West Rockville MD Weather

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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Saturday featured one last burst of rain in the very early AM hours (0.22″ – max rain rate 0.56″/hour @ 0327), then clearing the rest of the day with full sun by late afternoon after a round of fair weather cumulus dotted the sky earlier in the afternoon. It was still humid all day. Overnight into Sunday clear skies, humid, but void of rain to start a dry trend for the next few days. Temperatures remained in the low 70s,…

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Friday was once again humid, but once again not too warm with all the cloudiness around with a heavy shower falling between 1830 and 1930 (most of the daily total of 0.52″ fell during this hour) . Overnight into Friday clouds, high dew points mostly remained but rain managed to fall elsewhere. Temperatures remained in the low 70s, with dew points about the same. The Friday maximum temperature was 82.1° @ 1532, while the Friday minimum temperature was 71.5° @…

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Thursday was once again humid, but not too warm with all the cloudiness around and light showers right after midnight and then in the mid-afternoon (0.05″) . Overnight into Thursday the heavy showers/storms from late Wednesday night carried over into the first few minutes of the day, then shut down. Temperatures remained in the low 70s, with dew points about the same. The Thursday maximum temperature was 81.0° @ 1320, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 71.0° @ 0618. The…

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As promised with the beginning of August, I have returned to my old format. For those of you who got used to my recent “cocorahs-based” reports, I have included it at the end of this message. There is necessarily a lot of overlapping information here, but this will only last for a few days till the transition is completed. Any questions please let me know. Wednesday was warm, humid, and continued the wet pattern of July to get a kick-start…

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The weekdays ahead looks mostly cloudy, warm, humid with high temps in the low to mid 80s, low temps around 70°, with thunderstorms Wednesday night, Thursday and Friday (80 POP). Partly cloudy skies, little chance (20 POP) for rain, high temps in the mid-upper 80s, lows around 70° over the weekend. Daily Precipitation Report Station Number: MD-MG-115 Station Name: Rockville 2.8 WNW Observation Date 7/31/2018 11:59 PM Submitted 8/01/2018 10:25 PM Total Precip Amount 0.04 in. Notes High temp 80.3°…

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The week ahead looks partly cloudy to cloudy, high temps in the low to mid 80s, low temps around 70°, with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday (50 POP) and more widespread thunderstorms and showers on Thursday (80 POP) and Friday (90 POP) with gradually improving conditions over the weekend.   Daily Precipitation Report Station Number: MD-MG-115 Station Name: Rockville 2.8 WNW Observation Date 7/30/2018 11:59 PM Submitted 7/31/2018 4:47 PM Total Precip Amount 0.39 in. Notes High temp 76.7° Low…

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