I think everyone can agree the weather around the US has gotten pretty funky in the past few years.

There has been record snow falls in New England, record droughts and record rains in the Rocky Mountains as well as record floods in the Mississippi.

Now the weather records are boiling over in Baltimore. Steaming hot temperatures forced the Commissioner of Health Dr. Oxiris Barbot to extend a code red heat alert through June 1, 2011. Cooling centers opened in several community action centers.

On Memorial Day Monday, 98-degree heat tied the record for the date, set in 1991. Ninety-eight is also the highest temperature on record in Baltimore for any date in May.

Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun

Baltimore wasn’t the only city affected. Heat advisories were set for Maryland and Virginia closing schools early the last two days. Even cities like D.C. and Chicago scorched over the memorial day weekend.

Police shut a beach down near Chicago after four people suffering from exhaustion were rushed to a nearby hospital.

What is with this weather? Is this the tail end of La Niña? Are we catching some early rays from the south? Check out the records that melted this week.