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.
