FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Bob Ercole, of Baltimore, marvels that his geraniums and impatiens are still flourishing: “We have not had a freeze yet, and it is almost the end of October. When was the latest we have recorded our first freeze in this area?”
If we didn’t get to 32 degrees this morning, we will soon. The average first freeze for Baltimore is Nov. 13, later than the rest of the state. The latest on record for the city was Dec. 11, 1939, according to Jared Klein, at the NWS in Sterling, Va. The earliest was Oct. 4, 1974.
(SUN PHOTO: Jed Kirschbaum, 2003)