Record Report
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
871 SXUS71 KLWX 240547 RERIAD RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 0147 AM EDT MON JUN 24 2024 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE SET IN THE STERLING-DULLES AIRPORT AREA... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) YESTERDAY, JUNE 23RD 2024. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 96 DEGREES SET IN 1965 AND 1988. ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD) YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 73 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). $$ CAS