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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0159 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2024

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

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON
NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) YESTERDAY, JUNE 23RD 2024. THIS BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET IN 1988 AND
1874.

ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 WAS SET AT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD
RECORD OF 78 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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