West Rockville MD Weather

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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Memorial Day Monday started out cloudy with a little light rain around 0700 (0.01″) then just cloudy and dry the rest of the day. No storms today, pretty calm day. Temperatures only warmed up into the low 70s with AM lows in the more pleasant low 60s. The Monday maximum temperature reached 72.0° @ 1657, while the Monday minimum temperature was 61.5° @ 0702. The dew point temperatures lowered from Sunday’s values, ranging from a low of 60° @ 0701…

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Sunday started out partly cloudy, muggy and very warm through the mid-afternoon, then clouds took over as storms entered the area. The devastating flooding rains that hit Ellicott City were so bad because of rounds of storms continued to batter that area for several hours (often called training), but my area remained mostly dry and out of the storm action that was less than 30 miles NE of me (just a light shower of 0.02″ falling around 2015-2030). Photo from…

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Saturday started out partly cloudy, muggy and very warm through the mid-afternoon. Cumulus clouds were building fast and by mid-afternoon we had mostly cloudy conditions with storms/showers moving in. Thunder and lightning started to affect the area around 1600 but I kept missing the rain till finally around 1800 I had a brief thundershower (0.10″) that fall intensely for a few minutes (1.00″/hour Max Rain Rate @ 1805 – yes indeed my tipping bucket started working again today, though it…

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Friday was another sunny, warm, dry day. There were some clouds at times, breezes on occasion, and definitely rising dew points in the afternoon. Temperatures warmed up higher into the mid 80s and with rising dew points into the upper 60s not as comfortable a day as Thursday. The Friday maximum temperature reached 85.9° @ 1450, while the Friday minimum temperature was 60.2° @ 0602. The dew point temperatures rose as the day wore on after a pleasant start, ranging…

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Thursday was a really sunny, warm, dry day. Everytime I looked out a window to the sky, there was not a cloud to be seen! Dew points low, temperatures warm up into the mid 80s but with the dry air a pretty pleasant day. We could use some of these in about 2 months!! The Thursday maximum temperature reached 84.1° @ 1631, while the Thursday minimum temperature was 59.0° @ 0607. The dew point temperatures fell further as the day…

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