July 2014 at BWI broke or tied more record lows than any other July (5 total), but still only finished tied for 17th coldest (along with 1904 and 2003). By comparison, the other recent cool July everyone remembers (2009), finished tied for 10th coldest, but only broke one record low.
The period from Jan-July 2014 was tied for the 10th coldest Jan-Jul period ever at BWI, along with 1888 and 1912.