On this date in 1998, D.C. received 1.17 inches of rain from a powerful storm system that produced 62 tornadoes from Kansas to Virginia between April 6 and 9. A devastating tornado near Birmingham, Alabama, killed 32 people on April 8.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 66
- Average low: 46
- Record high: 90 (1959)
- Record low: 28 (1972)
- Record precipitation: 1.53 inches (1906)
- Record snowfall: 1.5 inches (1917)
