On this day in 2020, it soared to a record high of 76 degrees. It was part of a nearly week-long stretch of 70-degree warmth. “The warmth was exceptional for its duration and, at times, its intensity. In addition to one of the lengthiest spells of warmth so late in the season, several daily record highs were set,” Ian Livingston reported for The Washington Post.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 60
- Average low: 43
- Record high: 76 (2020)
- Record low: 27 (1914)
- Record rainfall: 1.77 inches (1990)
- Record snowfall: Trace (1987)
