On this day in 1940, a calendar-day record 9.5 inches of snow fell in the District. The same storm produced 21.6 inches in Richmond the day before, the most on record for Virginia’s capital.
Snow from this storm remained on the ground in D.C. for 11 days before it entirely melted Feb. 4. Temperatures fell into the teens or lower every night from Jan. 25 to Feb. 3
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 45
- Average low: 30
- Record high: 73 (1950)
- Record low: 3 (1963)
- Record precipitation: 1.34 inches (1923)
- Record snowfall: 9.5 inches (1940)
