Don’t bother unpacking your sweaters yet, and put that pumpkin spice latte order on hold.
The Baltimore region is in the middle of a couple of cool days, including temperatures as low as 53 degrees Wednesday morning — but warmer, more summery weather is returning soon.
Temperatures as low as the 30s are forecast for parts of Western Maryland Wednesday night, then returning to the 50s Thursday night, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast. There is even some patchy frost predicted in high elevation areas of the state.
The recorded temperature of 53 degrees Wednesday morning at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport is the lowest daily minimum temperature since 2013, according to the National Weather Service. Hagerstown saw a temperature of 54 degrees, the lowest since 2014, and Washington saw a temperature of 59 degrees, which is first time since 2004 the temperature dropped below 60 degrees in the district in August.
But Sunday and Monday are both forecast to be sunny, with highs around 90 degrees in Baltimore, according to the National Weather Service. A longer-range forecast from Weather.com predicts temperatures in the high 80s and low 90s all of next week.
While it’s difficult for forecasters to say with certainty, the latest long-range, seasonal outlook indicates Maryland is likely to experience warmer than average temperatures in September, October and November.
The long outlooks are not the same as a forecast — it’s not a guarantee that every day over the next three months will be warm, but rather a prediction that the region will have increased odds of seeing warmer-than-average temperatures.
Hotter summers and warmer winters are likely in Maryland’s future as human-caused climate change continues to change conditions around the globe. One climate scientist said the best way to imagine the Maryland of the future is to take the existing climate of the Deep South and drape it over the mid Atlantic.
But if you’re like, well, almost everyone, have no fear: Baltimore has plenty of pumpkin spice options to explore as the leaves start to change color.