West Rockville MD Weather

December 2019 was warmer and a bit wetter than normal. My maximum temperature average (45.9°) was 0.7° above normal but my minimum temperature average (33.0°) was much more significantly above normal (+ 4.8°), resulting in the mean temperature average of 39.4° to be 2.7° above normal. My total precipitation of 3.26″ was 0.16” above the normal December value for my station of 3.10”. There were 12 days with measurable precipitation, roughly 2/3 of which occurred between the 9th and 17th…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I continued to have a busy conclusion to the holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the period with some light rain and wind towards the end. Wednesday, New Years Day Partly cloudy skies and breezy at times with high temps reaching the mid 40s after relatively mild early morning lows in the mid 30s. Low temperaures for the…

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I had a busy holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the period with some rain towards the end.  Friday Partly cloudy skies with high temps reaching the mid 50s after mild early morning lows only in the upper 30s. Dew point temperatures ranged from the mid-upper 30s in the early AM up to the upper 40s by early afternoon. The maximum…

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Mild, partly sunny, occasional morning foggy weather dominated the Christmas scene this year with no snow close at all to our area.  Tuesday, Christmas Eve   High temps reached the 50 mark after early morning lows right at the freezing mark. Dew point temperatures varied from the upper 30s in the AM down to the upper 20s in the late evening.  The maximum temperature was 50.3 degrees at 1412. The minimum temperature was 32.2 degrees at 2359. The dew point temperatures…

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Milder weather with partly to mostly sunny skies took over on Sunday and continued into Monday. High clouds at times from the storm well to the south have slowly abated as pressures have fallen and the storm has retrograded out to the south and east. Sunday’s max temps reached the mid 40s and Monday’s up to the upper 40s after lows in the mid 20s on Sunday and upper 20s on Monday under calm, dry skies. Dew point temperatures have…

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Persistent seasonable cold continued for Saturday, along with mostly sunny skies most of the day with high clouds at times from the big rainstorm well to my south. Continued high pressure is keeping the storm away this weekend. Saturday’s max temps reached the mid 30s once again after lows in the mid 20s under calm, dry skies. Dew point temperatures remained mostly in the low-mid 20s all day.  The maximum temperature was 36.6 degrees at 1508. The minimum temperature was…

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Our stay below freezing only lasted one day, as Friday’s max temps reached into the upper mid 30s after lows in the low 20s in the early AM under sunny, calm, dry skies. Dew point temperatures raised into the low 20s by early afternoon, after starting out in the mid teens at midnight.  The maximum temperature was 37.4 degrees at 1450. The minimum temperature was 22.2 degrees at 0504. The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 15 degrees…

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A cold few days during this 2-day pre-Christmas period was highlighted by my first sub-freezing max temp day on Thursday. Wednesday was a transition day, drying out under strong NW winds at times. Partly to mostly sunny skies and gradually colder temps, particularly towards and in the evening Dew point temperatures dropped all day from around midnight to the mid single digits by late evening, almost 24 hours later.  The maximum temperature was 37.4 degrees at 1205. The minimum temperature…

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Overnight early Tuesday morning persisted with Monday’s cloudy, chilly, damp conditions with dense fog developing towards sunrise. Rain was light, with a lot of drizzle accompanying the fog. Gradually after mid-day the cloud cover began to lift, and breezes picked up as the cold front rushed in, and whisked the fog and dampness away throughout the afternoon.  Temps held in the 30s all day, however, always above freezing so there were no issues of icy streets and the little bit…

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Overnight early Monday morning began cloudy and colder, with light snow starting around 0200, getting briefly heavier for a few hours prior to sunrise when most of the day’s 1.1 inches fell, with precipitation gradually changing over to freezing rain/drizzle then just rain by the afternoon when temps gradually climbed up into the mid 30s from early morning lows around the freezing mark. At its heaviest the snow stuck to all surfaces including the roads and sidewalks and parking lots….

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