On this date in 2015, a calendar-day record 4.8 inches of snow fell in D.C. Areas west of the city saw substantially more, with 9.4 inches observed at Washington Dulles International Airport. The snow occurred toward the end of an unusually cold weather pattern that began in mid-February, during which temperatures averaged about 15 degrees below normal.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 53
- Average low: 36
- Record high: 83 (1976)
- Record low: 6 (1872)
- Record precipitation: 1.52 inches (1965)
- Record snowfall: 4.8 inches (2015)
