MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
LAVALE MD
MARCH 2006
OBSERVERS DAVID DREWERY AND CHARLES ORLICK (DATA COMPILED BY NATE MULLINS)

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	52	27			 1
2	52	30	 .25	   T	 T	T
3	36	25	 .01	 0.1	 T
4	42	25
5	50	27
6	44	33
7	43	26
8	52	25	   T
9	64	38	 .03
10	71	38
11	67	38
12	64	50	 .42			F
13	82	52	 .02			F
14	52	34	 .04
15	46	34	   T	   T	 T
16	45	30
17	45	27	   T	   T	 T
18	47	26
19	44	27	 .02
20	45	28
21	35	26	   T	   T
22	42	25	   T	   T	 T
23	43	32
24	42	30
25	52	34
26	52	33	   T	 0.1	 T
27	65	28
28	56	37	 .02
29	62	32
30	76	32
31	76	39	 .03

AVG/SUM	53.0	31.9	0.84	 0.2	 T 	  	 	
EXT	82	25	0.42	 0.1	 1
Date	13	22*	12	 26*	 1
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  42.5 F
Year precipitation to date:  6.21"
Season snowfall to date:  26.7"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  2 
	Ice Pellets:  0   	
	Glaze:  0 	
	Thunder:  1 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  0	

NOTES AND/OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:

1: Partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny with light breezes, mild.
2: Early morning thunderstorm.  Cloudy with occasional showers during the day.  Gusty north
   wind began this afternoon around 2:30pm.  Snow showers late this evening around 11:30pm.
3: Strong wind overnight with light snow showers.  Mostly sunny, breezy.
4: Mostly sunny, breezy, still cool.
5: Milder with high cloudiness during the day and light breezes.
6: Cloudy, calm.
7: Sunny with light NW breezes.
8: Predawn sprinkles, becoming partly cloudy and milder.
WARM
9: Partly cloudy with an AM light shower, .03" fell.
10: Partly cloudy, very mild and breezy with west winds gusting 20+ mph.
11: Clear early becoming cloudy by 10am, continued mild.
12: Showers began during the early morning hours and continued until 2:30pm .42" fell.  AM
    mountain top fog.  Some weak sun this afternoon after the rain stopped.
RECORD WARMTH
13: AM fog lifting by 10am.  Became partly cloudy and very warm with a high of 82 F and
    moderate breezes from the west.  Brief shower around 6pm .02" fell.  This is the one of
    the earliest 80-degree days on record.  The earliest was March 8, 2000 (80 F).
14: Gusty winds with AM drizzle.  Becoming partly cloudy and very windy with temperatures
    falling all day.
15: Early snow showers around 7am, not measurable.  Partly sunny and continued very windy.
16: Clear becoming partly cloudy, breezy with winds from NW.
17: Early morning light rain & snow shower, not measurable.  Became partly to mostly sunny
    by 9am.
18: Sunny and windy with NW winds gusting to 30 mph.
19: Sunny and breezy.  PM clouds and drizzle, .02" fell.
20: Mostly clear early becoming mostly cloudy by 10am.
21: Cloudy, calm, snow showers late this evening around 11pm, not measurable.
22: Snow showers ended overnight.  Partly cloudy, blustery with gusty winds from N.
23-24: Mostly cloudy and cool.
25: Cloudy becoming partly sunny after 8am with light breezes from E, milder.
26: Predawn dusting of snow.  Partly cloudy with light N winds.
27: Sunny and mild after a cool start.
28: Variable clouds.  Few light showers after 4pm, .02" fell.
29: Mostly cloudy, mild.
30: Sunny and warm with light S breezes.
31: Thin clouds much of day, warm again high 76 F.  Some drizzle after 8pm, .03" fell.

SUMMARY:

The story of March 2006 was the lack of precipitation, both liquid and solid.  Only 0.84"
precip fell, which is the driest in 15 years of records.  Only 0.2" snow fell, which is the
second lowest total in 15 years.  Only March 2000 had less snow (trace).  Temperatures were
slightly above normal, thanks to major warm-ups during the second and final weeks.  There
was no extreme cold.  The 82 F on the 13th was unusually warm for so early in the season.