West Rockville MD Weather

Saturday was a bit of a rebound day with milder max temps in the mid 70s reached in the late afternoon. We dried out but still had cloudy, below normal temps holding. Minimum temps were reached in the more normal early morning hours. Dew points remained in the 60s to once again correspond with the moderate air temperatures. The lighter winds peaked very early in the morning and remained in a persistent E direction that kept us cloudy all day….

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Friday was quite a change of pace with cloudy, much cooler and wetter conditions in place all day. The max temp only reached the upper 60s, and that was at midnight at the very beginning of the day. Minimum temps were reached in the evening. Dew points fell into 60s to correspond with the cooler air temperatures. We had a cloudy, damp day with frequent periods of light rain/showers (0.66″) and fog at times during the heavier activity . The…

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Thursday was a bit warmer than Wednesday. The max temp reached the upper mid 80s. Minimum temps were a bit cooler than Wednesday but were reached at the very end of the day. Higher dew points in the 70s early yielded to lower dew points in the mid 60s by midnight. We had a partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid day with a few light afternoon and evening showers (0.12″). The winds peaked at the same time as yesterday but…

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Wednesday was a bit cooler than Monday and Tuesday. The max temp only reached the mid 80s. Minimum temps were about the same as Monday and Tuesday and were once again reached during the early morning hours helped by the persistent high dew points in the 70s. We had a mostly cloudy, warm, very humid day with a few afternoon sprinkles that only amounted to a trace. . The winds peaked at the same value today as they remained NW….

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Tuesday was almost an exact mirror image of Monday, as far as max/min temps were concerned. Once again the max temp only reached 90 as a rounded value (89.8). We had a partly sunny, still hot, equally humid day with a few lightning flashes and one faint rumble of thunder during the evening hours but without any measurable rain falling. The max temp was reached in the later afternoon as clouds moved in later towards evening putting a late cap…

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Monday was not quite as hot as Sunday, only reaching 90 as a rounded value (89.6). We had a partly sunny, still hot, more humid day. The max temp was reached in the early afternoon as clouds moved in a bit later in the afternoon putting a cap on the rising temps. Minimum temps were warmer with the higher dew points holding in the 70s. reached during the usual early morning hours. The winds picked up today as they veered…

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Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far with the 92.3 reading recorded today, eclipsing the previous high for the year of 90.2 recorded yesterday. We had a mostly sunny, hot, slightly more humid day. The max temp was reached in the mid afternoon once again with warmer low temps in the upper 60s reached during the usual early morning hours. The winds lessened today as they veered over to the SW. What wind we did have blew…

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Saturday was the hottest day of the year so far with the 90.2 reading recorded today, eclipsing the previous high for the year of 89.8 recorded back on May 23. We had a mostly sunny, moderately humid day. The max temp was reached in the mid afternoon with low temps a bit less warm than yesterday with readings in the mid 60s reached in the usual early morning hours. The moderate NW winds blew strongest in the late morning hours….

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Friday continued warm with dew points staying relatively uncomfortable, hitting the 70 mark once again. We had a partly cloudy day with showers scattered around the region but with no measurable rain falling at my location. Max temps reached the low 80s by mid-late afternoon with low temps remaining quite warm, only falling into the upper 60s at the very end of the day. The winds picked up a bit again by mid afternoon, once again in a westerly direction….

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Thursday warmed up a bit with dew points starting to climb into uncomfortable levels, topping the 70 mark by midday. We had a partly to mostly cloudy day with  thunderstorms developing by the late afternoon. I had a few loud booming thunderclaps around 1730-1815 and some impressive lightning flashes, both cloud to cloud and cloud to ground at that same time. Rainfall was light (0.14″) and was not particularly intense for any length of time. Max temps reached the low…

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