West Rockville MD Weather

Saturday was a warmer, more humid, mostly cloudy/hazy day with temperatures starting out in the upper 60s in the early AM and rising into the mid 80s by mid-afternoon. Clouds dominated the skies, though the sun and a bit of blue sky did poke through at times. Darker, more threatening clouds moved in during the latter part of the day, and we did have a brief shower between 1910 and 1930 (0.05″ – max rain rate 1.30″/hour @ 1915). Other…

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Friday was a warmer and more humid, partly cloudy/hazy day with temperatures starting out in the lower 60s in the early AM and rising into the lower mid 80s by mid-afternoon. Fair weather cumulus dotted much of the afternoon sky, along with a haze/cirrus overcast that still let the sun in. Overnight into Saturday partly to mostly cloudy skies with temperatures only falling into the upper 60s by sunrise. The Friday maximum temperature was 83.1° @ 1629, while the Friday…

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Thursday was another pleasant, partly cloudy day with comfortable temperatures and dew points. Temperatures started out in the upper 50s in the early AM and rose into the upper 70s by mid-afternoon. Fair weather cumulus datted much of the afternoon sky. (see today’s featured image taken from the nearby Kaiser Medical Facility in Gaithersburg about 1330 looking North) Overnight into Friday partly cloudy skies with continued relatively pleasant/dry conditions with temperatures falling into the lower 50s by sunrise. The Thursday…

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Wednesday was a pleasant, partly cloudy day with comfortable temperatures and dew points. Temperatures started out in the upper 50s in the early AM and rose into the mid 70s by mid-afternoon. Overnight into Thursday partly to mostly cloudy skies with pleasantly cool and dry conditions with temperatures falling into the upper 50s by sunrise still to come. The Wednesday maximum temperature was 73.5° @ 1441, while the Wednesday minimum temperature dropped to 57.9° @ 0605. The dew point temperatures…

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Tuesday started out clear/sunny and cool. Increasing clouds in the afternoon yielded to threateningly cloudy skies in the evening, as a cold front rushed through from the north. Storms nearer the PA border were quite strong in places, but I got no rain out of the dark, menacing clouds around sunset (see today’s featured image). Temperatures started out in the mid 50s in the early AM and rose into the upper 70s by mid-afternoon. Overnight into Wednesday clear skies and…

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Monday started out cloudy with a light shower (0.01″) around 0700 and pleasantly cool, with mins falling into the mid 50s. By mid-day the sun was out and the temperature rose through the 50s and 60s into the mid 70s by mid-afternoon under dry, partly cloudy, comfortable skies. Overnight into Tuesday clear skies and cool temperatures were found, temps falling into the mid 50s once again. The Monday maximum temperature was 77.0° @ 1552, while the Monday minimum temperature dropped…

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I have been bogged down with a lot to do the past few days, and have had quite an erratic sleep schedule. The weather has had me hopping, and Marty was over on Friday to get my VP2 station squared away along with a few other important personal activities. I now can now quote good short-term rainfall rates with my VP2 rain gauge unclogged and leveled out properly. I will give brief details about the weather from last Thursday, May…

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Wednesday started out foggy in the early AM hours around sunrise once again, with temps holding in the low 70s. Fog lifted by mid-morning but the clouds remained all day, with temperatures only warming into the upper 70s by mid-afternoon. No measurable rain fell. No storms again today, it was a pretty tranquil day. Temperatures only dropped into the mid 70s in the evening, with continued muggy conditions. The Wednesday maximum temperature reached 77.7° @ 1601, while the Wednesday minimum…

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Tuesday started out foggy in the early AM hours around sunrise, with temps in the upper 60s. Fog lifted by mid-morning but the clouds remained all day, though temperatures warmed into the low 80s by mid-afternoon. No measurable rain fell. No storms again today, it was a pretty tranquil day. Temperatures only dropped into the mid 70s in the evening, with continued muggy conditions. The Tuesday maximum temperature reached 81.8° @ 1648, while the Tuesday minimum temperature was 67.5° @…

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April 2018 featured a bit above normal rainfall and below normal temperatures at the three major airports in the DC area. There were generally cool temperatures all month except for a brief 2 day mini-heat wave on the 13th and 14th when I had maximum temperatures in the 80s and lows in the 60s. The 84° high was the highest temperature of the month. Just a few days before I had my coldest max temperature readings in the 40s on…

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