816  
CDUS41 KLWX 172124  
CLIDCA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
524 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2022  
   
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..THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2022  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2022  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 83 3:59 PM 92 1877 77 6 75  
1896  
1974  
MINIMUM 57 5:03 AM 40 1875 58 -1 54  
1895  
1956  
AVERAGE 70 67 3 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.24 1947 0.13 -0.13 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 4.15 2.14 2.01 0.69  
SINCE MAR 1 10.74 8.85 1.89 6.69  
SINCE JAN 1 16.75 14.33 2.42 13.28  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE MAR 1 0.9 2.0 -1.1 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 13.2 13.7 -0.5 5.4  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 2 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 53 45 8 60  
SINCE MAR 1 759 825 -66 721  
SINCE JUL 1 3404 3748 -344 3475  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 5 4 1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 33 51 -18 24  
SINCE MAR 1 63 86 -23 64  
SINCE JAN 1 63 86 -23 64    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 74 5:00 AM  
LOWEST 30 1:00 PM  
AVERAGE 52  
   
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THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 96 1877  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1973  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 17 2022...........SUNRISE 5:54 AM EDT SUNSET 8:16 PM EDT  
MAY 18 2022...........SUNRISE 5:53 AM EDT SUNSET 8:16 PM EDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
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