On this date in 2016, D.C. hit a calendar-day record of 101 degrees after a morning low of 81 — tied for the month’s warmest. It was the second of three straight record-setting days, with highs of 99, 101 and 100, and record-warm lows of 80, 81 and 81. See this recap of the event: The Washington, D.C., region sweated through 10 heat records this weekend.
Continued heat on Aug. 15 fueled fierce thunderstorms that swept the region, cutting power to at least 30,000 customers, and dropping 1.17 inches of rain in D.C., a calendar-day record.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 88
- Average low: 72
- Record high: 101 (2016)
- Record low: 55 (1930)
- Record rainfall: 1.73 inches (1896)
