It's almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in Maryland using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
#25. Garrett County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 68 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 66 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
#24. Allegany County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 72 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees
#23. Carroll County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#22. Washington County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
#21. Frederick County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
#20. Howard County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#19. Montgomery County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
#18. Cecil County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#17. Baltimore County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.0 degrees
#16. Harford County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 73 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
#15. Prince George's County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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12 / 25#14. Caroline County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#13. Talbot County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
#12. Washington, D.C.
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#11. Worcester County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.9 degrees
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16 / 25#10. Queen Anne's County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#9. Calvert County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
#8. Kent County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.8 degrees
#7. Charles County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
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20 / 25#6. St. Mary's County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.4 degrees
#5. Wicomico County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.3 degrees
#4. Anne Arundel County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.7 degrees
#3. Dorchester County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 77 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.9 degrees
#2. Somerset County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.2 degrees
#1. Baltimore
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 78 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.7 degrees