Cold – Maryland Climate and Weather

FINALLY! Measurable Snow in Baltimore

January 27, 2023 Jeff Taylor Comments 0 Comment

UPDATE: Early in the morning on Feb. 1, 2023, snow began falling in the Baltimore/DC. area, providing the first measurable snowfall for many. As of 7:00 AM, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) had reported 0.2” while DC’s Reagan National Airport (DCA) and Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD) both reported 0.4”. This was the 3rd latest first-measurable snowfall for Baltimore, with a snow archive going back to 1883 (when including the previous downtown locations). Now we wait for the first snowfall…

Baltimore’s Late-Season Freezing Temperature

April 29, 2022 Jeff Taylor Comments 0 Comment

On April 29, 2022, the temperature dropped to 32°F. at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), breaking the daily record of 33° from way back in 1874. This also established the 3rd latest freezing temperature ever recorded for Baltimore. The only two later-in-the-season times it’s reached freezing were on April 30, 1961 and May 11, 1966 when both dates also recorded 32°F. Baltimore’s long-term temperature archive covers both the previous downtown locations (7/1872 to 7/1950) and BWI (8/1950-Present) and…

Christmas-into-the-New-Year Extreme Cold in Maryland

January 9, 2018 Jeff Taylor Comments 2 comments

Now that the cold weather has abated, for now, here are a few things that I’ve discovered occurred during this extended period from Christmastime through the first week of January: It wasn’t the coldest weather that has ever occurred in the state. It wasn’t the lengthiest cold weather to ever occur here. Though it wasn’t the coldest period, it kinda was in several ways. Some cold temperature records were broken but not many. Though the cold may not have been…

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