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  1. BWI officially reached 90 for the high today. Though this was not a daily record, this was the first time BWI has had a 90+ day in October since 10/9/07. October 2007 ended up tied for the 5th hottest October on record at BWI.

  2. 2013 hasn't been very extreme compared to 2009-2012. Having said that, there's a few things I'm watching for in October for BWI:

     

    -If we'll break or tie at least one daily lowest maximum record in Oct. for the 5th year in a row.

     

    -If some crazy record-breaking event will occur on Oct. 29 for the 3rd year in a row.

     

    -If we break a record high this Wednesday, Oct. 2. The record is 89, NWS currently calling for high of 84 and TWC calling for 86. Its an extreme long shot, but a positive bust could make it happen.

  3. Possible record low for BWI tonight. NWS calling for low of 53. The record low for today is 51 and tomorrow is 49. I would assume any low would be after midnight, so the 49 will probably be the one we're competing against.

     

    I was one day off- we didn't get it yesterday but we got it today. Overnight low of 53 at BWI, the record was 54.

  4. Correct, and it's interesting to note how much rainfall varies in this area during extreme tropical events.  Here are the all-time monthly precipitation records for any month in DC, Baltimore, and Dulles, with the other one or two locations shown for perspective:

     

    September 1934:

    17.45 inches in DC vs  12.41 in Baltimore

     

    August 1955

    18.35 inches in Baltimore vs 14.31 in DC

     

    June 1972

    18.19 inches at IAD vs 11.53 in DC and 9.95 in Baltimore

     

    Something crazy I found out... not only was August 1955 the wettest month ever for BWI, but summer 1955 was also the wettest summer ever, with 25.38 inches of rainfall. However, that summer also had the driest July ever, with only 0.3 inches of rain.

  5. BWI finished tied for 7th, with 7.81 inches. If DCA hadn't stole all our rain on 6/28 we would've broken our record (quite a disparity that day- DCA got 2.86 in. while BWI got 0.02 in.) I was in that DC storm though and it was an incredible amount of rain.

  6. Wettest June on record watch being issued for BWI.

     

    The 0.43 in. BWI just recorded puts us at 7.50 in.- just 2.45 in. away from tying the record. We are now in the top 10. And NWS has chance of storms every day and night until the end of the month. This could be close...

  7. 14.02" at DCA just back in 2006, so probably out of reach there.

     

    I know one June rainfall record that is never getting broken... IAD. That's an insane outlier. :o

     

    I think thats the most rainfall at any of the 3 airports in any month ever, other than Aug. 1955 at BWI.

  8. A record low at BWI on April 3 (27 degrees), followed by a record high of 91 on April 10 (91 degrees).

     

    BWI has set or tied at least one record high in every April for the last four years.

     

    6 of the 30 days in April have a record high that was set or tied in the last four years as well.

  9. Both DCA and IAD beat their three consecutive season low snow totals.  At DCA, the most recent three seasons total 15.2 inches, compared with the previous record of 18.4 inches set in the three seasons ending in 1999.  And, at IAD, the most recent three seasons total 29.0 inches, compared with the record of 29.2 inches set in the three seasons ending in 2009.  So, at IAD, the previous three-year low total occurred immediately prior to the record 73.2 inches in 2009-10.  Therefore, with a new three-year low total established this year, numerology tells us that next year . . . that's correct -- will set a new four-year low. :cry:

     

    This part actually got me thinking... what would it take for BWI to set a four year low? The lowest consecutive four year total ever is 32.8", from 49/50 to 52/53. This would mean BWI would have to get at least 8.7" total next year to not beat or tie the record. In other words... we have a fairly good chance at setting a four year snow futility record.

  10. Yesterday's snow total at BWI (3.2 inches) was a daily snowfall record for March 25. The previous record was 2.5 inches in 1933.

     

    I have removed the snow futility records from my page as they no longer apply; however, I will leave up the heat records as a reference.

     

    In checking this again... actually the overall snow futility here is still fairly impressive.

     

    The two year seasonal snow total from 11/12 and 12/13 was 9.8", which is still the second lowest consecutive two season total ever. The record is 6.9" from 49/50 and 50/51.

