Weather Talk: When will Maryland see the last freeze?
Weather Talk: When will Maryland see the last freeze?
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WHAT IS IT, THE FOURTH. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, OUR AVERAGE LAST FROST IS APRIL 6TH, SO. OKAY, WE’RE COMING UP ON THAT VERY QUICKLY. HOWEVER, AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO JUST THE NEXT WEEK, THERE ARE SIGNS POINTING TO A NICE LITTLE SHOT OF COLD AIR HEADED OUR WAY THAT COULD BRING TEMPERATURES DOWN NEAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING FOR SOME PARTS OF THE STATE. SO AS WE GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE LAST FROST AND LATEST AND EARLIEST, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY APRIL 6TH, THAT’S WHERE WE USUALLY SEE OUR LAST FROST, TEMPERATURE OR FREEZE, I SHOULD SAY A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR BELOW THAT. THE EARLIEST THAT’S EVER HAPPENED WHERE WE’VE ONLY SEEN 32 DEGREES THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR WAS FEBRUARY, BACK IN 1945. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE NEVER SAW A LOW TEMPERATURE THAT COLD. THE LATEST WE’VE EVER HAD TO WAIT FOR THAT LAST FROST WAS BACK IN 1966, ON MAY 11TH, AND LAST YEAR OUR LAST FROST WAS ACTUALLY ON MARCH 26TH. OF COURSE, THEN AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING WAS A LITTLE BIT MUCH, OR I SHOULD SAY RATHER WARMER. OF COURSE, LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS UPCOMING WEEK, THERE WILL BE A SHOT OF COOLER AIR HEADED OUR WAY AND THAT MAY DROP OUR TEMPERATURES A LOT OR LESS. I SHOULD SAY BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WHAT ARE WE TALKING BELOW AVERAGE? 510, ALMOST 15 DEGREES BELOW THAT AVERAGE. AS YOU SEE, THE COLORS ON THE MAP HERE, INDICATING TEN TO ALMOST 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THAT NORMAL LOW. AS YOU SEE HERE, 34 IS WHAT WE COULD BE GETTING TO IN BALTIMORE WHEN WE USUALLY ARE AROUND 41 DEGREES. ANNAPOLIS COULD BE EVEN HITTING THAT FREEZING MARK THERE NEXT WEDNESDAY, WHEN USUALLY THEY’RE AROUND 45. SO YES, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL. WE COULD GET THAT COLD BY EARLY OR MIDDLE OF N
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Weather Talk: When will Maryland see the last freeze?
Meteorologist Alena Lee is tracking when Maryland could see the last freeze, and said a dip in temperatures next week could impact that date.
BALTIMORE —
Meteorologist Alena Lee is tracking when Maryland could see the last freeze, and said a dip in temperatures next week could impact that date.
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