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THE CLIMATE OF CALVERT COUNTY 



The longest period of excessively warm weather certainly occurred in 

 1900; in August of that year the maximum temperature was 90° or 

 above on the 1st, Gth to 19th inclusive, 25th to 39th, and on the 31st, 

 or 21 days in all. The actual temperatures during the period from the 

 6th to the 14th of August were as follows: Gth, 96°; 7th, 100°; 8th, 



Fig. 9. — Maximum Temperatures during August, 1900. — (a) at Solomons, 



(b) at Baltimore, (c) at Deer Park. 



100°; 9th, 100°; 10th, 101°; 11th, 101°; 12th, 103°; 13th, 95°; and 

 14th, 96°. July, 1894, was probably the next warmest month, as the 

 maximum was 90° or above on 16 days. 



Figure 9 gives a graphic representation of the course of the maximum 

 temperatures during August, 1900, at Solomons, Baltimore, and Deer 

 Park. The latter place has an elevation of 2457 feet above sea level, 

 and here the. maximum did not reach 90°. The curves sufficiently indi- 



