On this day in 1912, the temperature fell to a calendar-day record low of minus-12 in the District. It followed a calendar-day record low the previous day of minus-8 and a high of just 8 degrees, the coldest maximum temperature on record for any date in the District, tied with Jan. 19, 1994. The bitter cold came after 4.8 inches of snow on Jan. 11 and 12 that year.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 44
- Average low: 30
- Record high: 76 (1932)
- Record low: minus-13 (1912)
- Record precipitation: 1.82 inches (2005)
- Record snowfall: 1.6 inches (1957)
