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., District of Columbia , as well as the year that the record was set. It is based on NOAA data for the years 1851–2023.
Change city
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 39
1907, 1926
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
1907
9
10
1902
9
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
3
1870s
56
1880s
53
1890s
84
1900s
65
1910s
46
1920s
41
1930s
38
1940s
19
1950s
10
1960s
16
1970s
18
1980s
17
1990s
5
2000s
3
2010s
2
Weather Station Details
Years
Station
Coordinates
1945–2023
Washington Reagan Airport
location
1851–1945
Washington D.C.
location