On this date in 1972, D.C. received a calendar-day record 0.6 inches of sleet and snow — only hours after the high temperature had reached 60 degrees. The National Weather Service reported rapidly falling temperatures as a cold front pushed south through the area. The high the day before had reached 74 degrees.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 65
- Average low: 46
- Record high: 94 (1929)
- Record low: 24 (1982)
- Record precipitation: 1.04 inches (1988)
- Record snowfall: 0.6 inches (1972)
