West Rockville MD Weather

Friday calmed down after a tumultuous Thursday. Cooler, drier conditions predominated most of the day, after some light overnight showers (0.03″) and clouds held over from yesterday through mid-morning. High temps only reached around 80 by mid-afternoon, The AM clouds gave way to a sunnier afternoon with the daily min temp in the mid 60s reached later, right around midnight. The winds were in the upper moderate range, holding in a NW direction. Barometric pressures were highest at the very…

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Thursday was a day of change. Still warm and humid, but clouds developed rapidly by midday and storms ans showers dominated the weather most of the afternoon. High temps only reached the upper mid 80s by early afternoon, falling into the low 80s then 70s as the rain frequency increased and clouds thickened. Partly sunny skies early gave way to mostly cloudy, threatening looking clouds most of the afternoon with frequent rounds of thunder and lightning and occasional downpours. Minimum…

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Wednesday was hot and humid for a good part of the day, with highs reaching the mid-90s by mid-afternoon. Partly sunny skies gave way to mostly cloudy, threatening looking clouds in the late afternoon that cooled us off a bit but yielded only a trace of rain in a few sprinkles. Minimum temps held from yesterday with the lowest readings in the mid 70s, occurring in the early morning hours at sunrise. The winds picked up with the threatening clouds,…

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Tuesday was hot and humid once again, with highs reaching the lower mid-90s by later mid-afternoon. Partly to mostly sunny skies predominated all day, with some cumulus buildups that dotted the sky occasionally in the afternoon. Minimum temps held from yesterday with the lowest readings in the mid 70s, occurring in the early morning hours just after sunrise. The winds stayed in the moderate range, veering back around to the W, peaking in the later afternoon. Barometric pressures were highest…

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Monday was hot and humid, with highs reaching the low 90s by mid-afternoon. Partly to mostly sunny skies predominated all day, with minor occasional buildups that did not yield any shower activity. Minimum temps continued to rise with the lowest readings in the mid 70s, occurring in the early morning hours, just after sunrise. The winds stayed in the moderate range, veering around to the S, peaking in the early evening before sunset. Barometric pressures were highest in the morning…

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Sunday was warmer and more humid, with highs reaching the upper 80s reached by mid-afternoon. Partly sunny skies predominated all day, with some buildups but did not yield any shower activity like yesterday. Minimum temps continued to rise with the lowest readings in the lower 70s, occurring in the early morning hours right around sunrise. The winds stayed in the moderate range, again blowing in from the W, peaking in the mid- afternoon. Barometric pressures were quite muted once again,…

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Saturday was warmer and more humid, with highs reaching the mid 80s reached by mid-afternoon. Partly sunny skies predominated all day, with some buildups that yielded some light afternoon shower activity (0.02″). Minimum temps rose considerably with the lowest readings only in the lower 70s, occurring in the early morning hours just prior to sunrise. The winds picked up into the moderate range, blowing in from the W, peaking in the early afternoon. Barometric pressures were highest in the morning…

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Friday was a bit warmer and more humid, especially during the later hours of the day, with highs around 80 reached in the later mid-afternoon period. Partly sunny skies predominated all day, mostly puffy, fair-weather cumulus at times. Minimum temps remained relatively cool for one more day with the lowest readings in the upper 50s occurring in the early morning hours just after sunrise. The winds picked up a bit but were still pretty light, blowing in from the SW,…

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Thursday was another pleasantly cooler than normal day with highs in the upper mid 70s reached in the later mid-afternoon period. Partly sunny skies predominated all day, mostly puffy, fair-weather cumulus at times. Minimum temps also remained comfortably cool today with the lowest readings in the mid 50s occurring in the early morning hours just after sunrise. The winds picked up a wee bit but were still light, blowing in from the SE, peaking in the early afternoon. Barometric pressures…

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Wednesday was pleasantly cooler than normal with highs in the mid 70s reached in the later mid-afternoon period. Mostly sunny skies predominated all day. Minimum temps were also much cooler today with the lowest in the lower mid 50s occurring in the overnight hours but with a slight warmup by sunrise into the mid 50s at midnight down to the low 50s by mid-evening. The winds slackened off to light levels blowing in from an E direction, peaking around midday….

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