Baltimore (Md.) Weather Pre-1910: Selected Dates

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Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction/Other Comments
  1871
Jan 8
        0.29 inch  *
  1871
May 5
      Rain   1.20 inches  *
  1872
Jul 22
  85  72     0.01 inch  * This is the first day that official temperature records are available for Baltimore.
  1872
Aug 13
  95  79   Thundershower   0.02 inch  *
  1872
Sep 4
  73   50     None  *
  1872
Sep 5
  70   50     None  *
  1872
Oct 25
  65   56   Heavy rain   2.22 inches  *
  1873
Jan 30
  24   -4     None  *
  1873
Aug 13
  72   65   Heavy rain   3.82 inches  *
  1873
Aug 23
  90   72   Showers   0.04 inch  *This day is the last of 14
consecutive days of
measurable precipitation
(8.81 inches total).
  1873
Sep 15
  68   40      *
  1873
Sep 16
  79   41      *
  1873
Oct 20
  53   43   Heavy rain   2.69 inches  *
  1874
Feb 22
  74   51      *
  1874
Feb 23
  78   52      *
  1874
Feb 25
  40   27     1.74 inches  *
  1874
Aug 26
    52      
  1875
Jan 10
    -2      
  1875
Apr 29
        2.50 inches  
  1875
Jul 15
        2.20 inches  
  1875
Oct 25
  77        
  1875
Nov 23
        1.79 inches  
  1876
Jan 2
  71        
  1876
Mar 25
        2.24 inches  
  1876
Jul 30
        3.14 inches  
  1876
Sep 17
        3.94 inches  
  1876
Oct 16
    30      
  1876
Dec 9
    4      
  1876
Dec 10
    1      
  1877
Jan 5
    1      
  1877
Sep 3
  73   59  Clear    
  1877
Nov 24
        2.82 inches  
1877
Dec 5
 50  41  Rain    
1877
Dec 20
 67        
1877
Dec 30
        1.29 inches  
  1878
Mar 26
    21      
  1878
Jun 18
        2.10 inches  
  1878
Dec 5
  43   33   Cloudy, then clear, then cloudy; light rain   0.01 inch  
  1878
Dec 10
        2.85 inches  
  1879
Jan 9
        1.64 inches  
  1879
Sep 26
    40      
  1879
Nov 12
  78        
  1879
Dec 14
        1.48 inches  
 1880
Jan 09
  44   37  Cloudy - light rain in the morning   0.02 inch  6 mph*
  1880
Feb 9
  47   26   Clear     14 mph
  1880
Jun 11
        2.66 inches  
  1880
Jun 15
        1.17 inches  
  1880
Nov 22
    15      
  1880
Nov 23
    16      
  1880
Nov 24
    17      
  1880
Dec 30
    -3      
  1880
Dec 31
    -1      
  1881
Jan 1
    -6      
  1881
Feb 10
        1.65 inches  
  1881
Mar 9
        3.51 inches  
  1881
June 9
        2.06 inches  
  1881
Sep 7
  101   73     None   *
 1881
Nov 29
  50  33  Clear, then cloudy, then clear    4 mph
 1881
Dec 14
  71        
 1881
Dec 22
        1.73 inches  
 1882
May 09
  49  25  Clear    
  1882
May 31
  83   60   Clear, becoming cloudy     20 mph
  1882
Dec 8
    10      
  1883
Feb 8
  43   28   Clear    
1883
Jun 24
  87   67  Clear, becoming cloudy    
1883
Jun 26
        1.23 inches  
  1883
Oct 8
  65   53  Clear     6 mph
 1884
Jan 8
        1.51 inches  
 1884
Jul 11
        3.75 inches  
 1884
Jul 29
        1.50 inches  
 1884
Dec 25
 31  24  Cloudy, then clear, then cloudy    13 mph
 1885
Feb 9
        1.64 inches  
 1885
Jun 28
        4.47 inches  
 1885
Aug 3
        3.35 inches  
  1885
Sep 14
