The week of March 12, 1990, saw a four-day streak of temperatures above or near 80 degrees. That was after a mild January and February averaging about 42 degrees.

IT IS 7:00 p.m. election night, Sept. 18, 1950, and you are watching WMAR (Channel 2) — the only Baltimore TV station carrying election returns. (You could have tuned in to Charles Roeder on ...