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Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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740 SXUS71 KLWX 170650 RERIAD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 0250 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026 ...RECORD DAILY AND ALL TIME WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC... A RECORD DAILY WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC YESTERDAY...JULY 16. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 2013. THIS IS ALSO AN ALL TIME RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 DEGREES SET ON AUGUST 8 2007...WHICH MEANS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY THAT DULLES HAD A LOW TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 80 DEGREES. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DULLES AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS NOW WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1960. THE OFFICIAL RECORD CONSISTS SOLELY OF DATA RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS BEGAN IN 1960. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1962. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$