On this date in 2015, D.C. set a record low of 5 degrees. Record lows are becoming less frequent as the climate warms. When this record was set, it was the first since May 2002. (One was tied in April 2007.) A record low hasn’t been broken since that date. (One was tied on Nov. 11, 2017.)
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 49
- Average low: 33
- Record high: 78 (2018)
- Record low: 5 (2015)
- Record precipitation: 1.45 inches (1921)
- Record snowfall: 7.6 inches (1947)
