On this date in 1960, D.C. received a calendar-day record 7.1 inches of snow. The snow began on March 2, with nearly an inch falling, producing a storm total of 7.9 inches. Another 8.2 inches would fall that month, resulting in the second snowiest March on record. The month was also abnormally cold. Its average temperature of 35.6 degrees ranks as the second-coldest March on record.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 52
- Average low: 35
- Record high: 79 (1923)
- Record low: 11 (1925)
- Record precipitation: 1.75 inches (1909)
- Record snowfall: 7.1 inches (1960)
