Record Report
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
733 SXUS71 KLWX 230536 RERIAD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 0124 AM EDT SUN JUN 23 2024 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE SET IN THE STERLING-DULLES AIRPORT AREA... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) YESTERDAY, JUNE 22ND 2024. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 99 DEGREES SET IN 1988. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HIT 100 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE SINCE 2012. ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75 WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 71 SET IN 2011. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE STERLING-DULLES AIRPORT AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS NOW WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) SINCE 1960. THE OFFICIAL RECORD CONSISTS SOLELY OF DATA RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$