Washington D.C. Record Low by Day of the Year

Data for the record low temperature for each day of the year in Washington D.C., as well as the year that the record was set. It is based on NOAA data for the years 1851–2024.
Day Record Low Year Set or Tied
January 1 -14 1881
January 2 -1 1899
January 3 -3 1877
January 4 -3 1877
January 5 -3 1877
January 6 2 1884
January 7 5 1884
January 8 0 1878
January 9 4 1970
January 10 -3 1875
January 11 2 1982
January 12 3 1886
January 13 -8 1912
January 14 -13 1912
January 15 4 1886
January 16 2 1893
January 17 -5 1982
January 18 -6 1893
January 19 -4 1994
January 20 -2 1985
January 21 -4 1985
January 22 1 1893
January 23 0 1936
January 24 3 1963
January 25 3 1935
January 26 5 1905, 1948
January 27 6 1935
January 28 -2 1935
January 29 2 1873
January 30 -6 1873
January 31 -2 1905
February 1 6 1872, 1899, 1900, 1935
February 2 2 1881, 1904
February 3 0 1895
February 4 2 1898
February 5 -2 1886, 1918
February 6 1 1895
February 7 3 1907
February 8 0 1895
February 9 -7 1899
February 10 -8 1899
February 11 -15 1899
February 12 4 1899
February 13 2 1917
February 14 4 1905
February 15 -6 1899
February 16 5 1905
February 17 5 1904, 1958
February 18 3 1903
February 19 4 1903
February 20 5 2015
February 21 7 1885
February 22 9 1963
February 23 11 1873, 1907
February 24 1 1873
February 25 -1 1914
February 26 12 1970
February 27 8 1900, 1934
February 28 -1 1934
March 1 13 1884
March 2 13 1886, 1925
March 3 11 1873, 1925
March 4 4 1873
March 5 6 1872
March 6 10 1888
March 7 13 1890
March 8 14 1883, 1986
March 9 16 1932
March 10 14 1932
March 11 15 1960
March 12 11 1900
March 13 14 1888, 1896
March 14 13 1888
March 15 15 1993
March 16 14 1911
March 17 13 1900
March 18 13 1877, 1900
March 19 12 1876
March 20 12 1885
March 21 10 1885
March 22 17 1885, 1892
March 23 16 1888
March 24 17 1885
March 25 19 1896, 1940
March 26 23 1955
March 27 20 1894
March 28 21 1894
March 29 18 1923
March 30 21 1887
March 31 21 1923
April 1 15 1923
April 2 23 1907
April 3 27 1879, 1906
April 4 27 1879, 1898, 1899
April 5 24 1874, 1881
April 6 26 1898
April 7 24 1982
April 8 29 1891, 1972, 1982, 2007
April 9 28 1896, 1917, 1972
April 10 28 1997
April 11 26 1909
April 12 24 1874
April 13 26 1874, 1891
April 14 24 1950
April 15 28 1904
April 16 29 1928
April 17 26 1875
April 18 25 1875
April 19 22 1875
April 20 28 1904
April 21 31 1875
April 22 30 1875
April 23 33 1882, 1933
April 24 34 1882, 1930
April 25 32 1883
April 26 34 1883
April 27 36 1858
April 28 33 1898
April 29 30 1874
April 30 34 1874
May 1 34 1876
May 2 35 1945
May 3 36 1909
May 4 39 1986
May 5 32 1851
May 6 36 1851
May 7 38 1851, 1970
May 8 39 1925, 1974
May 9 34 1947
May 10 35 1947
May 11 33 1906
May 12 37 1913
May 13 39 1878
May 14 41 1928
May 15 40 1939
May 16 38 1920
May 17 40 1875, 1895, 1956
May 18 40 1973
May 19 43 1976
May 20 42 2002
May 21 41 1907
May 22 39 1907
May 23 45 1874, 1889, 1899, 1924, 1929, 1961
May 24 41 1905
May 25 42 1877
May 26 42 1899
May 27 42 1915
May 28 42 1961
May 29 41 1894
May 30 44 1884
May 31 44 1938
June 1 45 1930, 1938
June 2 43 1897
June 3 45 1910
June 4 46 1907, 1929
June 5 48 1926
June 6 46 1894, 1945
June 7 47 1894
June 8 49 1912, 1932, 1977
June 9 45 1891, 1912, 1913
June 10 46 1913
June 11 45 1913
June 12 50 1887, 1907
June 13 51 1887
June 14 49 1933
June 15 47 1933
June 16 50 1917
June 17 50 1926
June 18 51 1902, 1927, 1965
June 19 51 1909
June 20 54 1879, 1900, 1926
June 21 51 1940
June 22 51 1897, 1940, 1992
June 23 51 1918
June 24 46 1902
June 25 53 1902
June 26 56 1979
June 27 57 1908, 1927
June 28 54 1927
June 29 54 1888
June 30 50 1919
July 1 54 1885, 1899, 1923, 1925, 1988
July 2 55 1940
July 3 53 1918
July 4 52 1907, 1933
July 5 53 1909
July 6 57 1890, 1892, 1910, 1979
July 7 56 1906
July 8 54 1891, 1892
July 9 55 1891
July 10 54 1894
July 11 54 1898
July 12 53 1895
July 13 56 1888
July 14 55 1904
July 15 56 1895
July 16 56 1929, 1930
July 17 56 1903, 1929
July 18 55 1892
July 19 56 1890, 1911
July 20 53 1890
July 21 56 1890, 1909
July 22 53 1890
