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Mostly sunny, hot, more humid, still dry update for Sunday, September 22, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, hot, more humid, still dry update for Sunday, September 22, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, hot day with dew points rising some more but not terrible yet, as they stayed in the 60s.  High temps rose into the low 90s by mid afternoon, after early morning temps in the upper mid 60s. Dew point temperatures were at their lowest at the very beginning of the day (low 60s), then rose through to the  upper 60s by late morning and more or less held there the rest of the day. The maximum temperature was 91.0 degrees…

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Mostly sunny, much warmer, more humid but not too bad yet, still dry update for Saturday, September 21, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, much warmer, more humid but not too bad yet, still dry update for Saturday, September 21, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, warmer day with dew points rising but still relatively comfortable and continued dry for Saturday. High temps rose into the upper mid 80s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps around 60. Dew point temperatures were at their lowest (low 50s) during the overnight, then rose gradually through the day to the mid 60s by late evening. The maximum temperature was 87.8 degrees at 1626. The minimum temperature was 59.5 degrees at 0529.  The dew point temperatures…

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Mostly sunny, still pleasantly cool especially in the AM, still dry update for Friday, September 20, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, still pleasantly cool especially in the AM, still dry update for Friday, September 20, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, pleasantly cool in the AM, a bit warmer afternoon and evening, still dry for Friday. High temps were in the upper mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps around 50, lowest of the season so far as we enter astronomical Fall this weekend. Dew point temperatures were at their lowest (mid 40s) during the overnight, then rose gradually through the day to the mid 50s by late evening. The maximum temperature was 77.7 degrees at 1706….

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Partly sunny, pleasantly cool, still dry update for Thursday, September 19, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly sunny, pleasantly cool, still dry update for Thursday, September 19, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly sunny, pleasantly cool, still dry for Thursday. High temps were in the mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning temps in the mid 50s, surpassed by midnight temps slightly lower. Dew point temperatures were at their highest (mid 50s) in the very early morning, then fell gradually through the day to the mid 30s by the early evening. The maximum temperature was 73.6 degrees at 1607. The minimum temperature was 54.5 degrees at 2359. (AM Min 55.3 degrees…

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Mostly sunny, cooler, very pleasant, still dry update for Wednesday, September 18, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, cooler, very pleasant, still dry update for Wednesday, September 18, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Mostly sunny, cooler, very pleasant but still dry for mid-week Wednesday. High temps were in the mid 70s in the late afternoon, after early morning mins in the upper 50s. Dew point temperatures were at their highest (60) in the mid morning, then fell gradually through the 50s to 50 by late afternoon. The maximum temperature was 74.3 degrees at 1650. The minimum temperature was 57.9 degrees at 0713. The dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 60 degrees…

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Partly sunny, cooler, still dry update for Tuesday, September 17, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly sunny, cooler, still dry update for Tuesday, September 17, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly cloudy, cooler temps with a cold frontal passage in the AM that caused cloudiness for a while in the morning, then slow clearing and drying out as the PM hours passed. High temps were in the upper mid 70s in the mid-afternoon, then gradually fell into the upper mid 60s by late evening. Dew point temperatures were at their highest (mid 60s) in the very beginning of the day, then fell gradually through the 60s and upper 50s to…

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Partly to mostly sunny, warmer, dry update for Monday, September 16, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly to mostly sunny, warmer, dry update for Monday, September 16, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly cloudy, a bit warmer temps with a return southerly flow marked the conditions for Monday. The high temperature (mid 80s) for the day was reached in the mid-afternoon after early morning mins in the low 60s.  Dew point temperatures were at their lowest around 60 degrees in the very beginning of the day, then rose gradually through the 60s to an upper 60s by evening. The maximum temperature was 85.5 degrees at 1550. The minimum temperature was 63.3 degrees at 0655. …

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Partly cloudy (high clouds mostly) AM, becoming sunny warmer and less humid PM, dry once again update for Sunday, September 15, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Partly cloudy (high clouds mostly) AM, becoming sunny warmer and less humid PM, dry once again update for Sunday, September 15, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

High cloudiness gradually gave way during the AM hours to a sunny, clear sky in the PM, with dropping dew points as a weak cold front moved on south and east of my area. The high temperature (low 80s) for the day was reached in the mid-afternoon after early morning mins in the upper 60s. The low temperature for the day wasn’t reached till the very end, just two minutes before midnight Sunday night. Dew point temperatures were at their…

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AUGUST 2019 MONTHLY SUMMARY AND SUMMARY STATISTICS ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND

AUGUST 2019 MONTHLY SUMMARY AND SUMMARY STATISTICS ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND

August 2019 was much wetter and a bit warmer than normal. My max temp (84.5°) was only 0.3° above normal but my min temp (67.6°) was more significantly 3.4° above normal, resulting in the mean temperature (76.0°) to be 1.8° above normal. My total precipitation of 7.63″ was 4.44” above the normal August value for my station of 3.19”. There were more days but generally smaller daily amounts of precipitation than in July leading to an about normal amount of…

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Remaining cloudy and relatively still cool and dry, quite pleasant update for Saturday September 14, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Remaining cloudy and relatively still cool and dry, quite pleasant update for Saturday September 14, 2019 from West Rockville Maryland

Despite a forecast for turning sunny on Saturday, clouds hung tough and kept us that way all day, therefore also still relatively cool, but dry and pleasant  The high temperature (upper mid 70s) for the day was reached in the mid-afternoon after another early morning min in the mid 60s. Dew point temperatures were at their highest at 70 degrees in the mid-afternoon after the lowest reading at 60 degrees was reached at midnight. Those values were exactly the same as…

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