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CLIDCA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
540 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
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..THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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 87 2:24 PM 99 1900 88 -1 91
1926
2016
MINIMUM 74 4:54 AM 55 1889 72 2 75
AVERAGE 81 80 1 83
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 5.44 1955 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 3.16 1.29 1.87 T
SINCE JUN 1 8.42 9.82 -1.40 9.02
SINCE JAN 1 20.45 25.95 -5.50 27.06
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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 4 -4 8
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 16 15 1 18
MONTH TO DATE 204 186 18 131
SINCE JUN 1 1116 1025 91 1053
SINCE JAN 1 1340 1192 148 1254
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 74 7:00 AM
LOWEST 51 1:00 PM
AVERAGE 63
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THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 101 1881
2016
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 55 1902
1930
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 12 2026........SUNRISE 6:19 AM EDT SUNSET 8:06 PM EDT
AUGUST 13 2026........SUNRISE 6:20 AM EDT SUNSET 8:05 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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