MONTHLY WEATHER DATA AND OBS - LAVALE MD							
JULY 2007							
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK
							
Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,							
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds							
Observation time for this station is midnight.	
						
	Temperature, °F			Precipitation, In.			
				Liquid	Solid	7am	
	24-hour		Rain	Snow/	Snow	
Date	Max	Min	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	75	53
2	79	49
3	80	53
4	80	60
5	80	67	 .64			F,T
6	82	63	 .03			F
7	88	59
8	92 	59
9	92	62
10	93	65
11	84	68	 .61
12	82	55
13	77	57
14	85	55				F
15	87	60
16	88	64
17	89	57
18	86	68	   T
19	84	67	 .06			T
20	78	62
21	81	55
22	82	54
23	80	55
24	79	56	 .50
25	80	60	 .85			F,T,H
26	82	63	 .19			F,T
27	80	64	 .04			F,T
28	85	64	 .01			T
29	80	67	 .27			T
30	84	68	 .01
31	89	66				F

AVG/SUM	83.3	60.5	3.21	 0.0	 -
EXT	93	49	0.85	  -	 -
Date	10	2	25	  -	 -
*=Also occurred on earlier dates
							
Miscellaneous Stats
			
Mean Monthly Temperature:  71.9 F						
Year precipitation to date:  18.83"						
Season snowfall to date:  0.0"						
Number of days with:  
Fog: 7
Thunder: 7
Sleet: 0
Glaze: 0
Hail: 1
Damaging Winds: 0
							
DETAILED OBSERVATION NOTES
		
1: Partly cloudy with moderate breezes from E.
2: Sunny and breezy with a few passing clouds.
3: Mostly cloudy and calm.
4: Cloudy and calm.
5: Brief predawn shower, then cloudy, becoming partly sunny in early afternoon.  A period of
   heavy rain and thunderstorms from 4-6pm .64" fell.  Brief periods of sun after 6pm.
6: A few light showers overnight with fog, clearing by 9am and becoming mostly sunny.
7: Clear early, then partly cloudy and warm.
8: Mostly sunny and hot high 92 F with light breezes from W.
9: Sunny and hot.
10: Cloudy during the morning, becoming sunny and hot this afternoon high 93 F.
11: Mostly cloudy and not as hot.  Periods of showers beginning and noon and continuing through
    mid-afternoon with occasionally heavy rain .61" fell.
12: Sunny and pleasant.
13: Sunny and pleasant.
14: Fog clearing by 8am then partly cloudy with light variable breezes.
15: Partly cloudy and warm.  Thunder around 7pm but no rain.
16: Partly cloudy and warm with light NW winds.
17: Partly cloudy and very warm.
18: A bit of predawn drizzle, not measurable.  Partly cloudy during the day.
19: Partly cloudy and breezy with SW gusts to 20 mph.  Brief thundershower around midday .06"
    rain fell.
20: Partly cloudy and pleasant with light & variable breezes.
21: Partly cloudy with light variable breezes and pleasant temps/humidity.
22: Partly cloudy with light west wind.
23: Mostly cloudy, calm wind.
24: Sunny and calm early, then became cloudy with a heavy shower around 2pm.  Wind gusts to 20
    mph and temperature dropped 12 degrees from 79 to 67, .50" rain fell.  Partly cloudy after
    6pm.
25: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy by early evening.  Strong thunderstorm between 6-7pm dropped
    heavy rain, intense frequent lightning, hail and gusty W winds .85" rain fell within the
    hour.  Several reports of large hail and wind damage, especially in the Cumberland area.
26: Mountain fog this morning.  Partly cloudy with thunderstorms in the area again this evening
    from 4-6pm .19" fell with most of the heavy rains passing to the south & east.
27: Morning fog again.  Became partly sunny, with some thunder and light rain around 4pm.
28: Cloudy early, then variable clouds.  Thunder around 5pm but only .01" rain.  Thunderstorms
    inched this way from the south late this evening with lots of lightning but no rain.
29: Thunderstorms shortly after midnight with a brief heavy downpour around 1am .27" fell.
    The storms stalled just to the south & east where tremendous amounts of rain fell.  Parts of
    the county had 3+ inches of rain and flash flooding.  Mix of sun and clouds during the day.
30: Cloudy during the morning, becoming mostly clear this afternoon.
31: Early morning fog cleared by 9am.  Became mostly sunny and very warm high 89 F.

MONTHLY SUMMARY

This was a relatively typical July with close to normal temperatures and precipitation.  The
Coolest temperatures of the month occurred within the first week, and were followed by the
warmest temperatures during the second week.  Otherwise, there was little fluctuation in
temperature.  A few strong thunderstorms affected the area, but nothing dramatic like in June.
Some nearby areas, especially south & east, had substantially heavier rain totals this month.