Official high for Baltimore: 106 degrees at BWI
The offical high temperature for Baltimore Friday was 106 degrees at BWI-Marshall Airport. That broke the 101-degree record for the date, set in 1957. It was also the highest temperature ever at the airport. The previous record was 105 degrees, reached twice before, on Aug. 20, 1983 and July 6, 2010.
The high reading at the National Weather Service's unofficial station at the Maryland Science Center was 108 degrees. That is the highest temperature ever recorded in downtown Baltimore, beating the 107-degree record set on July 10, 1936.
But the 108-degree downtown reading won't go into Baltimore's record books because, since 1950, the station of record for Baltimore has been at the airport. Offically, Baltimore's highest temperature remains 107 degrees, in 1936.
Categories: By the numbers, Heat waves
Comments
Thus reminds me of a George Carlin routine:
"Al Sleet here, your Hippy-dippy weatherman. … Temperature at the airport is 88 degrees. Which is stupid, man, because I don't know anybody who lives at the airport."
Posted by: Fred | July 22, 2011 8:52 PM
George Carlin was right! Problem is, temp in the city is skewed by island heating effect. Even airport is probably warmer by a few degrees than more wooded areas around it. Main thing is to compare temps year to year to see what trends are.
Posted by: Larry Esser | July 23, 2011 9:31 AM