NEWS: 2017

As 2017 begins, it's mostly cloudy and 45 degrees F at Baltimore's National Weather Service station at BWI Airport. The wind is from the southwest at 10 miles an hour.

It's the start of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, as declared by the United Nations.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then becoming cloudy; High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precipitation: None.  No snow on the ground. (Note: "BWI Airport" is used in this table as shorthand for Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which has the official National Weather Service weather station for Baltimore.)

The U.S. Congress certifies Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election, even though a few Democrats from the House of Representatives raise objections.  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says, “It is over.”

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light snow (0.1") in the early morning, then cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy from late morning to mid-afternoon (24-mph gust at 8:54 pm); High temp. 33° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precipitation: 0.01 inch (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 70 F, a tie for the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any January 12th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This high temperature ties the 70 F that was recorded in Baltimore on January 12, 1890.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain right after midniight; then mostly cloudy to cloudy, then light rain in the early morning; then mostly cloudy to cloudy; breezy/windy untill late evening (35-mph gust at 2:54 pm); High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 4° 9F; Precipitation: 0.03 inch.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Snow flurries; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid).  No snow on the ground.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during January 2017 is 2.69 inches, including melted snow and ice, below the normal amount of 3.08 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during January 2017 is 46.1 degrees F, above the normal of 43.2 degrees.  The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during January 2017 is 32.0 degrees F, above the normal of 25.4 degrees.  A total of 0.7 of an inch of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at BWI Airport during January 2017, well below the normal amount of 6.4 inches.

The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 93 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any May 17th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

Baltimore weather: Light rain, then cloudy with fog, then variable cloudiness; then cloudy, then clear; a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail late in the afternoon (31-mph sustained wind and 43-mph gust at 5:34 pm); High temp. 83 F; Low temp. 63 F; Precipitation: 0.38 inch.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during May 2017 is 5.64 inches.

The Boston Red Sox retire David Ortiz's uniform number 34, making Big Papi the 11th player to be so honored by the Red Sox along with Bobby Doerr (No. 1), Joe Cronin (4), Johnny Pesky (6), Carl Yastrzemski (8), Ted Williams (9), Jim Rice (14), Wade Boggs (26), Carlton Fisk (27), Pedro Martinez (45) and Jackie Robinson (42). David Ortiz, the MVP of the 2004 American League Championship Series and of the 2013 World Series, played a pivotal role on the three Red Sox World Series championship teams during his 14-year tenure with the Red Sox.

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins becomes the all-time major-league leader in hits by a non-U.S.-born player when he gets an 8th-inning single in the Marlins' 4-3 loss to the Cardinals. His 3,054th hit surpasses Rod Carew, who was born in Panama.

1.54 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any July 6th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871.

U.S. President Donald Trump forces the top White House strategist Steve Bannon out of his post.

Manny Machado of the Orioles hits 3 home runs, including a grand slam in the 9th inning, to rally the Orioles past the Los Angeles Angels 9-7 in a game that has a total of 10 home runs, 5 by each team (Mark Trumbo and Caleb Joseph also homer for the Orioles.) The game is played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore and the attendance is 26,185.

Irma intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane by late in the day.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during August 2017 is 4.60 inches.

The European Union heads of state prepare to start negotiations on a future UK-EU trade agreement in December, depending on progress with the financial "exit bill" negotiations by then.

Two suicide bomber attacks, one on a Shia mosque in Kabul and one on a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people. Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.

The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the "total liberation" of Raqqa, previously the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS).

Sixteen members of the Egyptian Police die in a clash with Islamic militants from the Hasm Movement. More than fifteen militants are killed.

Police in Malawi arrest 140 people after nine people were lynched for suspected vampirism..

Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, High temperature 76 degrees F, Low temperature 50 degrees F, Precipitation: None.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during December 2017 is 0.95 of an inch, including melted snow and ice. This amount is about 1/3 of the normal amount for December.

Total precipitation for Baltimore in 2017 is 38.28 inches, about 3 and a half inches below normal.