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DC weather history for November 29

A remarkable 1979 warm spell featuring nine straight days in the 70s finally broke, with temperatures dropping back to more typical late-November levels.

On this day in 1979, a prolonged November warm spell finally ended, as the high temperature only reached 45 degrees. Between Nov. 17 and 28, highs were 64 degrees or higher and it hit the 70s on nine straight days from Nov. 18 to 26.

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