  82   70   Cloudy, then clear     9 mph
 1886
Jan 4
  57   44   Heavy rain   1.90 inches  *
 1886
Feb 5
  12   -1   Light snow (1/10th of an inch)   0.01 inch (liquid)  *
 1886
Feb 11
  44   38   Heavy rain   2.60 inches  *
 1886
Aug 7
        2.21 inches  
 1886
Sep 28
 91        
 1886
Nov 18
        0.84 inch  
 1886
Nov 29
  49   25  Clear    
 1886
Dec 5
   16      
 1887
Feb 11
  72        
 1887
Feb 18
        1.67 inches  
 1888
Aug 5
        1.74 inches  
 1888
Sep 30
   39      
 1888
Dec 17
        2.47 inches  
 1889
Mar 4
        2.71 inches  
 1889
Apr 25
        2.24 inches  
 1889
May 20
        2.20 inches  
 1889
May 31
  75   67   Rain   0.42 inch  *The day of the
Johnstown Flood in PA.
 1889
Jul 2
  80   70   Heavy rain   3.47 inches  *
 1889
Jul 31
        3.65 inches  
 1889
Dec 26
  73        
 1890
Jan 12
  70        
 1890
Feb 8
        1.46 inches  
 1890
Feb 14
        1.22 inches  
 1890
Jul 20
   57      
 1890
Oct 23
        2.71 inches  
 1892
Mar 10
        8.0" of snow  
 1892
Mar 18
        12.0" of snow  
 1892
May 15
        1.83 inches  
 1892
May 19
        1.53 inches  
 1892
Jul 19
  77   67   Partly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain   0.03  *
  1892
Oct 21
  77   67   Partly cloudy, then cloudy   None.  16 mph from NW
  1893
Jan 16
    1      
  1893
Feb 17
        7.8" of snow  
  1893
May 4
        Trace of snow  
  1894
Apr 10
        1.27 inches of liquid including 3.0" of snow (melted)  
  1894
Apr 11
        2.0" of snow  
  1894
Jun 7
   47      
  1894
Jun 23
 97        
  1894
Sep 19
        1.90 inches  
  1894
Dec 27
        1.21 inches  
 1895
Jan 01
 30  17  Clear    17 mph from W
 1895
Feb 6
    1      
 1895
Feb 7
    6      
 1895
Feb 10
        1.01 inches  
 1895
Jul 5
        1.65 inches  
 1895
Jul 14
   58      
 1895
Jul 15
   57      
 1895
Sep 6
        4.76 inches  
 1895
Sep 21
  96        
  1896
Jan 24
        1.74 inches  
  1896
Jan 27
  42   24  Partly cloudy, then clearing     21 mph from N
  1896
Feb 6
        3.48 inches  
  1896
Mar 11
        6.0" of snow  
  1896
Mar 15
        5.0" of snow  
  1896
Mar 24
    18      
 1896
Apr 17
  88   68  Clear     17 mph from N
 1896
Jun 05
 78  54  Cloudy, then clear     10 mph from SE
 1896
Sep 19
  94        
 1896
Nov 17
 75        
 1896
Nov 27
 74        
  1897
Jan 25
    0      
  1897
Feb 2
  38   33   Heavy rain   1.40"   *
  1897
Apr 5
  63   43   Clear, then cloudy; rain starting at 9:00 pm   0.51"   10 mph from SE *
  1897
Apr 14
  73   50   Cloudy, then clearing; Light rain in morning   0.05"   15 mph from SW *
  1897
May 13
        1.73 inches  
  1897
Aug 10
        1.62 inches  
  1897
Oct 16
  90        
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
 1898
Jan 09
 46  35  Clear    13 mph from N
  1898
Feb 16
  30   22   Clear     28 mph from SW
  1898
Apr 28
       0.01" of snow  
  1898
Jul 4
 104        
 1898
Jul 17
 87  69  Clear    13 mph
 1898
Sep 18
  91        
 1898
Oct 30
       0.97 inch  
 1898
Nov 28
       4.5" of snow  
 1899
Feb 10
  3   -7     None  *
 1899
Feb 11
  11   -6  

