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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0538 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2025

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

THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS TIED AT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC TODAY...MARCH 31. THE
RECORD OF 85 DEGREES WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1979.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT
WHAT IS NOW RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1941.
THE OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1945, AND
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON FROM 1871 THROUGH 1944.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA EXTEND BACK TO
JANUARY OF 1872, WITH PRECIPITATION RECORDS EXTENDING BACK TO
JANUARY OF 1871 AND SNOWFALL RECORDS EXTENDING BACK TO JANUARY OF
1884.

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

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