On this date in 1929, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record 93 degrees. It was the third day in a row above 90, after highs of 94 on April 7 and 92 on April 6. The two days before that reached at least 80.
“The scorching spell which has wilted the citizenry and visitors to Washington was caused, according to the Weather Bureau, by continued southwest winds bringing with them the heated air of the Gulf of Mexico,” The Washington Post front page reported on April 9.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 65
- Average low: 46
- Record high: 93 (1929)
- Record low: 29 (2007)
- Record precipitation: 2.13 inches (1940)
- Record snowfall: 0.5 inches (1916)
