On this day in 1962, 5.4 inches of snow fell, making it the snowiest Christmas Day on record. Including snow that fell on Christmas Eve, seven inches covered the ground, the deepest ever observed on Christmas Day.
An inch of snow or more has accumulated in the District on Christmas in only three other years: 1902, 1909 and 1969.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 47
- Average low: 33
- Record high: 72 (1964)
- Record low: 3 (1983)
- Record precipitation: 1.41 inches (1945)
- Maximum snow: 5.4 inches (1962)
