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Baltimore
Facts
Baltimore Facts Maryland
Facts:
The population of Baltimore is approximately
736,014.
The approximate number of families is 303,706.
The distance from Baltimore to Washington DC is 35 miles.
The distance to the Maryland state capital is 23 miles. (as
the crow flies)
Baltimore is positioned 39.30 degrees north of the equator
and 76.61 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Location:
Not far from Washington D.C.
Climate
& Weather: The climate for Baltimore
is changeable! Summer and early fall is the most common time
for rainfall. A good time to visit Baltimore, weather-wise,
is in September and October. July can often have periods of
high humidity. Summer thunderstorms help cool off higher temperatures.
The weather in Baltimore is seasonal. To hear the local weather
by phone, please Call: 410-936-1212
The average high temperature is (summer)
85-90+ degrees F.
The average spring temperature is 52-83 degrees F.
The average fall temperature is 46-79 degrees F.
History:
The founding of Baltimore: August 8, 1729
Commerce
and Economy: The founders intended the
settlement to be merely an outlet for locally grown tobacco,
but by 1760 Baltimore was exporting considerable amounts of
flour as well as tobacco. At the outbreak of the American
Revolution, it was a bustling seaport and shipbuilding centre.
Baltimore clippers plied the seas, and trade extended to the
Caribbean. In 1827 the nation's first railroad, the Baltimore
and Ohio, started from the city's Mount Clare Station (preserved;
now the site of a railroad museum). During the American Civil
War (1861-65), though Maryland did not secede from the Union,
many of its citizens had Southern sympathies. Union troops
occupied Baltimore throughout the war, and the city recovered
only gradually from that period of severe disruption.