July 23 56 1890
July 24 57 1947
July 25 58 1876, 1915
July 26 54 1920
July 27 55 1920
July 28 56 1920
July 29 58 1920
July 30 56 1914
July 31 52 1895
August 1 54 1895
August 2 55 1895
August 3 56 1920
August 4 54 1912
August 5 54 1912
August 6 53 1912
August 7 58 1883, 1894, 1897, 1912, 1994, 2004
August 8 54 1903
August 9 57 1989
August 10 55 1879, 1919
August 11 56 1879
August 12 55 1889
August 13 55 1902, 1930
August 14 55 1893, 1941
August 15 51 1963
August 16 54 1921
August 17 51 1902
August 18 54 1902
August 19 53 1924
August 20 50 1896
August 21 53 1908
August 22 51 1923
August 23 52 1923, 1925
August 24 49 1890
August 25 54 1890, 1927, 1935, 1942
August 26 51 1942
August 27 51 1885
August 28 50 1874
August 29 49 1986
August 30 50 1896, 1986
August 31 49 1934
September 1 50 1890
September 2 50 1892, 1895
September 3 48 1892, 1909
September 4 49 1872, 1908
September 5 50 1902
September 6 47 1909
September 7 46 1924
September 8 52 1988
September 9 48 1901
September 10 44 1883
September 11 40 1917
September 12 41 1917
September 13 44 1917
September 14 46 1911
September 15 43 1899, 1902
September 16 44 1902
September 17 44 1923
September 18 45 1937
September 19 44 1916
September 20 41 1916
September 21 41 1956
September 22 39 1904
September 23 36 1904
September 24 39 1963
September 25 39 1963
September 26 38 1879
September 27 40 1879
September 28 42 1889, 1897, 1918, 1947
September 29 40 1942
September 30 38 1942
October 1 36 1899
October 2 33 1899
October 3 35 1899
October 4 34 1974
October 5 37 1935
October 6 35 1881
October 7 34 1917
October 8 36 1935, 1964
October 9 34 1889
October 10 30 1895
October 11 33 1906
October 12 31 1906
October 13 31 1906
October 14 32 1875
October 15 32 1874
October 16 30 1876
October 17 33 1886, 1893
October 18 34 1876
October 19 30 1880
October 20 31 1972
October 21 30 1952, 1974
October 22 29 1895
October 23 33 1930, 1944, 1969
October 24 29 1895, 1969
October 25 31 1937
October 26 28 1879
October 27 30 1962
October 28 27 1936
October 29 30 1878, 1891, 1904, 1965, 1976
October 30 26 1873
October 31 26 1893, 1917
November 1 27 1893
November 2 28 1923
November 3 29 1875, 1895, 1917
November 4 26 1879
November 5 20 1879
November 6 26 1967
November 7 27 1930
November 8 27 1930
November 9 26 1976
November 10 27 1914
November 11 26 1901, 1973, 2017
November 12 24 1926
November 13 22 1911
November 14 19 1920
November 15 20 1905
November 16 19 1908, 1933
November 17 17 1933
November 18 21 1891, 1959
November 19 18 1891
November 20 20 1901
November 21 18 1872
November 22 12 1880
November 23 12 1880
November 24 13 1880
November 25 18 1950
November 26 17 1950
November 27 14 1938
November 28 15 1930
November 29 14 1930
November 30 11 1929
December 1 14 1875, 1936
December 2 15 1886
December 3 15 1976
December 4 15 1895, 1896
December 5 14 1886
December 6 11 1893
December 7 10 1882
December 8 8 1882
December 9 4 1876
December 10 4 1876
December 11 12 1880, 1904, 1917
December 12 13 1957, 1988
December 13 11 1960
December 14 6 1904
December 15 6 1904
December 16 10 1917
December 17 10 1876
December 18 10 1919, 1926
December 19 6 1884
December 20 5 1942
December 21 4 1942
December 22 3 1872
December 23 7 1989
December 24 5 1983
December 25 3 1983
December 26 4 1935
December 27 2 1914
December 28 10 1914
December 29 2 1880, 1917
December 30 -7 1880
December 31 -13 1880
Years with the Most Daily Records
Which years set the greatest number of daily low temperature records in Washington D.C. history?
Rank Year Records Set
1 1899 15
2 1895 15
3 1917 12
4 1904 11
5 1890 10
6 1879 10
7 1875 10
8 1930 9
9 1902 9
10 1935 8
Daily Records by Decade
This table shows the number of daily low temperature records in Washington D.C. that were set in each decade since 1851.
Decade Records Set
1850s 4
1870s 56
1880s 53
1890s 84
1900s 64
1910s 46
1920s 40
1930s 38
1940s 19
1950s 10
1960s 16
1970s 18
1980s 17
1990s 5
2000s 3
2010s 2
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1945–2024 Washington Reagan Airport location
1851–1945 Washington D.C. location