The Baltimore weather records just keep falling this year. Here's an updated and re-organized version of the tally we ran last month:
1. Most snow: The official total (for the season, which includes December 2009) was 77 inches. That broke the previous record of 62.5 inches at BWI, set in the winter of 1995-96.
2. Snowiest month/snowiest February: The total was 50 inches, beating the previous record of 40.5 inches, set in February 2003.
3. Most rain: The 6.02-inch deluge on Sept. 30 swamped the 1.6-inch record for Sept. 30, set in 1920. It also beat the 5.97-inch record rain total for any day in September, set on Sept. 24, 1912. The total is now the second-largest rainfall for any calendar date since record-keeping began for Baltimore in 1871, after the 7.62 inches that fell Aug. 23, 1933.
4. Most 90-degree days: The total stands at 59 days, and seems unlikely to change. That broke the previous record of 54 days, set in 1988.
5. Most 100-degree days: Seven days, actually a tie, matching the record total set in 1988.
6. Hottest summer: The average temperature at BWI-Marshall from June through August (the meteorological summer) was 79.3 degrees. That broke the previous record of 79.1 degrees, set in 1943.
7. Record-high daily temperatures were set or tied on 11 dates: April 5, (84 degrees); April 5, (90 degrees); June 23, (97 degrees); June 24, (100 degrees); June 27, (100 degrees); June 28, (99 degrees); July 6, (105 degrees); July 7, (101 degrees); July 24, (101 degrees); July 25, (100 degrees); Sept. 24, (95 degrees).
8. Record-high minimum daily temperatures: set May 3, (69 degrees); July 24, (82 degrees); tied Oct. 26, (62 degrees); Oct. 27, (67 degrees).
9. Record-low maximum daily temperature: Oct. 4, (54 degrees).
10. Warmest month/warmest July: Temperatures in July averaged 81.5 degrees. This matched the record for the warmest month and the warmest July, first set in 1949 and matched in 1995.
11. Hottest average daily high temperature: July's daily highs averaged 92.5 degrees. That beat the previous record of 91.9 degrees, set in 1988.
(SUN PHOTOS: Top, Amy Davis, February 2010; Bottom, Karl Merton Ferron, July 2010)