On this date in 1930, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record of 102 as one of the worst droughts ever observed in the D.C. area neared its peak. The front page of The Washington Post described “irreparable” agricultural damage from the lack of precipitation.
That day was the second in a row to reach 102 and the 9th day that year to reach at least 100; one person died bringing the season’s heat-related death toll to 25, The Post reported. In all, it hit 100 or higher a record 11 times that year.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 89
- Average low: 72
- Record high: 102 (1930)
- Record low: 54 (1912)
- Record rainfall: 2.15 inches (1878)
