Spring 2023 Weather Forecast For MD: Will It Stay Warm?

MARYLAND — Winter is likely to hang on in some parts of the country well past the March 20 spring equinox, while others will see an early arrival of warm temperatures, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s 2023 spring weather forecast.

It's been a mild winter in the mid-Atlantic, with virtually no snow in the Baltimore-DC region. Record highs were set Feb. 23 at Reagan National Airport and Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The high temperature that day at BWI Airport was 79 degrees, while the high at Reagan National was 81 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Feb. 23 was the fourth-warmest February day on record, the agency said.

The competing Farmers' Almanac predicts a "soggy, shivery" spring for much of the country. Maryland is likely to see mild temperatures and near normal precipitation, while Virginia may experience near normal temps and lots of rain showers.

And, AccuWeather suggests with its spring 2023 forecast that winter isn’t quite done with us in Maryland, where snow has been sparse. Meteorological spring started March 1, but we want to know if it will continue to feel like spring.

Around the first official day of spring, March 20, AccuWeather is concerned about a surge of cold and wintry weather. In Maryland, a late-season arctic cold blast could finally bring some snow, which has been hard to come by along the Interstate 95 corridor.

Here’s what we can expect in Maryland in the months ahead:

April: Overall, temperatures will be cooler than normal across much of the U.S. It will be wetter than normal from the Appalachians and Southeast across the Deep South and Heartland through the Rockies to the West Coast and drier than normal elsewhere.

May: Above-average temperatures; May "could see the thermometer really rising across much of the United States." It will also be wet this month in the mid-Atlantic, so keep that umbrella handy.

With regard to precipitation, May will likely turn out to be drier than average across New England, while the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions will be on the wet side. Most of the area from the Ohio Valley down to the Gulf Coast will see near-normal rainfall.

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In general, the forecast calls for fairly mild temperatures in most places. But, the mid-Atlantic shouldn’t be surprised by late winter blasts of cold air, the forecast said.

Texas and Oklahoma, the Deep South and Florida are all expected to see warmer than usual temperatures.

People living in the Upper Midwest, the Appalachians and the Mid-Atlantic should be prepared for above-normal precipitation. Rainfall is expected to be normal to above normal in many other parts of the country, including Oklahoma and Texas.

However, the forecast calls for below normal rain in Southern California and the Southwest.

For more specific information, go to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.