West Rockville MD Weather

Sunday was still relatively nice but warmer and more humid, with high temps around 85°, but with dew points climbing through the 60s into the low 70s, and more southerly breezes bringing these conditions into the area. The Sunday maximum temperature was 85.3° @ 1633, while the Sunday minimum temperature was 64.8° @ 0641. The dew point temperatures climbed more today, ranging from a low of 62° @ 0000 up to a high of 73° @ 1801. The barometric pressure…

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Saturday was another nice day featuring sunny skies, high temps only around 80°, but with dew points starting to climb into the mid 60s, and pleasant breezes that were starting to turn over to a more southerly direction as our highest pressure was reached in the morning and falling off the rest of the day, indicating the HIGH pressure was moving off to the east towards the ocean. The Saturday maximum temperature was 79.7° @ 1335, while the Saturday minimum…

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Well Friday was another nice day featuring sunny skies, high temps only around 80°, dew points mostly in the 50s, and pleasant breezes. The Friday maximum temperature was 80.7° @ 1415, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 58.8° @ 0700. That low reading was our coolest of the month so far, and are first min temp below the 60° mark. The dew point temperatures remained relatively low on Friday, ranging from a high of 63° @ 0945 down to a…

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The cooler, drier air finally moved in totally on Thursday, with clear, blue skies and dew points mostly in the 50s all day giving our region a chance to continue the drying out process and a chance to cool off. Afternoon temps did not get out of the 70s, with lows in the low 60s. The Thursday maximum temperature was 77.0° @ 1531, while the Wednesday minimum temperature was 61.3° @ 0617. The dew point temperatures lowered a lot more…

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After Tuesday’s day of heavy rains that dragged into the first few minutes of very early Wednesday (0.14″) , we started to dry out though clouds hung around for a good part of the day at times with even some scattered light showers reported in the region but nothing more recorded here. High temperatures reached the low 80s under partly cloudy skies, with lows in the upper 60s in the early AM then reached again in the late evening right…

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On Tuesday we were relatively cool and cloudy, but also very wet. Rain started about 1030 and continued off and on the rest of the day, particularly in the late evening. My grand total for the day of 3.92″ is the second highest amount in my short period of record, only surpassed by the 4.02″ that fell exactly one month earlier on July 21, 2018. The heaviest rainfall (2.89″ recorded in the VP2 gauge) fell between 2245 and 2400 (extending…

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Once again on Monday we were cool and cloudy, a dense overcast most of the day brought on by a continued moist NE flow off coming down from New England and maritime Canada. Temps held in the 70s all day once again after upper mid 60s lows in the early AM. The high today of 77.1° is now the coolest high temp in August so far, supplanting yesterday’s 79.4° max. There may have been some drizzle during the earlier part…

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A back door cold front slipped through overnight and kept us cooler and cloudy on Sunday, a rather dense cover of clouds brought on with a moist NE flow off the Atlantic. Temps held in the 70s all day after upper mid 60s lows in the early AM. The high today of 79.4° is the coolest high temp in August so far, and first time under 80 since July 30. There was a trace of drizzle during the latter part…

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A brief, heavy thunderstorm hit in the very early morning hours of Saturday (about 0230-0300, max rain rate 4.72″ @ 0235) but the rest of the day was partly cloudy, dry and moderately warm/quite humid at times. Temps started out with lows around 70° and rose into the lower mid 80s by early afternoon. The Saturday maximum temperature was 83.8°@ 1305, while the Saturday minimum temperature was 70.8°@ 0631. The dew point temperatures lowered a bit from Friday’s rather muggy…

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I have had some data collection problems this week and have not posted since Tuesday’s report. I have issues resolved now and I will post a somewhat compressed three day report covering Wednesday, Thursday and Friday’s weather here in West Rockville MD. If I don’t post some information you want, please email me what you want and I will provide it to you. In the past when I have done this, only one person has responded for missing data. Gradually…

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