Ok what weather can i expect (Baltimore, California: live, versus, gardening)

[jeddie]

Moving to baltimore very soon from the uk, what kind of weather can i expect with your seasons over thier? i mean any extreme stuff or will it be like here in the uk very unpredictable ie rain rain and a bit more rain, then if were lucky two weeks of sun in the summer

[JaBradshaw]

No, it's not that unpredictable. It goes like this:

Spring = rain, otherwise moderate temperatures sometimes hot, sometimes cold.

Summer = Incredibly hot, blistering summers. It was 97 Fahrenheit or 36 Celsius today and has been like that all of July and August.

Fall = cool weather in the 40s 50s 60s F, usually never any snow this early.

Winter = We have been known to have some severe snow including a few horrible blizzards. However, with global warming, the winters have been getting warmer, and this past year there was very little snow.

It really doesn't rain all that much here. I look forward to the next rainfall.

[jeddie]

Thank you for that information, i wasn't sure what kind of weather to expect temp wise

[emsgoof]

Of course, it was only in the 60's and 70's earlier this week... Talk about abnormal!

[lscalder]

The wierdest weather. earlier this week my son was wearing his fall outfit then on Friday and Saturday he was back to his summer outfits again. This is the sick weather.

[purple1]

Weather is one of the great thing about Maryland. When you start to get bored with one type of weather it changes to another season.

[jeddie]

Hahaha that sounds just like england

[hokiejane]

Spring and fall are usually very nice, and the winters relatively mild with the exception of a few zingers that come our way now and then. The zingers are more likely to consist of this horrible concoction of snow and freezing rain that produce a nasty, slippery mess versus major amounts of snow.

July and August are the worst months weather-wise IMO. The summer heat here may be unlike anything you've felt before, except maybe in a sauna. I moved here from Ohio many moons ago, and will never forget that first day in the high nineties with humidity to match. I walked out of the air conditioned building, and it nearly took my breath away.

July and August would be a good time to plan return trips to the UK.

[jeddie]

Ok what exactly is a zinger!! we have burgers in the uk called that? i presume a zinger is a heavy thunderstorm??? then again i might be wrong, sorry don't forget i'm from the uk hahaha

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by jeddie

Moving to baltimore very soon from the uk, what kind of weather can i expect with your seasons over thier? i mean any extreme stuff or will it be like here in the uk very unpredictable ie rain rain and a bit more rain, then if were lucky two weeks of sun in the summer

Jeddie,

I have lived along the East Coast for many years, and spent a short time in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and now coastal Connecticut. My background is in climate. Here is the mean monthgly temps for Bailtmore and London.



Month London Baltimore
Jan 40 36
Feb 40 38
March 44 45
April 48 55
May 54 64
June 59 72
July 65 77
Aug 64 75
Sept 58 69
Oct 53 58
Nov 45 49
Dec 43 40


I have lived along the East Coast for many years, and spent a short time in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and now coastal Connecticut. My background is in climate.

Maryland and the rest of the mid-Atlantic will be much warmer (hot) than the UK in the summer and a little colder in the winter. Maryland is less changeable than the UK most of the year – of course Maryland is 900 miles further south than the UK. So the sun is stronger here and the humidity is higher – this is the humid high rainfall side of the USA mainland. Don’t worry you’ll see the sun a lot more in Maryland than you ever did in the UK (lol).

Despite all the banter about four seasons …south of Massachusetts (New England), the East Coast (Norfolk to NY/NJ/CT) really has only two seasons. The long warm season form late April to November, and the shorter, cold season, from late November to late March. In short form, this is the season:

Around early April, after a cold (and at times dry) winter, the skies open-up, and like an Asian monsoon rain pours and pelts everything. In a speed beyond belief, the landscape goes from brown/gray to rainforest green. Unlike the slow onset of the warm season in more northley areas like Minnesota, Michigan or Maine – in Maryland, it goes from 44 F winter to 77 F summer balm in 15 days. Late March is brown and leafless, mid April is vivid green, humid and warm. From late April until early October…the huge Bermuda High is in control…pumping the warm and humid air from the tropical south Atlantic across the whole East Coast. Its H-H-and H (Hazy, Hot, and Humid) time. There are days in late September, October, and May, when a cold front or several overcast days may keep temps in the 60’s – but it is usually short lived.

Fall type weather (short as it is) is October and November. Days in the 50’and 60’s, nights in the 40’s and then 30’s. The leaves change in Maryland around late October, or early November, although they don’t have quite the vivid color of New England or the Upper Midwest. Fall is quite mild in Maryland, at times frost may not arrive until late November. By late November its cold.

Winter type weather is confined to the true winter months of December, January, and February. Despite the American/UK media hype, the East Coast of the USA south of Boston is not a snowy place. In Maryland the big snowstorm is the exception, not the rule. Compared to places in the far northern USA (Great Lakes, Northern Plains, and New England), winters are not severe. By mid –March the snow season is all but over, and by late March those occasional 65 F days gets everyone in the gardening mood again.

Compared to places in the subtropical portions of the United States (Florida, South Carolina, California) or in the cold northern areas (Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, and Maine) the climate of Maryland is not bad. The summers are however, long, hot and tropical like. If you moving in September or October luckily you missed most of it. You'll also enjoy that in winter the light will be more than 2.5 hours longer in Maryland than the UK (UK almost 900 miles north of Mayland).

Good Luck.