Washington D.C. Weather in 1879

Historical record of Washington D.C., District of Columbia weather for the year 1879 based on NOAA data.

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1879 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	102 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	0 °F	January 3
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 16
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 3
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	August 17
Total annual precipitation	32.8 inches	-

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	32	25	0.23
January 2	36	6	0.10
January 3	10	0	0.00
January 4	16	4	0.00
January 5	20	6	0.00
January 6	23	13	0.00
January 7	32	12	0.00
January 8	47	26	0.38
January 9	39	26	1.87
January 10	28	17	0.00
January 11	36	20	0.00
January 12	32	26	0.18
January 13	38	26	0.00
January 14	36	30	0.00
January 15	35	26	0.00
January 16	44	23	0.06
January 17	35	22	0.00
January 18	46	28	0.06
January 19	36	20	0.00
January 20	23	16	0.00
January 21	34	18	0.00
January 22	57	32	0.00
January 23	53	33	0.00
January 24	40	28	0.00
January 25	65	32	0.00
January 26	39	26	0.00
January 27	52	26	0.00
January 28	66	45	0.10
January 29	50	34	0.15
January 30	44	28	0.00
January 31	46	28	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	35	22	0.00
February 2	31	20	0.00
February 3	42	26	0.00
February 4	42	31	0.00
February 5	40	31	0.53
February 6	38	34	0.07
February 7	40	29	0.00
February 8	40	23	0.00
February 9	44	25	0.00
February 10	38	22	0.00
February 11	48	34	0.73
February 12	48	35	0.00
February 13	36	28	0.00
February 14	31	20	0.00
February 15	28	11	0.00
February 16	36	17	0.00
February 17	32	29	0.28
February 18	37	28	0.02
February 19	36	27	0.00
February 20	33	25	0.11
February 21	30	19	0.00
February 22	37	20	0.02
February 23	52	30	0.00
February 24	42	30	0.00
February 25	41	32	0.10
February 26	58	31	0.01
February 27	31	22	0.00
February 28	30	19	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	43	21	0.00
March 2	42	31	0.39
March 3	40	30	0.06
March 4	50	24	0.00
March 5	53	37	0.01
March 6	54	31	0.00
March 7	54	38	0.00
March 8	40	30	0.05
March 9	60	34	0.00
March 10	75	39	0.00
March 11	72	46	0.02
March 12	55	36	0.00
March 13	66	38	0.00
March 14	60	44	0.15
March 15	53	34	0.00
March 16	52	35	0.00
March 17	59	35	0.09
March 18	43	28	0.00
March 19	44	28	0.00
March 20	51	26	0.00
March 21	61	38	0.02
March 22	45	37	0.52
March 23	46	34	0.04
March 24	54	28	0.00
March 25	51	37	0.00
March 26	52	30	0.15
March 27	56	42	0.03
March 28	58	43	0.00
March 29	62	43	0.18
March 30	54	40	0.03
March 31	50	36	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	60	36	0.00
April 2	51	38	0.00
April 3	50	27	0.00
April 4	40	27	0.00
April 5	39	29	0.02
April 6	59	31	0.00
April 7	52	37	0.01
April 8	58	32	0.00
April 9	68	35	0.00
April 10	61	51	0.40
April 11	54	39	0.01
April 12	53	33	0.00
April 13	64	37	0.00
April 14	66	46	0.01
April 15	71	51	0.09
April 16	61	46	0.23
April 17	48	40	1.34
April 18	48	37	0.14
April 19	53	40	0.03
April 20	64	37	0.00
April 21	67	40	0.00
April 22	74	40	0.00
April 23	82	46	0.00
April 24	67	48	0.00
April 25	78	47	0.00
April 26	86	56	0.00
April 27	67	50	0.00
April 28	68	52	0.11
April 29	73	52	0.00
April 30	74	48	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	42	0.00
May 2	63	43	0.00
May 3	68	37	0.00
May 4	63	53	0.05
May 5	79	54	0.00
May 6	70	55	0.00
May 7	69	45	0.00
May 8	67	48	0.00
May 9	69	44	0.00
May 10	69	42	0.00
May 11	78	49	0.00
May 12	82	56	0.00
May 13	83	64	0.02
May 14	83	59	0.00
May 15	80	64	0.00
May 16	82	64	0.62
May 17	75	64	0.16
May 18	77	64	0.47
May 19	78	64	0.04
May 20	81	65	0.00
May 21	86	65	0.00
May 22	70	54	0.00
May 23	66	47	0.00
May 24	74	47	0.00
May 25	80	58	0.21
May 26	72	58	0.00
May 27	70	54	0.00
May 28	75	62	0.00
May 29	82	53	0.00
May 30	87	64	0.01
May 31	94	67	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	95	72	0.00
June 2	90	69	0.45
June 3	72	66	1.36
June 4	78	61	0.00
June 5	87	61	0.00
June 6	88	64	0.31
June 7	68	51	0.00
June 8	78	51	0.00
June 9	85	57	0.00
June 10	89	65	0.00
June 11	87	67	1.02
June 12	86	66	0.04
June 13	81	65	0.00
June 14	86	58	0.00
June 15	89	70	0.00
June 16	86	67	0.00
June 17	73	58	0.00
June 18	72	52	0.00
June 19	73	56	0.00
June 20	78	54	0.00
June 21	82	58	0.00
June 22	76	64	0.00
June 23	87	64	0.00
June 24	89	65	0.00
June 25	78	67	0.02
June 26	92	67	0.00
June 27	94	71	0.00
June 28	95	73	0.09
