Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 57 min5:39 am – 8:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 23 min7:23 am – 4:46 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 69°FColdest month January: highs 42°F, lows 27°F50 in of rain a yearwettest month July29 in of snow a year, on about 13 days18 days above 90°F, 92 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Cylburn station, 6 mi away; rain from Towson 0.8 Sw; snow from Columbia 2.3 N
Parks and public landsPadonia Parkpark · under a mileSeminary Parkpark · 1.1 miHampton National Historic Sitehistoric site · 3.1 mi · 62 acresGunpowder Falls State Parkstate park · 4.6 miGunpowder Falls Spstate park · 6.3 mi · 9,518 acresGwynnbrook Wmastate conservation land · 7.1 mi · 87 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.2 on 23 Apr 198437 mi away, near Conestoga, PennsylvaniaMost recent: magnitude 3.6 on 16 Jul 201043 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighBaltimore City, MD, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsWinter weather Very HighHeat wave Relatively HighCold wave Relatively HighStrong wind Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality68% of days had good air in 2025248 of 364 days measured114 moderate, 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 43, worst day 136main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Baltimore (City) County monitors, MD
Drinking waterCity of Baltimoreserves 1,600,000 people from surface water2 health-based violations since 2021latest Jan 2026: trihalomethanes (TTHM), maximum contaminant level7 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation443 ft135 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalGreater Baltimore Medical Center3.4 miPost officeLutherville Timonium Post Office1.0 miPoliceBaltimore County Sheriff's Office3.2 miFire stationLutherville Volunteer Fire Company Station 301.6 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi14 schools8 elementary, 1 middle, 5 otherElementaryPinewood Elementary Schoolunder a mileSchoolApple Tree Children's Center1.3 miSchoolLutherville Laboratory School1.4 miCollegeFortis Institute - Towson3.1 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport BWI18 miInterstateI-83under a mileUS highwayUS 18.3 miAmtrakPenn Station BAL9.1 miLight railTimonium (Northbound)Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)under a mileCoachBaltimore - Towson, MD (Park & Ride at Cromwell Bridge Road (located just off the I-695 Beltway Exit 29A))OurBus4.6 miTransit22 stops within a mileMaryland Transit Administration (MTA), rabbittransitSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 21094 ZIP area.
