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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0133 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2024

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

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON
NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 104
DEGREES SET IN 1988.

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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