On this date in 1960, D.C. soared to 95 degrees, which is tied for its highest April temperature on record. It was the first of four straight days to reach 90 degrees.
“You could have felt uncomfortably warm at 3:15 p.m. yesterday with ample justification,” The Washington Post front page said the following day.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 71
- Average low: 51
- Record high: 95 (1960)
- Record low: 33 (1933)
- Record precipitation: 1.38 inches (1921)
- Record snowfall: Trace (1986)
