West Rockville MD Weather

On May 27, 2018, training thunderstorms severely affected the Ellicott City area with torrential downpours over a short period of time, causing the historic downtown area to flood severely. Main Street turned into a raging river, carrying cars along, destroying business and residential property, and causing numerous water rescues by Emergency officials. One National Guardsman, when attempting to rescue a woman, unfortunately, got swept away himself and was found drowned downstream in the Patapsco River two days later. People were…

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Spreadsheet data file for May 2018: 2018-05-Rockville-2.8-WNW MAY 2018 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND By Kevin Shaw, Observer in Charge May 2018 featured significantly above normal rainfall and temperatures in the region, based on statistics compiled at the three major airports in the DC area and in general corroboration with my own statistics. There were generally warm temperatures all month except for 5 days in the 60s during some of our 16 rainy days during the month. Most of…

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Thursday was mostly cloudy, a tad cooler but still muggy, with a light AM shower between 1040 and 1105 (0.05″). Temperatures held mostly in the 70s all day. Overnight into Friday skies were cloudy, with temps only dropping from the mid 70s to upper 60s by sunrise. Temperatures will be cooler on Friday (only up to 70°) with clouds and all day (100 POP) rain. The Thursday maximum temperature was 79.0° @ 1517, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 69.6°…

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Wednesday was partly cloudy, cooler and drier in the AM, but clouded over in the afternoon and light rain (daily total 0.31″) moved in during the evening (1935-2135), with a modest rain rate of 0.47″/hour @ 1957. Temperatures started out cooler in the AM, and only rose to around 80° by mid-afternoon before the rain started falling later on. Overnight into Wednesday skies were cloudy to partly cloudy, with temps only dropping into the upper 60s by sunrise. Temperatures will…

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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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