For those who love statistics, here is the monthly weather summary for Baltimore, just in from the National Weather Service:
"THE FEBRUARY 2011 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR BALTIMORE WAS
ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE FIRST MONTH TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL SINCE
NOVEMBER 2010. IT WAS ALSO THE WARMEST FEBRUARY SINCE 2002 WHEN IT
AVERAGED 39.3F DEG. THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS 44.1F DEG IN
1976.
"TEMPERATURES REACHED OR EXCEEDED 65F DEG ON FIVE DAYS THIS PAST
MONTH...WHICH WAS THE MOST OCCURRENCES IN FEBRUARY SINCE THE TEN
DAYS IN 1976.
"BALTIMORE HAD BACK-TO-BACK 70F-DEG DAYS ON 17-18 FEBRUARY. THE LAST
TIME CONSECUTIVE 70F-DEG DAYS OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY WAS 24-25
FEBRUARY 2000.
"A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 51F DEG WAS SET ON THE
18TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 50F DEG SET 1891.
"PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL.
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS.
"SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL AND ONLY 5 PERCENT OF THE
RECORD 50.0 INCHES MEASURED JUST LAST FEBRUARY.
"THIS FEBRUARY FEATURED SEVERAL HIGH WIND EVENTS. FOR EXAMPLE...WIND
GUSTS OF 55 MPH AND 60 MPH WERE MEASURED ON THE 19TH AND 25TH
RESPECTIVELY."
(SUN PHOTO: Kim Hairston, Feb. 28, 2011)