On this date in 2018, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record high of 82 degrees, which was also the highest temperature observed so early in the winter. It marked the second straight record warm day after a high of 78 on Feb. 20. The two records marked the warmest back-to-back readings ever observed in Washington during the winter months.
It’s also worth noting that our average high hits 50 degrees Friday for the first time in the calendar year and will remain at least that warm until Dec. 13.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 50
- Average low: 33
- Record high: 82 (2018)
- Record low: 7 (1885)
- Record precipitation: 1.44 inches (1902)
- Record snowfall: 7.5 inches (1929)
