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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
429 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024

...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA...

A RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED IN THE
WASHINGTON DC AREA TODAY. THIS TIES THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN
2021.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT
WHAT IS NOW RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) SINCE
1941. THE OFFICIAL RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1945, AND
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON FROM 1872 THROUGH 1944.

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

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