On this day in 1888, a coastal storm — which had previously been a tropical storm — brought 1.5 inches of windblown snow. “Wires in the District were downed, and a telegraph pole broke off 25 feet from its base,” the National Weather Service wrote. It was unusually cold with a high of 34 and a low of 30. To the south, Norfolk recorded wind gusts to 50 mph and high tides flooded parts of the city.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 54
- Average low: 39
- Record high: 74 (1979)
- Record low: 17 (1950)
- Record rainfall: 1.52 inches (1999)
- Record snowfall: 2.2 inches (1898)
