Heat record broken
The temperature at BWI reached 90 degrees in the last hour, busting the record of 88 degrees for an Oct. 8 in Baltimore, set back in 1931.
UPDATE: The official high for BWI today was 91 degrees.
EARLIER: That high mark for today is still cooler than Sunday's high of 92 at the airport, which failed to break the 96-degree record for that date. But it was the 44th day this year with a high of 90 degrees or higher, five more than last year.
Sunday's high was the first 90-plus day in October at BWI since the 1959, according to Steve Rogowski at the NWS Sterling forecast office. And with today's high, we mark the first time since 1947 that Baltimore has experienced two October days in the 90s.
Anyway, it's 90 degrees here at Calvert & Centre streets, 92 at the Science Center, 85 at Reagan National and 88 at Dulles International.
UPDATE: New records were set today at Reagan (91), and Dulles (92). The day's high at the Science Center was 92.
