West Rockville MD Weather

Thursday warmed up some more under partly cloudy skies despite a weak cold frontal passage in the morning that gave us a light shower (0.02″) around 0800.  Today’s featured image is a near sunset picture snapped just before 1900 on my way to my weekly trivia game.  I took a similar picture same time last week. Sun is clearer this week than last, though still has some high clouds in evidence. Temperatures rose from the lower mid 50s in the…

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Wednesday warmed up a lot under quite a bit of sunny conditions, starting the drying process after a good bit of rain the past several days. Today’s featured image is a view of the fully-leafed out garden in my apartment complex from Tuesday evening’s mini-photo session. No rain today, temperatures rose from chilly mid 40s in the early AM to the low 70s by mid-afternoon in the bright sunlight.  The maximum temperature was 71.6° at 1439. The minimum temperature was 44.3°…

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Tuesday warmed up a bit as the AM clouds gave way to partial late afternoon clearing with the sun appearing a few hours before sunset. The featured image is a picture off my balcony looking NE just after sunset showing the improving conditions. No rain today, temperatures still held in the upper 40s and 50s all day. Temps reached highs in the high 50s in the mid afternoon with lows in the upper mid 40s in the early morning hours….

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Monday cooled down even further as clouds continued to hold fast under persistent NE winds. Mostly morning periods of light rain (0.55″) fell today with only a bit of light rain and drizzle in the evening hours much like on Sunday. Temps only reached highs in the mid 50s in the late afternoon/early evening with lows in the mid 40s in the early morning hours. The maximum temperature was 55.0° at 1812. The minimum temperature was 46.6° at 0324. The…

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Sunday cooled down even further as clouds continued to hold fast under the persistent NE winds with the stationary front still lying to our south, keeping us in the cooler sector. Occasional waves of light rain (0.66″) fell throughout the day, but heaviest in the morning through mid-day, with only a bit of light rain and drizzle in the evening hours. Temps only reached a high in the upper mid 50s early but kept falling slowly all day, finally reaching…

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Saturday cooled down again as clouds held fast under light-moderate NE breezes with the stationary front lying just to our south, keeping us in the cooler sector. Occasional waves of light rain (0.29″) fell throughout the day, but heaviest in the evening. Temps started out the day in the mid 60s but fell slowly all day, finally reaching the mid 50s by late in the evening.  The maximum temperature was 65.1° at 0001. The minimum temperature was 55.1° at 2206….

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Friday warmed up to around the 80° mark with dew point temps approaching the 70° mark in the afternoon after a mild overnight that only reachrd a low in the mid 60s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies, with showers and thundershowers from about 1530 till about 2100  (1.28″) total.  The maximum temperature was 79.6° at 1434. The minimum temperature was 64.8° at 0142. The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 61° @ 0000 up to a high of…

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Thursday was partly cloudy with seasonable temperatures but increasing dew points as the day progressed.  Temperatures ranged from the upper 50s in the early AM to the mid 70s in the mid-late afternoon. A nice sunset amidst a partial altostratus overcast is today’s featured image, as I was walking over to my trivia game around 1900 early Thursday evening. The maximum temperature was 75.2° at 1626. The minimum temperature was 59.0° at 0511. The dew point temperatures ranged from a…

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Once again I have gotten behind and must post a shorter report for the past 4 days. After a rainy, cool Sunday, seasonably cool conditions and partly cloudy skies held forth except for a sunny, warmer Tuesday Sunday, May 5 was cloudy, cool, and rainy (1.05″) from midnight till about 1800. Temperatures dropped slowly throughout the day, as the mid 60s high temperature was reached at the very beginning of the day, and the upper mid 50s low temperature was…

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Saturday, May 4 was mostly cloudy, muggy but dry most of the day with similar temps to Friday (High temps in the mid 70s and lows in the low 60s.) Showers (0.15″) developed in the latter part of the evening and continued on during the overnight hours.  The maximum temperature was 73.8° at 1449. The minimum temperature was 61.8° at 0600. The dew point temperatures ranged from a low of 60° @ 0600 up to a high of 67° @ 1433….

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