Kevin Shaw

March 2020 was significantly drier and warmer than normal. My maximum temperature average (60.6°) was 7.1° above normal but my minimum temperature average (41.9°) was even more significantly above normal (+ […]

More dynamic forces were at work during this latest period, as the strong, significant cold frontal passage on the 13th with accompanying severe weather and a pattern change to cooler temperatures carried […]

Changing up on my usual once every 10 days reporting pace, I thought the very active, stormy pattern for a good part of the day on Monday was quite interesting and warranted a special post off-schedule. Light rain […]

The mixture of mild to warm days interspersed with cooler periods with frequent light rains continued through the beginning of April. We had only 0.42 inches total of rainfall during this period, with 9.17 inches […]

February 2020 was warmer and a bit wetter than normal. My maximum temperature average (48.8°) was 4.0° above normal but my minimum temperature average (33.1°) was more significantly above normal (+6.3°), res […]

Continuing with the roughly 10 day shorter summaries to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns, the mixture of mild to warm days with frequent light rains continued through this ending of […]

Continuing with the roughly 10 day shorter summaries to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns, the mixture of mild to warm days with frequent light rains were the norm for this period. We […]

Continuing with the roughly 10 day shorter summaries to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns, a mixture of mild to warm beginning and end with a cooler middle period temperature-wise but […]

Continuing with the roughly 10 day shorter summaries (leap year made thi period a 9 day one to close out the month) to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns, a mixture of mild and […]

JANUARY 2020 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND by Kevin Shaw, Observer

January 2020 was warmer and a bit wetter than normal. My maximum temperature average (46.9°) was 5.6° above normal but my m […]

Continuing  with the 10 day shorter summaries to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns, our wet pattern from the start of the month continued though the 13th then dry weather took over […]

For the time being I won’t be posting daily wx updates, but more like 7-10 day shorter summaries to cover a general period of more or less similar weather patterns. We sure have started off February mild to warm […]

Temperatures were generally mild, particularly with minimum values during the month. Precipitation was about normal, snowfall well below normal unfortunately.

Brief January 2020 precipitation summary for my […]

December 2019 was warmer and a bit wetter than normal. My maximum temperature average (45.9°) was 0.7° above normal but my minimum temperature average (33.0°) was much more significantly above normal (+ 4.8°), res […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

I continued to have a busy conclusion to the holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the […]

I had a busy holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the period with some rain towards the […]

Mild, partly sunny, occasional morning foggy weather dominated the Christmas scene this year with no snow close at all to our area. 

Tuesday, Christmas Eve   High temps reached the 50 mark after early mo […]

Milder weather with partly to mostly sunny skies took over on Sunday and continued into Monday. High clouds at times from the storm well to the south have slowly abated as pressures have fallen and the storm has […]

Persistent seasonable cold continued for Saturday, along with mostly sunny skies most of the day with high clouds at times from the big rainstorm well to my south. Continued high pressure is keeping the storm away […]

Our stay below freezing only lasted one day, as Friday’s max temps reached into the upper mid 30s after lows in the low 20s in the early AM under sunny, calm, dry skies. Dew point temperatures raised into the low […]