Mid-April is a dry period for Baltimore ... on average
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Like baseball, weather is a game of statistics. Averages, extremes, records and trends are all of interest to the aficionado.
And here’s one I’d never noticed: In Baltimore, April 13 to 18 is, on average, one of the two driest periods of the year. On those dates, the average daily rainfall (since the 1870s) has been just 0.09 inch.
Except for a similar period in the fall (Oct. 23-26), average daily rainfall ranges from 0.10 to 0.14 inch. The wettest days are in mid-September. Who knew?
(SUN PHOTO: John Makely, April 2006)
Posted by Frank Roylance at 12:01 AM | Permalink
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Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Sky Notes
Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Sky Notes
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Mid-September makes sense, as that is the peak of hurricane season. And if we're not getting a "direct" hit from a storm blasting the Carolina's/Virginia, we're certainly prone to getting left-overs from anything that hits further south or in the Gulf.
FR: Agreed. And October is frequently dry. But the low in mid-April is a little puzzling. Maybe we get more showery days like today, with some rain but relatively minor daily totals.
Posted by: Gregory Hill | April 13, 2011 10:12 AM