On this date in 2012, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record of 82 degrees. It was the third day in a row above 80 and contributed to what would become D.C.'s warmest March record.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 56
- Average low: 38
- Record high: 82 (2012)
- Record low: 15 (1993)
- Record precipitation: 1.43 inches (1953)
- Record snowfall: 8.0 inches (1900)
