On this day in 2014, 1.9 inches of snow fell in the District but up to 5 inches fell in its northern and western suburbs. It was the biggest snowfall in nearly three years and it snarled travel and closed schools. Frigid winds followed the storm as a lobe of the polar vortex invaded the eastern United States.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 45
- Average low: 31
- Record high: 71 (1876)
- Record low: minus-1 (1899)
- Record precipitation: 1.44 inches (1979)
- Maximum snow: 4.5 inches (1925)
