On this date in 1985, a calendar-day record 3.17 inches of rain fell as Hurricane Gloria roared up the East Coast. The storm, which passed the Mid-Atlantic farther offshore than expected, was less severe than feared in the D.C. area and even areas closer to the coast. “Hurricane Gloria struck no more than a glancing blow to the East Coast yesterday, tearing down power lines and crushing fishing piers but leaving far less damage than weather experts feared from a storm that started as one of the most dangerous to move up the Atlantic in the last 50 years,” The Washington Post wrote on its front page the next day.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 77
- Average low: 60
- Record high: 95 (1998)
- Record low: 40 (1879)
- Record rainfall: 3.17 inches (1985)
