West Rockville MD Weather

Monday was a partly cloudy day overall, but in two distinct parts – mostly sunny, warm to hot through mid-afternoon, then turning cloudy (stratocumulus overcast) the rest of the afternoon into the evening and cooling off some, rain threatens to my south but nothing fell before midnight at my station. Temperatures rose from the mid 60s in the early AM to 90° by early-mid afternoon then cooling off to the upper 70s-low 80s the rest of the afternoon and mid…

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Sunday was mostly sunny, pleasantly cooler in the early AM, warming up in the afternoon. Temperatures rose from the upper 50s in the early AM to the mid 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back to around 70° by late evening. Dew point temperatures remained in the 50s most of the day, briefly rising to 60° in the mid afternoon. The maximum temperature was 84.0 degrees at 1618. The minimum temperature was 58.8 degrees at 0615. The dew…

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Saturday was mostly (scattered cumulus at times) sunny, pleasantly cooler in the early AM, warming to similar temps in the afternoon. Temperatures rose from around 60° in the early AM to the lower 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back to the mid 60s by late evening. Dew point temperatures remained in the 50s most of the day, briefly dipping into the upper 40s in the early AM.  The maximum temperature was 81.6 degrees at 1616. The minimum…

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Friday was partly (fair weather cumulus at times) to mostly sunny, breezy, cooler, pleasant day.  Temperatures rose from around 70° in the early AM to the lower 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back to around 70°  by late evening. Dew point temperatures started out around 70° in the early AM hours then slowly falling all day into the mid 50s by late evening.  The maximum temperature was 81.7 degrees at 1537. The minimum temperature was 69.5 degrees at…

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Thursday was partly cloudy quite warm and humid – more cloudy in the evening when light showers fell around 2100-2200 –  0.09″) but no severe weather here.  Temperatures rose from the low 70s in the early AM to the upper 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the low 70s during the cloudy, occasionally rainy evening. Dew point temperatures started out in the low 70s in the AM hours, rising into the muggy mid 70s by late…

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Wednesday was partly cloudy warm and humid – more cloudy in the evening when light thundershowers fell (mostly thunder and lightning – only 0.01″ of rain) occurred but no severe weather here.  Area storm action was generally less than on Tuesday except for areas of Montgomery County just north of me, where flood warnings were posted for several inches of rain falling in the evening in the Mongomery Villaga, Clarksburg, and Damascus areas. Temperatures rose from the low 70s in…

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Tuesday was partly to mostly cloudy, especially in the evening when light showers occurred late (around 2200-2300) but no severe weather here. Training thunderstorms stayed to my south over parts of Virginia and southern Maryland – dark clouds to my south stayed there but were certainly quite close. There was another flash flood watch posted for the afternoon and evening. Temperatures rose from the low 70s in the early AM to the mid 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then…

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Monday was partly sunny, mostly sunny AM, increasing clouds PM with a flash flood watch posted for the area in the afternoon and evening. Evening thunderstorms (0.23″) fell from 2200-2300 but weren’t particularly severe, though my internet connection went out for a while. Temperatures rose from the low 70s in the early AM to the mid-upper 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the mid 70s during the cloudy, stormy evening. Dew point temperatures started out in the…

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Fathers Day Sunday was partly sunny, mostly sunny AM, increasing clouds PM with some threatening looking clouds in the early evening that didn’t develop any further into rain, warmer, more humid but still with no rain yet. Temperatures rose from the mid 60s in the early AM to the mid 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then only fell back into the upper mid 70s by midnight observation during another warmer evening period. Dew point temperatures started out in the…

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Saturday was partly sunny, dry, warmer with still relatively low dew points for a reasonably pleasant day. Temperatures rose from the mid 50s in the early AM to the low 80s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then only fell back into the low 70s by midnight observation during a warmer evening period. Dew point temperatures started out in the lower 50s in the AM hours, rising into the low 60s by mid afternoon  before dropping back into the upper 50s…

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