This year, early October’s record heat kept people, boats and mosquitoes busier outside and air conditioning on longer. Baltimore Washington International Airport’s blistering 98 degrees broke the 89-degree daily record set in 1986. It also shattered a 97-degree monthly record for the airport set on Oct. 5, 1941.
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Climate change threatens flooding and hurts crabbing in Maryland
The effects of climate change are hitting Maryland hard. University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Associate Professor Tim Canty says climate change has already played a role in Ellicott City’s floods.
Marylanders react to abnormally high fall temperatures
For a period from late September to early October, high temperatures in Baltimore soared above the average by double digits. Social media users in Maryland shared their thoughts on the heat spike.