West Rockville MD Weather

Tuesday featured several changes throughout the day. The morning after sunrise was sunny and hot, as the high air and dew point temperatures for the day were reached a few minutes prior to noon. The afternoon brought up cloudiness from storms building in, which hit my station (0.82″ daily total) the heaviest between 1410 and 1430 with a max rain rate of 5.54″/hour @ 1425. Lighter rain fell before and after this period (1355-1510). The storm took some of the…

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Monday was a mostly to partly sunny, hazy, hot, humid day with clouds coming in during the later stages of the afternoon that put a lid on the increasing temperature. The clouds resulted from a line of storms coming down from Pennsylvania that hit other areas of the state, towards the NE part. Nevertheless, the 93.7° high today was my first 90° max temp in June, and hottest day of the year so far. Temperatures started out around 70° in…

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Sunday was a mostly sunny but hazier day with high clouds at times esp in the AM, and a warmer, more humid day. Temperatures started out around 70° in the early AM then rose just short of 90° by mid-afternoon. Overnight into Monday skies remained clear with temps down to around 70° by sunrise. Temperatures will rise even more during the afternoon, into the upper-mid 90s with partly cloudy skies and increasing dew point temperatures. The Sunday maximum temperature was…

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Saturday was a mostly sunny, warm, and still a relatively comfortable day. Temperatures started out around 60° in the early AM then rose into the mid 80s by mid afternoon. Overnight into Sunday skies remained clear early but partly cloudy by sunrise as more moisture starts coming in on light southerly winds with temps holding in the low 70s through sunrise. Temperatures will rise more during the afternoon, into the low 90s with partly cloudy skies and increasing dew point…

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Friday was a sunny, warm, and generally comfortable day. Temperatures started out in the upper 50s in the early AM then rose into the low 80s by mid afternoon. Overnight into Saturday skies remained clear with temps dropping to around 60° by sunrise. Temperatures will rise more during the afternoon, into the mid 80s with partly cloudy skies and one more day of relatively low dew point temperatures. The Friday maximum temperature was 82.2° @ 1543, while the Friday minimum…

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Flag Day (see today’s featured image) Thursday was a mostly sunny, warm, and gradually less humid day. Temperatures started out in the upper 60s in the early AM then gradually rose into the mid 80s by mid-late afternoon. Clouds were scattered around occasionally through the day, mostly high types. Overnight into Friday skies remained mostly clear with temps dropping into the upper 50s. Temps will rise into the low 80s later with partly cloudy skies and continued less humid conditions….

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Wednesday was a warmer, muggier and mostly cloudy day. Temperatures started out in the mid 60s in the early AM, rising into the muggy lower-mid 80s by mid-late afternoon. Clouds persisted most of the day, mostly high types, with the sun filtering through the thin overcast at times. Overnight into Thursday skies remained mostly cloudy with muggy 70s persisting. Temps only will fall into the low 70s by sunrise overnight, rising into the mid 80s later with partly cloudy skies…

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Tuesday was a milder and mostly sunny day, perfect for the Washington Caps Stanley Cup parade through downtown Washington D.C.. Temperatures started out in the very pleasant mid 50s in the early AM but rose into the equally pleasant mid 70s by mid-afternoon. Clouds did appear briefly, including a short overcast around 0900 and later scattered cumulus dotting the sky at times. Overnight into Wednesday skies became cloudy and the the dew point started to rise once again. Temps only…

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Monday was a cooler and cloudy day, with early morning rain (0.50″) falling, at times quite heavy (5.88″/hour max rain rate @ 0225) temperatures starting out in the upper 50s in the early AM but only rising into the mid 60s by mid-afternoon. Clouds dominated the skies all day, but they did very gradually lift in the afternoon and evening, with late clearing. Overnight into Tuesday the cloudy skies cleared out and by sunrise was totally clear with the low…

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Sunday was a cooler, cloudy, damp but not wet day with temperatures starting out in the upper 60s in the early AM but only rising into the mid 70s by mid-afternoon before they started to drop again after a cold frontal passage passed through from the north. Clouds dominated the skies all day, and radar seemed to indicate a few times that we were going to get significant rain. But as usual the rain clouds parted the ways just before…

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