West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday was a partly cloudy day with increasing dew points and temps just a bit lower than yesterday. Storms and showers were in the area, but except for a very light shower in the early AM (0.01″) no rain fell the rest of the day, though it did rain in other locations in the area. Temperatures only fell to the upper-mid 60s in the early AM but rose to the upper 70s by late afternoon. We only cooled off a…

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Tuesday was a partly cloudy day with the now usual fair-weather cumulus dotting the sky fairly comfortable light breezes and mostly dry conditions, particularly early in the day. Temperatures fell to the lower-mid 60s in the early AM but rose to the lower 80s by early afternoon, then slowly cooling thereafter into the evening. Overnight into Wednesday skies have clouded up in advance of the 80 POP for thunderstorms during the day from cells still well to our west out…

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Monday had clear skies early, then partly cloudy, fair-weather clouds and comfortable light breezes and slowly dropping dew points for a good start to the workweek. Temperatures held in the upper 60s in the early AM but rose to around the 80° mark by early afternoon, slowly cooling thereafter into the evening. Overnight into Monday skies cleared and cooled into the lower-mid 60s just after sunrise. Temperatures have warmed up into the low 80s with partly cloudy (fair-weather cumulus) skies…

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Sunday started out somewhat cloudy, but not foggy like yesterday, though still muggy. We had a muggy, warmer PM with late afternoon storm cloud buildups that finally led to a light shower between 1945-2000 (0.01″) but I heard no thunder. Really interesting, menacing-looking clouds raced through in the early evening despite the light rainfall (see today’s featured image – looking east from my bedroom window). I was on the western edge of a strong line that extended ENE from my…

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Saturday started out in the very early AM with clouds and light showers (0.08″ daily total, most fell between 0055-0210), then around sunrise very damp with light-moderate fog and mild, evolving into a partly cloudy, milder PM and drier despite threatening skies at times and flooding rains elsewhere in the region. Temperatures held in the 60s in the AM but rose into the upper 70s by late afternoon. Overnight into Sunday skies stayed partly cloudy, damp but without any observable…

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Friday was a cloudy, cooler, wet day with persistent light showers (0.22″) off and on most of the day. Temperatures held mostly in the 60s all day after initial low 70s in the very early AM. Overnight into Saturday skies were cloudy, with temps dropping into the mid 60s by sunrise, covered by a low stratus deck of fog and low clouds. Temperatures should warm up into the lower 80s with perhaps some sun amongst the clouds, but with an…

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On May 27, 2018, training thunderstorms severely affected the Ellicott City area with torrential downpours over a short period of time, causing the historic downtown area to flood severely. Main Street turned into a raging river, carrying cars along, destroying business and residential property, and causing numerous water rescues by Emergency officials. One National Guardsman, when attempting to rescue a woman, unfortunately, got swept away himself and was found drowned downstream in the Patapsco River two days later. People were…

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Spreadsheet data file for May 2018: 2018-05-Rockville-2.8-WNW MAY 2018 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND By Kevin Shaw, Observer in Charge May 2018 featured significantly above normal rainfall and temperatures in the region, based on statistics compiled at the three major airports in the DC area and in general corroboration with my own statistics. There were generally warm temperatures all month except for 5 days in the 60s during some of our 16 rainy days during the month. Most of…

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Thursday was mostly cloudy, a tad cooler but still muggy, with a light AM shower between 1040 and 1105 (0.05″). Temperatures held mostly in the 70s all day. Overnight into Friday skies were cloudy, with temps only dropping from the mid 70s to upper 60s by sunrise. Temperatures will be cooler on Friday (only up to 70°) with clouds and all day (100 POP) rain. The Thursday maximum temperature was 79.0° @ 1517, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 69.6°…

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Wednesday was partly cloudy, cooler and drier in the AM, but clouded over in the afternoon and light rain (daily total 0.31″) moved in during the evening (1935-2135), with a modest rain rate of 0.47″/hour @ 1957. Temperatures started out cooler in the AM, and only rose to around 80° by mid-afternoon before the rain started falling later on. Overnight into Wednesday skies were cloudy to partly cloudy, with temps only dropping into the upper 60s by sunrise. Temperatures will…

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