On this day in 1895, the temperature soared to a calendar-day record of 96 degrees. It was the first of five straight days to set records; it reached 94, 96, 98 and 98 between Sept. 20 and 23. This marked the most intense heat wave so late in the season ever observed in D.C.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 80
- Average low: 63
- Record high: 96 (1895)
- Record low: 44 (1916)
- Record rainfall: 1.23 inches (1875)
