Jeff Taylor

The year 2022 continued the trend of warm months of July in the Portland area.  Five of the Top-10 Warmest Julys have occurred since 2014 and eight of the Top-10 since 2003. At the Portland Airport (PDX), where […]

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June 2022 Mean Temperatures were just a bit above Normal in the area, with Average Maxima having Normal to slightly negative departures and Average Minimum departures of +1.0° to +1.8° at the three o […]

Baltimore’s Daily Precipitation record was broken on July 9, 2022 when 1.36” was recorded, superseding the previous record of 0.99” in 1970. Though these amounts are not unusual for July, what is unusual is that […]

FINAL UPDATE ON 7/3/2022 AT 7:20 AM:

The Portland Airport (PDX) established its wettest period covering the three months of April, May, and June.  PDX measured 12.60″, surpassing the previous record of 11.87″ […]

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May 2022 averaged much cooler than Normal for this area. In fact, due to the persistent clouds and rain, Maximum Temperatures averaged between 4 and 5 degrees below Normal. Through the first 20 days […]

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April 2022 was quite a chilly one as nearly every day this month averaged below Normal. In fact, only a day or two averaged more than a +1° departure from Normal.  The warmest day, oddly, occurred e […]

On April 29, 2022, the temperature dropped to 32°F. at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), breaking the daily record of 33° from way back in 1874. This also established the 3rd l […]

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March 2022 was a bit above Normal, the Average Maxima being less than a +1° departure, the Minima being between a +1° a +2° departure. Maximum Temperatures were slightly below Normal through the fi […]

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February 2022’s area Average Temperatures were slightly below Normal, with the greater departures being with Average Minimum Temperatures. The month was a topsy-turvy one compared to most Februaries […]

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January 2022’s area Average Temperatures were barely below Normal, with Average Maximums slightly above Normal, Average Minimums a bit below Normal. The month began quite cold, continuing the […]

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Overall, Temperatures averaged slightly below Normal for December 2021. The month began quite mild, with the warmest day of the month being on the 1st (61.1°/49.4°) but quickly cooled as Maximum T […]

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November 2021 Temperatures were above Normal in the area, with the following ranges of departures from Normal between the three official Portland weather stations (Portland International Airport […]

Statewide for Maryland, 2021 was the warmest October on record, dating back to 1895 in the climate archives. There are unofficial reports of valley temperatures in Garrett County getting below freezing during the […]

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October 2021 was a bit topsy-turvy from normal as the first half was a tad cooler than the second half. The Average Maximum/Minimum/Mean Temperatures were thus: 1st-15th – 58.7°/45.0°/51.9°, 16 […]

2021 was one of the warmer overall summers for the state of Maryland dating back to 1895, mostly due to much-above-average Minimum Temperatures. Here are the statewide rankings for various temperature categories, […]

On 9/27/2021, the official Downtown Portland weather station recorded a record daily rainfall total of 1.79″. This amount was also the second highest September calendar-day total dating back to 1872, a period of […]

TEMPERATURES
Overall, August 2021 Average Temperatures were 1°-2° above the Normal in the area for both the Maximum and Minimum Temperatures. The most extended period of hot weather occurred from 11th-15th as e […]

TEMPERATURES
This was one of the warmest Julys on record, though there wasn’t any extreme heat, only consistently mild temperatures. The Maximum Temperature didn’t even reach 90° until the 28th (90.9°), with j […]