June 29	83	68	0.00
June 30	83	64	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	61	0.00
July 2	90	64	0.00
July 3	96	68	0.00
July 4	92	73	0.02
July 5	82	65	0.00
July 6	84	59	0.00
July 7	84	64	0.00
July 8	86	70	0.08
July 9	86	71	0.03
July 10	92	66	0.02
July 11	96	69	0.71
July 12	83	69	0.01
July 13	84	66	0.00
July 14	91	63	0.00
July 15	98	70	0.00
July 16	102	76	0.00
July 17	90	74	0.00
July 18	82	64	0.00
July 19	83	63	0.00
July 20	82	63	0.00
July 21	86	64	0.00
July 22	93	69	0.00
July 23	93	74	0.02
July 24	92	74	0.02
July 25	81	72	0.21
July 26	83	71	2.08
July 27	90	70	0.03
July 28	87	73	0.00
July 29	85	72	0.00
July 30	79	73	0.13
July 31	84	71	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	71	0.00
August 2	94	69	0.00
August 3	94	71	0.00
August 4	92	75	0.32
August 5	93	72	0.00
August 6	89	75	0.26
August 7	91	73	0.11
August 8	87	71	0.00
August 9	71	62	0.00
August 10	75	55	0.00
August 11	82	56	0.00
August 12	82	62	0.00
August 13	83	61	0.00
August 14	87	65	0.02
August 15	86	67	0.32
August 16	86	68	1.12
August 17	77	69	2.39
August 18	70	63	0.68
August 19	81	58	0.00
August 20	85	60	0.00
August 21	85	67	0.00
August 22	90	70	0.01
August 23	88	70	0.03
August 24	83	70	0.44
August 25	83	62	1.57
August 26	67	59	0.09
August 27	75	59	0.00
August 28	78	62	0.00
August 29	85	62	0.00
August 30	86	72	0.00
August 31	85	69	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	65	0.00
September 2	79	70	0.00
September 3	87	70	0.11
September 4	80	67	0.00
September 5	83	62	0.00
September 6	83	64	0.00
September 7	85	66	0.03
September 8	78	61	0.56
September 9	69	54	0.00
September 10	69	52	0.00
September 11	72	48	0.00
September 12	75	48	0.00
September 13	73	61	0.20
September 14	71	56	0.38
September 15	73	50	0.00
September 16	77	51	0.00
September 17	77	56	0.00
September 18	77	49	0.00
September 19	72	58	0.00
September 20	72	58	0.09
September 21	61	55	0.10
September 22	64	53	0.09
September 23	69	52	0.00
September 24	72	53	0.00
September 25	60	44	0.00
September 26	63	38	0.00
September 27	70	40	0.00
September 28	73	48	0.00
September 29	75	48	0.00
September 30	81	48	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	86	54	0.00
October 2	88	57	0.00
October 3	92	64	0.02
October 4	78	57	0.00
October 5	83	57	0.00
October 6	86	60	0.00
October 7	76	63	0.00
October 8	81	62	0.00
October 9	87	67	0.18
October 10	84	68	0.02
October 11	72	64	0.00
October 12	74	60	0.00
October 13	83	57	0.00
October 14	77	64	0.00
October 15	81	62	0.00
October 16	83	59	0.00
October 17	82	58	0.00
October 18	76	67	0.01
October 19	67	47	0.01
October 20	64	40	0.00
October 21	61	44	0.29
October 22	66	56	0.20
October 23	73	51	0.00
October 24	51	37	0.00
October 25	49	35	0.00
October 26	54	28	0.00
October 27	58	36	0.00
October 28	65	46	0.06
October 29	69	45	0.00
October 30	65	46	0.00
October 31	52	36	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	48	30	0.00
November 2	51	34	0.00
November 3	42	32	0.00
November 4	39	26	0.00
November 5	42	20	0.00
November 6	44	37	0.41
November 7	55	32	0.00
November 8	61	36	0.00
November 9	72	56	0.00
November 10	76	57	0.00
November 11	70	55	0.00
November 12	77	58	0.00
November 13	80	60	0.00
November 14	76	52	0.00
November 15	77	61	0.00
November 16	62	45	0.04
November 17	56	34	0.00
November 18	52	39	0.36
November 19	39	30	0.00
November 20	35	22	0.00
November 21	28	20	0.00
November 22	37	16	0.00
November 23	55	32	0.00
November 24	53	27	0.00
November 25	51	27	0.00
November 26	50	34	0.00
November 27	n/a	33	0.00
November 28	65	44	0.25
November 29	50	34	0.04
November 30	37	27	0.00

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	45	26	0.00
December 2	55	30	0.00
December 3	63	41	0.00
December 4	64	53	0.01
December 5	55	43	0.00
December 6	64	47	0.75
December 7	60	49	0.01
December 8	55	41	0.00
December 9	49	40	0.00
December 10	55	45	0.00
December 11	61	40	0.40
December 12	41	29	0.00
December 13	38	23	0.00
December 14	42	32	1.89
December 15	52	36	0.00
December 16	42	31	0.00
December 17	53	37	0.00
December 18	39	29	0.00
December 19	43	31	0.11
December 20	44	36	0.03
December 21	42	24	0.02
December 22	36	24	0.32
December 23	38	34	0.43
December 24	55	35	0.23
December 25	54	32	0.37
December 26	33	16	0.01
December 27	31	13	0.00
December 28	43	28	0.00
December 29	51	36	0.00
December 30	66	39	0.00
December 31	40	29	0.08

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2023	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location