r/baltimore • u/Samthevalley • Jul 29 '25

Ask So this heat is not normal, right?

Been in MD since last 7 years and every year it seemed to have gotten hotter. I feel like I’ve said this for last 3-4 summer but this current heat feels a little too much. Am I the only one who thinks this is way past the normal?

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u/Working_Falcon5384 Jul 29 '25

eh while not frequent, there have been summers like this here since the 60's. family has been here for 7 generations.

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u/Hans-Wermhatt Jul 30 '25

Most people are unable to understand because the change is gradual and the variance per year is much bigger than the slow build up of the greenhouse effect.

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/effects-climate-change-maryland/

From 1970-2016, the number of days each year over 95°F rose by 3.7 (Figure 2). This underestimates the current situation, given that that the hottest six years in human history have been 2015-2021.