West Rockville MD Weather

Thursday was a bit cooler and dry. We warmed up to the low 80s in the later mid-afternoon. The day featured partly to mostly sunny skies, lower dew points and generally more pleasant conditions. The daily minimum temperature in the lower mid 60s was reached in the morning after sunrise. The smoke generally cleared up in the area. The winds lessened significantly, veering to a cooling, smoke-clearing NE direction, peaking in the late morning. Barometric pressures were highest in the…

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Wednesday was a bit cooler due to more clouds and light showers in the late afternoon and smoky haze partially obscuring the skies earlier in the day. We warmed up to the mid 80s in the early afternoon. The day featured partly sunny, hazy/smoky skies at times, with clearing skies in the evening after a cold frontal passage. The daily minimum temperature in the lower 70s was reached in the late evening just before midnight. The smoke continued to blow…

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Tuesday started the climb into the more seasonal levels of heat and dew points. We warmed up a bit into the upper 80s. The day featured mostly sunny, hazy/smoky skies, warmer temperatures and rising dew points compared to yesterday. Max temps reached the upper 80s by later mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the upper 60s was reached in the early morning right after sunrise. The smoke was from Western wildfires. The winds lessened a bit, veering slightly from…

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Monday continued to give us a brief break from the heat and humidity but did warm back up a bit into the mid 80s. The day featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, still pleasant temperatures and similar moderate dew points with yesterday. Max temps reached the mid 80s by mid afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the upper 60s was reached in the early morning right after sunrise. The winds lessened from the W, peaking in the later afternoon….

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Sunday finally gave us some relief from the heat and humidity. The day featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, pleasant temperatures and lower dew points. Max temps only reached the upper 70s by late afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the upper 60s was reached in the early morning right after sunrise. The winds blew strong this morning for a time from the NW at 0902. Barometric pressures were highest in the late morning while lowest in the overnight…

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Saturday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week. The day featured partly to mostly cloudy skies, hot temperatures and quite high dew points. And also quite an intense thunderstorm in the mid-afternoon that featured brief heavy rain, high winds, vivid lightning and loud, booming thunder. The thunder started rumbling around 1400 but rain did’t start faliing till about 1515, with the most intense part of the storm not hitting hard till about 1600-1615. Power went out after the…

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Friday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week. The day featured partly cloudy skies, hotter temperatures and still quite high dew points. Max temps reached the lower mid-90s by late mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the low 70s was reached in the early morning hours right after sunrise. The winds picked up a bit today, veering slightly to a southwesterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest midday while lowest in the early evening. Saturday still looks to…

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Thursday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week. Still the day featured partly cloudy skies, very warm temperatures and higher dew points. We did have a very light early evening shower (T). Max temps reached the low 90s by mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature around 70 was reached in the early morning hours right around sunrise. The winds lessened a bit again today, maintaining a westerly direction. Barometric pressures were highest early mid morning while lowest in…

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Wednesday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week but not quite a bad with more afternoon clouds that looked threatening for a few hours but never materialized into anything significant. Still the day featured partly cloudy skies, very warm temperatures and slightly lower dew points. Max temps reached the 90 mark by mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the mid-70s was not reached until very late in the day, just before midnight. The winds lessened again today,…

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Tuesday continued the hot and humid pattern of the week with partly cloudy skies, hot temperatures and high dew points. Max temps reached the lower mid-90s by late mid-afternoon while the daily minimum temperature in the mid-70s was reached during the usual time in the early morning right around sunrise. At least the winds picked up today into the moderate range, veering to a southwesterly direction. Barometric pressures were highest mid morning while lowest in the early evening. Wednesday through…

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