 0.1 inch of snow

  (melted to 0.01" of liquid precip.)

 *
 1899
Feb 12
  11    5  

 4.8" of snow

  (melted to 0.35" of liquid precip.)

 *
 1899
Feb 13
  10    6  

 15.5" of snow

  (melted to 1.10" of liquid precip.)

 *
 1899
Feb 14
  24    6  

 1.0" of snow

  (melted to 0.10" of liquid precip.)

 *
 1899
Apr 7
      0.93 inch  
 1899
May 10
  71   54   Clear, then cloudy    8 mph from E
 1899
Jun 7
 96        
 1899
Aug 21
 97        
  1899
Nov 8
  58   39   Cloudy  None   from SW*
  1900
Jan 1
  24   15   Cloudy, snow (1 inch)  0.10 inch (liquid)  *
 1900
May 30
 75  56  Cloudy  None  5 mph from SE*

1900 Jun 17

  63   57  Rain  2.01""  12 mph from NE *
 1900
Nov 9
 48  34  Cloudy, then clear    29 mph from W
 1901
Mar 24
  65   44  Cloudy; light rain   0.03"  8 mph from SE *
 1901
Apr 17
 62  42  Clear    12 mph from SE
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
 1902 May 26  81  61  Cloudy; light rain in the evening  Trace  
 1902 May 29  68  44  Clear, then cloudy    
 1902 Jun 29  90  67  Cloudy; rain in the morning  0.15"  
 1902 July 05  95  75      
 1902 Sep 16  72  49  Cloudy    
 1902 Oct 12  73  56  Cloudy with rain in the morning, then clear  0.32"  
 1903 Apr 18  66  43  Clear    18 mph from W
 1903 Jul 11  95  73  Clear, then cloudy    12 mph form W
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
 1903 Oct 26  52  41  Clear    27 mph from W
 1904 Jan0 9  37  29  Clear    31 mph from NW
 1904 June 12  73  59  Clear    11 mph form S
 1904 Sep 06  75  59  Cloudy  None  From E*
 1904 Sep 15  69  52    3.20 inches  *
 1904 Dec 07  39  29  Cloudy    14 mph from W
 1905 Feb 16  25  5  Clear    13 mph from NW
 1905 Mar 28  80  49  Clear    10 mph from W
 1905 Jul 7  84  70    2.62 inches  *
 1905 Jul 18  96  78  Partly cloudy    
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
 1905 Jul 19  92  73  Partly cloudy, then cloudy; thundershower in the afternoon  0.09 inch  
 1905 Oct 27  54  42  Cloudy    9 mph from NE
 1906 Feb 24  50  42  Cloudy; rain in the afternoon  0.09"  21 mph form NW
 1906 Nov 25  55  36  Clear    
 1907 May 7  60  56  Cloudy    11 mph form E
 1907 May 11  65  45  Cloudy with light rain in the morning, then clearing  0.02"  24 mph from N
 1907 Jul 16  83  73  Cloudy    19 mph from SE
 1908 Feb 1  44  20

 Cloudy; snow (2") and rain in the morning, then clearing

 0.99" (liquid).  A trace of snow on the ground.  32 mph from SW *
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
 1908 Mar 9  44  35  Cloudy; rain in the morning and afternoon  0.26"  16 mph from NW *
 1908 Dec 29  52  31  Clear    8 mph from SW
 1909 Jan 12  42  34  Cloudy; light rain in the morning  0.02"  18 mph from NW
 1909 Jul 15  87  66  Cloudy; rain in the morning  0.96"  16 mph from SE *
 1909 Aug 16  83  68   Rain  0.60"  *
 1909 Aug 26  90  70  Cloudy    12 mph from NW
 1909 Sep 15  80  68  Cloudy, then clear    
 1909 Dec 1  52  33  Clear    12 mph from N *
 1909 Dec 25  33  28  Snow (9.3 inches)  0.97 inch (liquid). 9" of snow on the ground.   *
 1909 Dec 29  30  14  Cloudy with snow (0.8") in the morning, then clearing  0.08" (liquid)  12 mph from NW *
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Date High °F Low °F Conditions Precip. Amount
Maximum wind speed & direction