West Rockville MD Weather

Saturday was a seasonably cold day, dry, partly cloudy skies with light winds with high temps in the mid 40s and lows in the mid 30s. The max temperature was 46.1° at 1503. The min temperature was 35.2° at 2125. Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 34° @ 0000 down to a low of 32° @ 0830. Relative humidity values ranged from a low of 63% @ 1445 up to a high of 87% @ 2115. Barometric pressure ranged from a low…

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Well the sun came out for most of Friday, after the last of the precipitation (rain unfortunately) fell in the very early AM hours (0.06″), warming up to a max temperature reading of 44.4° at 1535 after a morning low of 33.5° at 0117. All of our natural snow was gone except in the shadiest, most protected spots by mid-afternoon. Some man-made piles of snow remain in a few spots.  Total monthly precipitation for November is now 5.76″ and the…

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Well I had my first snow of the season on Thursday, November 15, 2018. It snowed mostly between about 0730-1215 EST, with temps around 30° at the start, warming up to the 32° freezing mark by mid-day, then raising above the freezing mark in the afternoon, changing the snow over to freezing rain/sleet briefly before changing to just plain rain. Pictures of the snow below and as the featured image were substandard, taken after the changeover in the early afternoon….

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Thursday had a bit of everything – clouds and sun, a bit lower temperatures from Wednesday, with high temps in the mid 50s and lows in the upper 40s. The max temperature was 55.1° at 0108. The min temperature was 48.1° at 2359. Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 46° @ 0000 down to a low of 34° @ 1312. Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 74% @ 0000 down to a low of 48% @ 1312. Barometric…

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Wednesday was a cloudy day, mostly various levels of altocumulus and stratocumulus, no measurable rain  and temperatures holding pretty steady from Tuesday, with high temps in the upper 50s and lows a bit cooler down to upper-mid 40s. The max temperature was 59.1° at 1120. The min temperature was 47.1° at 0316. Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 53° @ 0004 down to a low of 41° @ 0553. Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 96% @ 0000…

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Tuesday was a cloudy, a bit milder, rainy (once again) Election Day with temps in the upper 50s to lower 50s’ The max temperature was 58.4° at 1525. The min temperature was 51.5° at 0000. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 51° @ 0000 up to a high of 58° @ 1449. Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 98% @ 1144 down to a low of 96% @ 2359. Most all day the humidity remained at 97% with…

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Sorry for missing posts over the weekend, busy time with a big weather party all day Saturday, and recovery day/footbal/clean up on Sunday and Monday. Many items still remain to deal with, I may have to do these “condensed” posts in the near future.  Today I will attempt to make a 4 day summary here in this post. Friday was quite an active day weather-wise, Moderate to heavy rain (1.26″ total) fell Friday evening with sharply dropping temperatures. The rain…

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Sorry for missing Wednesday’s post – too much Halloween celebrating and a few health issues to deal with. I’m somewhat better now. I will make a 2 day summary here in this post.  Halloween Wednesday was a sunny, warmer day with no clouds observed during the day. Temperatures reached the mid-upper 60s for highs, mid 40s for lows. Dew points started to climb during the day, ranging from low 40s early to mid 50s late. Winds were still light. The…

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Tuesday was a sunny, pleasantly cool day. Temperatures reached the upper 50s for highs, upper 30s for lows. Dew points remained relatively low, in the upper-mid 30s to the mid 40s. Winds were light.  The max temperature was 59.6° at 1554. The min temperature was 39.2° at 0753. Dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 37° @ 0718 up to a high of 45° @ 1033. Relative humidity values ranged from a high of 93% @ 0814 down to…

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My apologies for not posting the past few days. I will post a briefer 3 day post here, combining some parameters as needed. Saturday was cloudy, chilly and rainy through mid-afternoon with temperatures ranging from the mid 40s for lows up to mid 50s for highs. Steady light rain fell a good part of the day (0.65″). Winds picked up, veering around to the NW with our first significant fall of leaves as predicted. Sunday was still cloudy but only occasional…

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