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DC weather history for November 20

Unseasonable warmth in 1942 pushed temperatures to 79 degrees, tying the latest such reading and capping a rare multiday November warm spell.

On this day in 1942, the temperature climbed to a calendar-day record 79 degrees.

It matched the highest temperature observed so late in the year. It was part of a five-day warm period with highs of at least 69 degrees from Nov. 17 to Nov. 21.

Here are other notables from this date:

Here are other notables from this date:

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