Don’t let the cool end to the season fool you. Summer 2024 was a scorcher.

Do you remember a cooler end to summer and September ?

Well, this year was still the second-hottest summer since 1995, according to a Banner analysis of temperatures at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. The only hotter summer was 2010.

This year, the Greater Baltimore area recorded the second-warmest July as the average temperature reached 82.2 and the heat index went over 100 several times.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted above-normal temperatures earl, a trend that's likely to continue as human-caused climate change pushes temperatures higher. One climate scientist has said Maryland's future climate is likely to resemble the Deep South's one day .

But even a mild August — dubbed the false autumn — wasn't enough to tame a hot June and July.

The Baltimore City Health Department raised the Code Red Extreme Heat Alert six times as the heat index, which combines air temperature and relative humidity, reached dangerous levels.

The first Code Red Extreme Heat Alert was issued when the summer started in June, followed by six days with an alert in July and two in August.

Six heat-related deaths in Baltimore were recorded by the Maryland Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

This includes the death of a sanitation worker , which prompted some Baltimore City Council members and union representatives to demand more stringent safety measures.

Summers are not the only season getting warmer. Climate change is impacting every season. The area saw a warmer winter , with an average high of 51.9 degrees. Spring was also the hottest in the last decade.

Although the trend suggests warmer fall weather than usual, average temperatures are expected to drop in October.