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Month: April 2020

Washington/Baltimore’s Paltry Number of Days ≤32°

Washington/Baltimore’s Paltry Number of Days ≤32°

As the DC/Baltimore area is just about past its normal period of freezing weather in the Spring, it has been one of the milder seasons regarding freezing temperatures. Historically, most locations outside of the downtown areas have had freezing temperatures into May but, as the extended forecast is currently not showing any cold weather into early May, this current season, which runs July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020, has been a record to near-record mild period. The airport in…

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RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DC/BALTIMORE METRO ON 4/13/2020

RECORD RAINFALL FOR THE DC/BALTIMORE METRO ON 4/13/2020

The storms that swept through the area on Monday, April 13, 2020 brought a National Weather Service-confirmed EF-1 Tornado to Frizzellburg (between Westminster and Taneytown in north-central Maryland), and very strong winds and subsequent damage (gusts to greater than 70 MPH!) to many parts of the DC/Baltimore Metro Area, and also record daily rainfall. Both Washington and Dulles basically doubled their previous record amounts (Washington’s official historical record dating back 150 years!). Here are the area’s three major airport record precipitation…

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