Friday's BWI high of 93 marks a week in the 90s

Forecasters out at Sterling said it's only the 17th time since record-keeping began in Baltimore in 1871 that a seven-day streak in the 90s has occurred before July 1.

And if their forecasts hold up, we will have 10 days of 90-degree weather on the books by Monday. And Tuesday will be a close call. The only times Baltimore has recorded 90-degree streaks longer than 10 days was when one 12-day streak ended on July 7, 1901, and another ended June 28, 1943.

Streaks of 90-plus temperatures before July 1 in Washington have happened five times. The longest was an 18-day streak that ended July 14, 1872.

(SUN PHOTO: Amy Davis, 2006)