On this date in 2006, the high temperature soared to a calendar-day record of 101. The morning low of 81 matched the warmest on record for all of August. It was the hottest day in a 13-day streak of highs of 90 or above, which ended Aug. 8. On Aug. 5, The Washington Post reported the heat had claimed the lives of three people in the region.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 89
- Average low: 72
- Record high: 101 (2006)
- Record low: 56 (1920)
- Record rainfall: 1.62 inches (1971)
