170 THE CLIMATE OF ST. MAEY's COUNTY 



Dates on which the temperature was 95° or above at Charlotte Hall: 



1893.— June 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 25;' July 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 30;' August 25. 



1S94.— June 23, 24, 25; July 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27, 29; August 9; Septem- 

 ber 9, 10. 



1895.— May 31; June;' August 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 10, 24, 28, 29, 30; September 

 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 



189C.— May 9, 18, 19; July 27; August 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 



1897.— None. 



1898.— June 12, 25, 26, 28; July 1, 2, 3, 4, IS, 19, 20, 29, 30; August 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 7, 8, 23, 31; September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, IS. 



1S99.— June;' July;' August 5, 20, 21; September 6. 



1900.— May 15; June 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; August 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 11. 12, 13, 14, 20, 27;' September 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 



1901 to 1904.' 



' Record incomplete. 



The actual record for the August, 1900, " hot wave," 6th to 14th, is 

 represented in comparison with other stations in Fig. 10. The tempera- 

 tures recorded were: 6th, 96°; 7th, 98°; Sth, 97°; 9th, 96°; 10th, 99°; 

 11th, 102°; 12th, 101°; 13th, 96°; 14th, 9.5°. The September record 

 was also rather remarkable, viz.: Sefttember 5th, 95°; 6th, 96°; 7th, 

 100°; Sth, 98°; 9th, 95°; 10th, 96°, 11th, 99°. 



Duration of Cold Periods. 



The minimum temperature at Charlotte Hall falls below the freezing 

 point of water on the average 92 times in the year, as compared with 

 68 times at Solomons. During the cold winter of 1895 it was below 

 freezing 106 times. The average number of times with a minimum 

 below 32° is 20 days in December, 23 in January, and 21 in February. 

 The frequency of freezing temperatures in April and October is also 

 slightly higher than for other portions of the county. 



The following record of the dates on which the minimum temperature 

 was below 20° is also somewhat incomplete. 



Days on which minimum temperature was below 20° at Charlotte 

 Hall: 



1S93.'— December 2, 3, 5, 14, 21. 



1894.— January 13, 28; February 2, 5, 6, 17, 24, 25, 28; Marcb 27, 28; Novem- 

 ber 29: December 28, 29, 30. 



1893.- January 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 20, 24, 25, 30; February 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 24; December 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 



' Indicated record incomplete. 



