West Rockville MD Weather

Tuesday started out a bit cloudy with a light shower (0.01″) around 0830 according to my VP2 records. Temps had fallen into the mid 60s by sunrise, but rose quickly when the shower briefly moved in. Skies cleared thereafter and was a pretty pleasant day with mostly to partly sunny skies and highs in the low 80s. My 64.5° min temp Tuesday morning is the coolest morning of August so far. 11 of the first 13 days of the month…

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Monday started out cloudy and relatively cool in the upper 60s, then rose into the low 80s by mid-afternoon. Storm clouds built rapidly in the later afternoon hours, and a brief heavy thunderstorm hit around the 1700 hour. Lots of loud thunder and impressive lightning and brief heavy rain (max rain rate 11.52″/hour @ 1654) yielded 0.75″ which was the total for the day, as skies cleared fairly quickly and temps, cooled down into the upper 60s/lower 70s from the…

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Sunday started out cloudy and relatively cool with 70s persisting through the mid-day hours, then partial sun for a few hours before clouds moved in, culminating with light showers (0.07″) between 1620-1730 and one clap/bolt of thunder/lightning around 1700. Afternoon high temps only rose into the lower 80s and lows around 70°. Overnight into Monday mostly cloudy skies predominated, temps in the upper 60s to low 70s, humid with light overnight showers (0.06″) falling at times. The Sunday maximum temperature…

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Saturday started out cloudy with sprinkles scattered about (T) with the promise of more serious storms later in the afternoon, but they failed to materialize at my location. Showers fell elsewhere in the region as usual. Conditions remained mostly cloudy, warm, and humid, with high temps in the upper mid 80s and lows in the upper low 70s. Overnight into Sunday mostly to partly cloudy skies held forth, remaining in the low 70s and staying humid but dry. The Saturday…

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Friday featured a mostly sunny, warm, moderately humid day, as we once again did not reach 90° today for our high after lows around 70° in the early morning. Overnight into Saturday cloudy skies ahead of our inclement weather during much of the weekend and into the early part of next week with temperatures remaining in the low 70s overnight, with dew points a bit higher in the lower 70s. The Friday maximum temperature was 87.0° @ 1447, while the…

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Thursday featured a mostly sunny, not quite as hot or humid day, as we once again did not reach 90° today for our high after low 70s in the early morning. Overnight into Friday mostly clear skies (some high clouds), a bit less humid, but with no rain. Temperatures remained in the low 70s overnight, with dew points a bit lower in the upper 60s. The Thursday maximum temperature was 88.1° @ 1610, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 71.0°…

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Wednesday featured a partly sunny, hot, humid day, with late afternoon/evening close calls for rain but somehow missed me, mostly just to my north. I did not reach 90° today for our high (probably due to the clouds coming in during the hottest part of the day) after muggy low 70s in the early morning. Overnight into Thursday partly cloudy skies (mostly high clouds), a bit less humid, but with no rain. Temperatures remained in the low 70s overnight, with…

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Tuesday featured a partly sunny, hot, humid day, but not totally dry as we had a brief thunderstorm between 1530 and 1400 (0.07″ – max rain rate 0.54″ @ 1540) Other “cloud systems” passed through later, but just a shell of what they had been to my northwest out in the mountains, and were essentially dry. We barely reached 90° for our high (only due to rounding to the nearest degree) after muggy mid 70s in the early morning. Overnight…

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Monday featured a mostly sunny, hot, humid but dry day, though we had a close call in the late afternoon according to radar with cells very close by. Once again we had a mostly cloudy sky for a few hours while the showers/storms were in the vicinity. We reached the low 90s for highs after muggy low 70s in the early morning. Overnight into Tuesday mostly clear skies (some high clouds), humid, but void of rain. Temperatures remained in the…

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Sunday featured a mostly sunny, dry day, first one in a while. It was still humid but with the full sun most of the day it felt a bit drier. Also as mentioned yesterday, the high temperature for the day made it just over the 90° mark, the first such occurrence since July 16. Overnight into Monday clear skies, humid, but void of rain to continue the dry trend started yesterday. In the region there were some isolated showers by…

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