Heat — Queen Anne`s, Maryland

2015-07-19 · Queen Anne`s, Maryland

Wider weather episode

Unseasonably hot and humid weather affected the Eastern Shore on the 19th and 20th. High temperatures both days reached into the lower to mid 90s. The 19th was hotter and more humid overall with afternoon heat index values of around 105F, some of the highest values of the entire summer. A dissipating cold front on the 20th brought slightly drier air into the region during the afternoon of the 20th and heat index values peaked around 100F. A re-enforcing cold frontal passage on the 21st brought even cooler and drier air into the area and by the 22nd all high temperatures were less than 90 degrees on the Eastern Shore.

Highest temperatures included 95 degrees in Centreville (Queen Anne's County), 94 dgrees in Tuckahoe (Caroline County), 93 degrees in Easton and Royal Oak in Talbot County and 91 degrees in Elkton (Cecil County) and Millington (Kent County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 596561. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.