On this date in 2017, the maximum temperature of 91 and minimum of 70 were both calendar-day record highs. The 70-degree low was also the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in April. That hot day helped cap the warmest April on record in D.C.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 73
- Average low: 53
- Record high: 91 (2017)
- Record low: 30 (1874)
- Record rainfall: 2.05 inches (1880)
