BLOG: Continued heat
Getting drier and drier....
Posted: 08/08/2012
The main topics of weather this year have been centered around the heat and dry conditions.....with good reason!
This year is on track to break some heat records. There have been more record highs in the United States this year so far than all of 2011. From January through July in the Northeast, the average of 49.9 degrees F, was the warmest period since 1895, when record-keeping began. Not only was is the warmest period but it was Maryland's fifth driest 7 month average on record.
We still have until the last couple of weeks in September before summer is officially over. Unfortunately, that does not guarantee temperatures will be normal. We still have to wind down this crazy year of 2012! One can only hope that 2013 will be closer to average in temps and precipitation.
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