Record highs now solidly in the 90s
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Eighty-six years ago today, the mercury began rising in the early morning and didn’t stop until it
reached 98 degrees. That set a new record for May in Baltimore. It’s been matched three times since then – in 1941, 1962 and again in 1991.
Record highs for Baltimore are all above 90 degrees after May 3. They begin to poke into the 100s on June 5. There are 60 dates after that with record highs of 100 degrees or more, until Sept. 11, when they all drop back into the 90s, and to the 80s by Oct. 23.
(SUN PHOTO: Gene Sweeney Jr., August 2008)
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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Frank,
Are you going to have some type of contest on the number of days with 90 plus degree temps this year?
If so, I'm entering my guess at 40 (dramatically fewer than the 59 we experienced last year). By this date last year, we had already had two (April 6 and 7), but none so far this year.
FR: Sure. We'll open the contest June 1. UPDATE: Why wait? The contest is hereby open. Feel free to send me your entries. One to a customer, please. We'll have a note in tomorrow's print and online blogs.
Posted by: Mike | May 23, 2011 12:23 AM
Frank,
could you talk to the folks who do the hourly forecasts on the sun's weather page and ask them to do two seconds or work and put up a proper forecast. They have thunderstorms for every hour today and the radar shows nothing until probably around 2. I want to like the Sun's weather page but the folks who do the forecasting are just lazy it appears or they just put the most generic icon that closest meets the generic forecast.
With your blog, you would think the Sun's staff would do a better job. Weather is interesting and I don't know why the Sun refuses to take it seriously.
FR: I assume you're referring to the online weather page. Unfortunately, the "Sun's staff," which would be me, has nothing to do with those forecasts. They originate with Tribune in Chicago. For what it's worth, I will forward your complaint.
Posted by: Jakeo | May 23, 2011 9:13 AM