turned warmer and drier but with only a bit lower dew points under partly cloudy skies. We peaked with our warmer max temperature (87.7) of the day in the later mid- afternoon time period, along with dew points in the mid 70s. The low temperature for the day (in the lower mid 70s) was reached about an hour after sunrise. The peak winds (21 MPH) decreased to moderate levels, peaking midday while veering to a slightly drier northwesterly direction….

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Wednesday turned into a tropical steam bath as the remnants of tropical storm Fred passed close by to the northwest up in Pennsylvania. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, filled with tropical downpours (0.75″) at times, with very high dew points all day. We peaked with our modest max temperature (84.9) of the day in the mid afternoon through a partly cloudy sky at the time, along with the steamy dew points. The low temperature for the day (in the mid…

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Tuesday maintained the latest cooling, damp trend we now have been under for a few days and will continue to for a good part of the week. We peaked with our modest max temperature (84.2) of the day in the later afternoon through a mostly cloudy day, along with rising dew points which accompanied our occasional rain showers ((0.07″). The low temperature for the day (around 70) was reached about a few hours before sunrise. The peak winds (16 MPH)…

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Monday maintained the latest cooling, damp trend we now have been under for a few days and will continue to the rest of the week. We peaked with our modest max temperature (81.4) of the day in the later mid afternoon through a mostly cloudy day, along with rising dew points which accompanied our occasional rain showers ((0.28″). The low temperature for the day (low 70s) was reached about an hour after sunrise. The peak winds (23 MPH) increased to…

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Sunday was another transitional day out of our modest 6 day hot spell into a cooler period ahead. We peaked with our modest max temperature (80.8) of the day in the mid afternoon just ahead of a cloudier but dry evening period, along with gradually lowering dew points, reached during the early morning. The day was partly cloudy, generally speaking, with some light overnight showers (0.09″) The peak winds (16 MPH) lessened some more, peaking very early in the morning…

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Saturday was the transitional day out of our modest 6 day hot spell into a cooler, wetter period ahead. We peaked with our modest max temperature (86.6) of the day in the late afternoon just ahead of a cloudier but dry evening period, along with still moderately high dew points, reached during the midday time period. The day was partly cloudy, generally speaking The peak winds (20 MPH) lessened some peaking midday while veering a bit over to a northwesterly…

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Friday started out just like the previous days of this week – partly cloudy, hot and humid, but unlike Thursday, resumed the pattern of earlier in the week with cumulus clouds building and storms and showers quickly developing in the late afternoon/early evening with heavy rain and strong winds at times, with frequent lightning and thunder . We peaked with our hottest max temperature (93.9) of the day in the early mid-afternoon just ahead of the rainfall activity, along with…

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Thursday started out just like the previous days of this week – partly cloudy, hot and humid. However it stayed that way all day, with no showers and storms developing to keep us hot and dry. We peaked with our hottest max temperature (94.4) of the week and actually of the month so far in the mid-afternoon, along with the usual high dew points, reached in the late morning, well into the upper 70s. The daily minimum temperature in the…

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