West Rockville MD Weather

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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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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