On this day in 1886, a calendar-day record 9.2 inches of snow fell. An additional 3.2 inches came down the next day, producing a storm total of 12.4 inches, ranking as the District’s 15th biggest snowstorm on record. Frigid air followed the storm. Highs reached only the mid-teens on Feb. 4 and 5, and the low fell to a record of minus-2 on the 5th.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 46
- Average low: 30
- Record high: 65 (1927)
- Record low: 0 (1895)
- Record precipitation: 1.48 inches (2014)
- Record snowfall: 9.2 inches (1886)
