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DC weather history for April 19

In 1875, the low temperature plunged to 22 degrees, the lowest temperature observed so late in the spring.

On this date in 1875, the low temperature plunged to 22 degrees, a calendar-day record and the lowest temperature observed so late in the spring. It was the third  record low in a row, after it dipped to 25 and 26 degrees the previous two mornings. That April was the second coldest on record.

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