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DC weather history for February 27

Unseasonable warmth in 1997 set record highs for both the daytime temperature and the overnight low, part of a notably mild February.

On this date in 1997, calendar-day record highs were set for both the low and high temperatures. The low was 51 degrees and the high was 77. The month ended up being 4.7 degrees warmer than normal and ranked as the sixth-warmest February on record.

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