FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
It’s official. July 2010 tied with July 1995 as the hottest month on record for Baltimore, with an average temperature of 81.5 degrees. For a time, it appeared that July 1872 should also be included. But the National Climatic Data Center has reviewed original data and found the true average for that month was 81.2 degrees, not 81.5 degrees as reported on a weather service web site. This year has now seen Baltimore’s hottest month, snowiest month and snowiest winter.
(SUN PHOTO: David Hobby, 2006)