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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0542 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON
NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) TODAY, JULY 15TH 2024. THIS BREAKS
THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN
1988 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 WAS SET AT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) TODAY, JULY 15TH 2024. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 79 SET IN 1995 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT AT WHAT IS NOW
RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) SINCE 1945.
ADDITIONAL RECORDS TAKEN DOWNTOWN EXTEND THE PERIOD OF RECORD BACK
TO 1872.

ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI).


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