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CLIDCA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
532 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
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..THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 80 3:45 PM 89 1881 69 11 66
1897
MINIMUM 61 12:19 AM 30 1876 52 9 49
AVERAGE 71 61 10 58
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 1.38 2002 0.12 -0.12 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.78 1.89 -0.11 0.33
SINCE SEP 1 6.04 5.82 0.22 4.05
SINCE JAN 1 27.60 33.73 -6.13 31.31
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 SEP 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 5 -5 7
MONTH TO DATE 17 58 -41 38
SINCE SEP 1 32 74 -42 38
SINCE JUL 1 32 74 -42 38
COOLING
TODAY 6 1 5 0
MONTH TO DATE 56 37 19 23
SINCE SEP 1 334 275 59 249
SINCE JAN 1 1943 1727 216 1714
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 3:00 AM
LOWEST 69 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 83
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THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 86 1908
1938
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1886
1893
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:19 AM EDT SUNSET 6:28 PM EDT
OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 7:20 AM EDT SUNSET 6:27 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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