West Rockville MD Weather

Flag Day Friday was mostly sunny, dry, seasonably mild, and quite pleasant. Temperatures rose from the mid 50s in the early AM to the mid 70s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the low 60s by midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out in the upper 40s in the AM hours, rising a bit into the low-mid 50s by evening but remaining comfortable. The maximum temperature was 75.5 degrees at 1720. The minimum temperature was 56.6 degrees at…

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Thursday was mostly cloudy, rainy in the early AM hours from about 0100-0700, then dry but still cloudy the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon, then thunderstorms moved into the area around 1700-1800 just before my weekly trivia game. I got most of the day’s rain (0.85″ total) out of the morning activity. Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the mid 70s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell back into the low…

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Wednesday was mostly to partly sunny, mild, with dry, pleasant conditions during most of the daylight hours. Increasing clouds late during the evening lead to late developing rain (0.05″) just prior to midnight observation, and continuing during the overnight hours into Thursday. Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the mid 70s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell into the mid 60s as clouds and the rain moved in by late evening/midnight observation. Dew point…

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Tuesday was mostly sunny and milder, with dry, pleasant conditions all day. Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the upper 70s in the mid-late afternoon hours, then fell into the low-mid 60s by late evening/midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out in the mid 60s in the very early AM hours, then significantly dropped into the upper 40s by mid-afternoon. The dew points rose up a bit from there into the mid 50s by midnight observation. …

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Monday was cloudy and cooler, with light rain (0.12″) falling most of the AM hours into the early afternoon. Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the low 70s in the mid afternoon hours after the rain more or less ended, then only fell into the upper 60s by late evening/midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out around 60° in the very early AM hours, then rose into the upper 60s by mid-afternoon. Gradually the dew points fell off…

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Sunday was mostly cloudy and cooler, with showers in the area that finally fell (0.03″) on my station around mid-day but were heavier in other sections of the Metro DC area. The showers came in from a system out in the ocean to my SE, moving in from that direction, with a noticeable spin to its circulation more commonly seen during the colder months. Temperatures rose from the upper 60s in the early AM to the mid 70s (barely) in…

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Saturday started out in the AM cloudy and a bit cooler, but by mid-day we had a partly cloudy sky with fair-weather cumulus dotting the sky. As evening came in, a stratocumulus overcast took over and stayed around most of the evening and much of the overnight. Temperatures rose from the mid 60s in the early AM to just over 80° by mid afternoon, then cooled off down to around 70° by midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out in the…

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Friday started out in the AM cloudy and humid. Clouds hung around a good part of the day keeping the temperatures below the 80° mark (barely) but there was no rain and dew points dropped off some from the very early morning.  Temperatures rose from 70° in the early AM to just under 80°  by early afternoon, then only cooled off some into the low 70s by midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out in the upper 60s early, then…

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Thursday started out in AM cloudy and humid with a brief light shower mid-morning (0.01″). Clouds broke up partially by mid-day, and the afternoon was quite warm and partly cloudy . Temperatures rose from the upper 60s in the early AM to the upper-mid 80s by mid-late afternoon, then only cooled off some into the mid 70s by midnight observation. Dew point temperatures started out in the upper 60s early, then rose into the muggier low 70s in the mid-morning shower…

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Wednesday was mostly cloudy with occasional daytime sprinkles and light showers in the later stages of the evening (0.07″). Temperatures rose from the low 60s in the early AM to the upper 70s by mid-late afternoon, then slowly cooled into the low 70s by midnight observation.  Dew point temperatures started out in the still comfortable lower 50s early, then rose into the much muggier low 70s by mid afternoon, only falling off into the upper 60s by late evening/midnight observation. The…

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