A warm, but unremarkable summer
The folks out at Sterling have run the numbers on the Summer of 2007. It was a record-breaker at Dulles International Airport, where the records only go back to 1963. But it was less remarkable for Baltimore, with 135 years of data for comparison.
At Dulles, the period from June 1 through Aug. 31 was the warmest on record, and the third driest. If you add in the month of May, it was the driest four-month period in the airport's history.
Here in Baltimore, the three-month summer period was the 48th warmest in 135 years of record-keeping, and the 24th driest. There were 33 days from June through August with temperatures in the 90s or higher. That compares with an average of just 25.
