West Rockville MD Weather

Friday was a warmer, dry and partly cloudy day. The Friday maximum temperature from the VP2 (69.3°) was recorded at 1654 while the Friday minimum temperature (42.5°) was recorded at 0620. Dew point temperatures rose some , ranging from a low of 23° at 0000 up to a high of 40° at 0841. Relative humidity values varied widely today (86% – 25%) . Barometric values started out at their highest point very early AM (30.15″ at 0039), then fell off…

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FEBRUARY 2018 – ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND – MONTHLY SUMMARY February 2018 was one of the warmest Februarys ever among the 3 local major airports with long records and official normals. The warmest period was on the 20th and 21st for maxima and on the 21st for minima and broke long standing records at these airports. My 76° and 78° on those two consecutive days and my 61° min on the 21st fit right in with the corresponding data from…

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Thursday was a cooler and dry day with lighter winds and partly cloudy skies. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (50.5°) was recorded at 1631 while the Thursday minimum temperature (32.7°) was recorded at 0655. Extreme daily temperatures exhibited a more normal pattern. Dew point temperatures dropped of , ranging from a low of 18° at 0857 up to a high of 27° much later at 2250. Relative humidity values really lowered today (60% – 31%) . Barometric values…

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Wednesday was a day literally cut in half with a cloudy, warm (up into the high-mid 60s), light showery late AM (0.05″ – see parking lot image featured image for today) associated with a mid-day FROPA that turned the PM hours into dropping temps, increasing winds ( A wind advisory was posted mid-day for winds gusting to 50 MPH till 7 PM – my friend Ray temporarily lost his weather station when it was knocked down by the strong winds),…

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Easter Monday (Easter Egg Roll Day on the White House Lawn day) was cloudy and colder, with overnight light rain (0.08″) prior to sunrise that just morphed into cloudy, dry skies most of the daylight/evening hours. Today’s featured image is showing my usual view to the N out of my balcony opening. The sky has looked like this from yesterday’s solar noon pictures (N view displayed) around 1310 EDT into Tuesday mid-morning, and several days previous. Is this a classic…

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Easter Sunday started April out with no unexpected surprises for April’s Fool Day – mostly cloudy and a bit milder, but remaining dry all day for all the Easter festivities. The Sunday maximum temperature from the VP2 (63.5°) was recorded at 1527 while the Sunday minimum temperature (48.8°) was recorded at 0109. Dew point temperatures rebounded a bit from Saturday’s lower readings, ranging from a low of 32° at 0000 up to a high of 48° at 1507. Relative humidity…

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Sorry that I missed posting my report for Friday so I will try to include important data and highlights from Friday in addition to my normal report for Saturday. Friday featured a partial day of more warmth before a midday quick burst of rain (0.09″) fell with the FROPA blowing through that dropped our low 70s that was recorded just before the showers into the 50s by mid-afternoon and bottomed out in the mid 30s by Saturday morning. Some of…

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Thursday was cloudy and milder with light fog during most of the AM hours, but by late morning the fog lifted and the sun came out, eventually warming our afternoon into the mid 70s making it the warmest day of the month. Temps remained mild throughout the evening, staying in the low 70s past midnight, despite clouds returning ahead of our rain showers coming for most of Friday. The Thursday maximum temperature from the VP2 (74.3°) was recorded at 1849…

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