On this day in 2012, the temperature climbed to a calendar-day record of 71 degrees. That abnormally warm day was one of many that year — which turned out to be the District’s warmest year on record.
Here are other notables for today:
- Average high: 52
- Average low: 37
- Record high: 71 (2012)
- Record low: 15 (1976)
- Record precipitation: 1.83 inches (1991)
- Maximum snow: 1.0 inches (1907)
