On this day in 2010, 1.5 inches of powdery snow fell in the District as temperatures hovered in the 20s. It was the first accumulation since the previous winter, which was the snowiest on record. “There was no evidence that drivers had become any more snow savvy because of the repeated and record-setting snowfall last winter,” The Washington Post’s Ashley Halsey III wrote.
That December ended up with 2.1 inches of snow, and no December since has produced more.
Here are other notables for this day:
- Average high: 49
- Average low: 34
- Record high: 74 (1971)
- Record low: 10 (1917)
- Record precipitation: 1.19 inches (1902)
- Maximum snow: 6.0 inches (1973)
