PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
...COOLEST SUMMER SINCE 1927 IN BALTIMORE MD...
...COOLEST SUMMER SINCE 1972 IN WASHINGTON DC...
EVEN THOUGH ASTRONOMICAL SUMMER IS NOT OVER FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS...
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER (JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST) IS NOW OVER. SUMMER 2000
WAS WET AND COOL ACROSS THE REGION.
*** WASHINGTON DC ***
IN WASHINGTON DC...THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 74.8F. DESPITE IT
BEING SO COOL...THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE IN WASHINGTON WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE
TO BEING ONE OF THE TOP TEN COOLEST SUMMERS ON RECORD. IN FACT...IT WAS
THE 37TH COOLEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871. THE COOLEST SUMMER ON
RECORD WAS IN 1907 WHEN THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 71.4F. THIS
SUMMER IN WASHINGTON WAS THE COOLEST SUMMER SINCE 1972 WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 74.5F.
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 12 DAYS OF 90F OR HIGHER SO FAR THIS YEAR IN
WASHINGTON. NORMALLY IN A YEAR...THERE ARE 38 DAYS OF 90F OR HIGHER. THE
RECORD FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF 90 DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR IS 11 DAYS SET
IN 1891.
OUT OF 92 DAYS THIS SUMMER...THERE WERE 44 DAYS IN WHICH MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION FELL IN WASHINGTON DC. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS
TOTALED 14.21 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER...THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN
WASHINGTON. THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1906 WHEN 27.05 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL.
SUMMER STATISTICS FOR WASHINGTON DC...
JUNE JULY AUGUST SUMMER
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 74.7F 74.7F 75.1F 74.8F
DEPARTURE FROM NORM -0.9F -5.3F -3.4F -3.2F
PRECIPITATION 4.93" 5.51" 3.77" 14.21"
DEPARTURE FROM NORM +1.55" +1.71" -0.14" +3.12"
*** BALTIMORE MD ***
IN BALTIMORE MD...THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 73.0F. THIS MAKES THE
SUMMER OF 2000 THE 6TH COOLEST SUMMER IN BALTIMORE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN
IN 1871. THE COOLEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN BALTIMORE WAS THE SUMMER OF
1903 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 72.1F. THIS SUMMER IN BALTIMORE WAS
THE COOLEST SUMMER SINCE 1927 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 72.5F.
TOP TEN COOLEST SUMMERS ON RECORD IN BALTIMORE...
1903........ 72.1F
1907........ 72.3F
1927........ 72.5F
1891........ 72.6F
1886........ 72.8F
2000........ 73.0F
1958........ 73.1F
1982........ 73.2F
1974........ 73.3F
1992........ 73.3F
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 11 DAYS OF 90F OR HIGHER SO FAR THIS YEAR IN
BALTIMORE. NORMALLY IN A YEAR...THERE ARE 31 DAYS OF 90F OR HIGHER.
OUT OF 92 DAYS THIS SUMMER...THERE WERE 47 DAYS IN WHICH MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION FELL IN BALTIMORE. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS
TOTALED 14.35 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.07 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER... THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN
BALTIMORE. THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD WAS IN 1955 WHEN 25.38 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL.
SUMMER STATISTICS FOR BALTIMORE MD...
JUNE JULY AUGUST SUMMER
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 72.8F 72.7F 73.4F 73.0F
DEPARTURE FROM NORM +0.3F -4.3F -2.2F -2.0F
PRECIPITATION 5.54" 5.64" 3.17" 14.35"
DEPARTURE FROM NORM +1.87" +1.95" -0.75" +3.07"
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