West Rockville MD Weather

Wednesday was still quite warm, but a bit cooler than Tuesday, and gradually drier as a weak front passed through from the N and W. We had some nice fair-weather cumulus in the afternoon building in the afternoon heat. I still had a “rounded” high temp of 90° but at least with dropping dew point temperatures through the afternoon and evening. Overnight into Thursday skies have been partly cloudy with continued dropping dew points. Lows at sunrise will still be…

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Tuesday was a hotter day as highs reached into the low 90s, with dew point temperatures creeping up more through the 60s into the low 70s. I actually observed a few cumulus this afternoon for the first time since late last week. But it was still quite sunny most of the day. Overnight into Wednesday skies have been clear for the most part, but a weak front kicked off some storms up in PA and the remains came in giving…

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Monday was a bit warmer of a day, with dew point temperatures starting to creep up. But it was still quite sunny and virtually cloudless. Overnight into Tuesday skies have remained sunny/clear with lows at sunrise warmer. in the mid 60s with dew points in the low 60s. The Monday maximum temperature was 87.3° @ 1639, while the Monday minimum temperature was 59.0° @ 0615. The dew point temperatures stayed relatively low in the early part of the day but…

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Sunday was another close to a perfect summer day, though slightly warmer in the afternoon. Once again, not “fall-like” as some have described it but rather like summer weather should be around here as a steady diet. We were sunny with bright blue skies all day, with very little clouds overhead all day. Overnight into Monday skies have remained sunny/clear with lows near sunrise in the upper 50s with dew points in the mid-upper 50s. The Sunday maximum temperature was…

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Saturday was close to a perfect summer day. Not “fall-like” but rather like summer weather should be. The muggies finally left overnight into Saturday. We had some high clouds to the SE sky in the early AM from the remains of the front dragging the last parts of it totally through our local skies but sunny the rest of the day. Overnight into Sunday skies have been sunny/clear with lows near sunrise in the upper 50s with dew points in…

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The “heat wave” broke today after 7 days with max temps of 90° or more but it was still muggy as the “cold” front took a while to get through the area. We “only” topped out at a 84.7° high, helped out by a lot of clouds around most of the day with late clearing in the evening. The max heat index temperature also really dropped today with a computed 92° @ 1715. Showers to our west came through by…

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The “heat wave” continued into its 7th day (max temps of 90° or more) but it wasn’t quite as hot and the end is near. We topped the 90° mark again today but it is getting harder to do with our 90.9° high today. The max heat index temperature only reached a computed 107° @ 1322. We had a sunny morning but clouds increased some in the afternoon which once again put a lid on temperatures later in the afternoon….

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The “heat wave” continued into its 6th day (max temps of 90° or more) but it wasn’t quite as hot and the end is near. We easily topped the 90° mark again today with our 91.7° high today. The max heat index temperature only reached a computed 104.6° @ 1255, down some 9° from yesterday. We had a sunny morning but clouds increased some in the afternoon which put a lid on temperatures later in the afternoon. Storms and showers…

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The “heat wave” continued to its 5th day (max temps of 90° or more). We easily topped the 90° mark again today with our 95.7° high today that was just 0.1° “cooler” than yesterday. But due to even higher dew point values, the max heat index temperature reached a computed 113.4° @ 1450, the hottest heat index temperature so far this year. We had a brilliantly sunny day until storms built quickly from an outflow boundary from the Chesapeake Bay…

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The “heat wave” continues !!! We easily topped the 90° mark again today. In fact our 95.8° high today was the hottest temperature so far this year. We had a brilliantly sunny day, with a strong heat ridge over much of the Eastern US. The sinking air inhibits much if any cloud development. Overnight into Tuesday skies have remained clear with lows at sunrise in the mid 70s. The Monday maximum temperature was 95.8° @ 1526, while the Monday minimum…

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