074  
CDUS41 KLWX 182122  
CLIDCA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
422 PM EST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
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..THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 2026  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 50 3:43 PM 77 2011 49 1 38  
MINIMUM 36 7:53 AM 3 1903 32 4 23  
AVERAGE 43 41 2 31  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.10 1960 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.71 1.67 -0.96 2.82  
SINCE DEC 1 5.64 7.94 -2.30 7.65  
SINCE JAN 1 3.87 4.53 -0.66 4.77  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 4.7 1979 0.2 -0.2 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.1 3.5 -3.4 6.4  
SINCE DEC 1 8.6 10.1 -1.5 14.8  
SINCE JUL 1 8.6 10.2 -1.6 14.8  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 22 24 -2 34  
MONTH TO DATE 575 467 108 438  
SINCE DEC 1 2401 2045 356 2092  
SINCE JUL 1 2996 2691 305 2515  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 11 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 96 6:00 AM  
LOWEST 74 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 85  
   
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THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 74 1939  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 4 1903  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
FEBRUARY 18 2026......SUNRISE 6:55 AM EST SUNSET 5:49 PM EST  
FEBRUARY 19 2026......SUNRISE 6:54 AM EST SUNSET 5:50 PM EST  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
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