     

    The three year seasonal snow total from 10/11, 11/12 and 12/13 was 24.2", which is still the second lowest consecutive three season total ever. The record is 21" from 49/50, 50/51 and 51/52.

  11. Yesterday's snow total at BWI (3.2 inches) was a daily snowfall record for March 25. The previous record was 2.5 inches in 1933.

     

    I have removed the snow futility records from my page as they no longer apply; however, I will leave up the heat records as a reference.

  12. Heh, I was actually just planning to bump this thread...

     

    I'm permanently done with ever tracking a winter storm again, but I will continue to track BWI heat and snow futility records on my webpage: anendlessmaze.blogspot.com

     

     

  13. One thing of note: NCDC revised the BWI July 2012 average from 81.4 to 81.5 degrees. This means that July 2012 is now tied for 2nd hottest, not tied for 5th as originally stated. So the last 3 Julys at BWI are now ranked as tied for 2nd, 1st, and tied for 2nd, respectively.

     

    Incredible... this is probably the most impressive of all the heat records to me. I can't wait to see what July 2013 looks like.

  14. I don't have the complete list, but I posted on the Hurricane Sandy thread that the highest wind gust ever recorded at DCA was 98 miles per hour during Hurricane Hazel on (Friday) October 15, 1954; see http://www.washingto...1ZtdJ_blog.html

    I did some digging around myself for BWI, according to this article from 2008, the highest ever was Hazel at 84 mph: http://articles.balt...ds-october-1954

    However, I found the 2011 annual summary for BWI, which lists the highest gusts ever recorded each month, and it lists the July 2010 one as the highest: http://www1.ncdc.noa...9B9B324AAD9.pdf

    Same deal with DCA, which lists 74 mph in March 2008 as the highest instead of Hazel: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-06C5C259-4839-4269-8E5C-33F8B09867E5.pdf

    I noticed they're all relatively recent records, so maybe the Hazel ones aren't considered to be reliable anymore?

  15. BWI record Oct daily rainfall from Sandy.

    BWI record low pressure, DCA close.

    I believe 10/29 was also the 5th wettest day ever at BWI, but I can't recheck it since Sterling's site is still down. Once it's back up I'm going to post the top five days.

    Do you or anyone else know what the records are for top wind gusts at BWI and DCA? Say, top five or top ten events. I know 7/18/10 was 72 mph at BWI, which is the highest I've ever seen in my lifetime. I assume Hazel will be the highest- I thought I saw that mentioned in another thread. I know Sandy's winds won't make the list, but it just got me curious. I'm not even sure if wind records are tracked?

  16. ...and amidst all the chaos, BWI misses tying the record high today by just one degree. DCA tied theirs though.

    Ironically, the record lowest maximums may be in play next week for BWI. Though that's probably the last thing I'll be thinking about in terms of weather.

  17. We did it again... Record lowest maximum tied at BWI today. That's four years in a row now. I wonder if there's a connection between climate change and cold outbreaks in October like this (I'm not saying there is, just speculating). Four years in a row and eight records broken or tied is significant.

  18. One interesting trend that has run somewhat counter to the multi-year warm period we're in is the lowest maximums that BWI keeps getting in October. We had:

    3 record lowest maximums broken and 1 tied in October 2009

    1 record lowest maximum tied in October 2010

    2 record lowest maximums broken in October 2011

    Since October 2009, the only other low and lowest max temperature records BWI had were: (wait for it... its a long list...)

    1 record low tied in May 2011

    1 record lowest maximum broken in July 2012

    So there seems to be something about October- so few record lows, yet they're almost all clustered in this month; however, it doesn't always match the monthly departures overall. Both Octobers 2010 and 2011 finished with above average temperatures for the month.

    It will be interesting to see if we make more record lowest maximums this October.

  19. Added hottest spring ever record (which we've already clinched). May will be somewhere in the top 10, but the exact placement depends upon the overall temp departure for today.

    I wonder if Mattie g or Ellinwood will ever admit I was right. Probably not... LOL

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