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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0250 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
...RECORD DAILY AND ALL TIME WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT
WASHINGTON DULLES DC...
A RECORD DAILY WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC
YESTERDAY...JULY 16. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 74 DEGREES
SET IN 2013.
THIS IS ALSO AN ALL TIME RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 79 DEGREES SET ON AUGUST 8 2007...WHICH MEANS THIS WAS
THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY THAT DULLES HAD A LOW TEMPERATURE
OF AT LEAST 80 DEGREES.
WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DULLES AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS
NOW WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1960. THE OFFICIAL
RECORD CONSISTS SOLELY OF DATA RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS BEGAN IN 1960. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN
1962.
ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI).
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