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CLIDCA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
523 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
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..THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 92 2:31 PM 101 1983 88 4 84
MINIMUM 75 4:40 AM 50 1896 71 4 68
AVERAGE 84 79 5 76
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 4.83 1963 0.10 -0.10 0.08
MONTH TO DATE 3.48 2.08 1.40 0.19
SINCE JUN 1 8.74 10.61 -1.87 9.21
SINCE JAN 1 20.77 26.74 -5.97 27.25
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 19 14 5 11
MONTH TO DATE 338 302 36 251
SINCE JUN 1 1250 1141 109 1173
SINCE JAN 1 1474 1308 166 1374
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 82 6:00 AM
LOWEST 52 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 67
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THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1874
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 53 1908
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 20 2026........SUNRISE 6:26 AM EDT SUNSET 7:56 PM EDT
AUGUST 21 2026........SUNRISE 6:27 AM EDT SUNSET 7:54 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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