Washington D.C. Weather in 1888

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1888 based on NOAA data.

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1888 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 8
Lowest temperature	9 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 10
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	March 11
Total annual precipitation	45.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1888?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1888 was 97 °F which happened on August 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 8
2	96 °F	Aug 4
3	94 °F	Aug 16
3	94 °F	Jun 24
3	94 °F	Jun 23
3	94 °F	Jun 16
7	93 °F	Aug 7
7	93 °F	Jun 22
9	92 °F	Aug 6
9	92 °F	Aug 5
9	92 °F	Jun 21
9	92 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1888?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1888 was 9 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1888

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	9 °F	January 28
1	9 °F	January 22
3	10 °F	March 6
4	11 °F	January 29
5	12 °F	January 12
6	13 °F	March 14
6	13 °F	February 16
6	13 °F	February 10
6	13 °F	January 27
6	13 °F	January 20

January 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	31	0.85	0.0
January 2	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	35	0.00	0.0
January 6	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 7	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	53	41	0.00	0.0
January 9	42	30	0.31	0.0
January 10	44	30	0.04	0.0
January 11	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 13	37	24	0.70	0.0
January 14	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	51	34	0.05	0.0
January 16	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	18	0.26	0.9
January 18	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	28	16	0.60	3.2
January 26	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 27	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	21	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	11	0.03	0.5
January 30	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	27	0.15	0.0

February 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 3	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	32	0.48	0.0
February 5	52	34	0.08	0.0
February 6	43	34	0.03	0.0
February 7	39	32	0.03	0.0
February 8	43	31	0.40	0.0
February 9	33	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	25	13	0.16	3.3
February 11	32	14	0.42	0.0
February 12	33	30	0.28	2.5
February 13	44	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	61	44	0.10	0.0
February 21	59	45	0.00	0.0
February 22	56	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	47	33	0.01	0.0
February 25	59	39	1.12	0.0
February 26	51	35	0.01	0.0
February 27	36	19	0.06	1.4
February 28	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 29	38	24	0.01	0.0

March 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	47	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	50	34	0.01	0.0
March 4	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	33	20	0.42	4.4
March 6	30	10	0.00	0.0
March 7	39	16	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	52	28	0.00	0.0
March 11	50	28	1.65	6.0
March 12	30	18	0.00	0.0
March 13	25	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	13	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	66	32	0.01	0.0
March 17	46	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	59	46	0.44	0.0
March 21	69	41	0.50	0.0
March 22	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 23	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 24	37	25	0.04	0.5
March 25	36	30	0.15	0.0
March 26	42	31	0.69	0.0
March 27	52	37	0.20	0.0
March 28	59	43	0.21	0.0
March 29	52	43	0.21	0.0
March 30	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 31	76	45	0.00	0.0

April 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	62	44	0.00
April 2	79	48	0.00
April 3	61	45	0.00
April 4	62	40	0.00
April 5	70	45	0.28
April 6	71	55	0.12
April 7	65	50	0.00
April 8	53	35	0.00
April 9	58	33	0.00
April 10	61	43	0.77
April 11	63	51	0.03
April 12	67	40	0.00
April 13	53	32	0.00
April 14	67	41	0.00
April 15	57	38	0.12
April 16	54	41	0.05
April 17	58	35	0.00
April 18	74	42	0.00
April 19	62	46	0.00
April 20	53	40	0.00
April 21	50	35	0.00
April 22	58	40	0.18
April 23	56	41	0.34
April 24	52	37	0.00
April 25	58	33	0.00
April 26	68	39	0.00
April 27	82	43	0.00
April 28	84	48	0.00
April 29	89	54	0.00
April 30	88	58	0.00

May 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	52	0.10
May 2	58	44	0.00
May 3	64	39	0.00
May 4	74	49	0.05
May 5	82	60	0.02
May 6	79	50	0.00
May 7	79	55	0.00
May 8	68	59	0.00
May 9	80	59	0.60
May 10	77	65	0.01
May 11	70	63	0.27
May 12	82	63	0.55
May 13	73	52	0.17
May 14	64	48	0.14
May 15	57	45	0.00
May 16	64	46	0.10
May 17	64	44	0.00
May 18	58	51	0.37
May 19	70	56	0.00
May 20	66	50	0.00
May 21	66	47	0.00
May 22	66	50	0.00
May 23	64	52	0.74
May 24	62	57	0.68
May 25	68	58	0.00
May 26	74	57	0.25
May 27	80	59	0.00
May 28	87	62	0.00
May 29	89	68	0.15
May 30	80	67	0.12
May 31	71	62	0.45

June 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	60	0.00
June 2	71	57	0.17
June 3	69	52	0.01
June 4	73	52	0.00
June 5	80	52	0.00
June 6	88	61	0.00
June 7	79	63	0.00
June 8	74	54	0.00
June 9	79	58	0.00
June 10	86	65	0.04
June 11	81	64	0.00
June 12	75	54	0.00
June 13	77	57	0.00
June 14	85	62	0.40
June 15	91	66	0.00
June 16	94	70	0.22
June 17	89	67	0.00
June 18	92	70	0.00
June 19	85	72	0.00
June 20	87	61	0.00
June 21	92	70	0.00
June 22	93	73	0.00
June 23	94	69	0.69
June 24	94	72	0.00
June 25	91	74	0.00
June 26	87	75	0.01
June 27	81	69	0.10
June 28	74	62	1.34
June 29	64	54	0.53
June 30	79	58	0.02

July 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	66	0.00
July 2	76	58	0.00
July 3	80	58	0.00
July 4	85	63	0.00
July 5	90	70	0.02
July 6	87	69	0.00
July 7	74	70	0.00
July 8	86	70	0.00
July 9	80	68	0.46
July 10	77	64	2.98
July 11	87	62	0.00
July 12	90	72	0.00
July 13	75	56	0.39
July 14	79	58	0.00
July 15	82	60	0.00
July 16	82	60	0.00
July 17	79	61	0.00
July 18	81	60	0.00
July 19	76	69	0.06
July 20	83	68	0.01
July 21	82	64	0.00
July 22	85	64	0.00
July 23	90	66	0.00
July 24	89	68	0.00
July 25	83	65	0.52
July 26	85	64	0.00
July 27	82	67	0.00
July 28	80	63	0.01
July 29	77	64	0.00
July 30	73	66	0.00
July 31	86	69	0.02

August 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	72	0.00
August 2	86	69	0.00
August 3	89	66	0.28
August 4	96	73	0.00
August 5	92	74	0.00
August 6	92	74	0.01
August 7	93	75	0.00
August 8	97	70	0.78
August 9	89	71	0.01
August 10	83	66	0.00
August 11	84	62	0.00
August 12	88	68	0.14
August 13	78	65	0.25
August 14	80	60	0.00
August 15	90	67	0.00
August 16	94	74	0.00
August 17	90	74	0.03
August 18	85	72	0.17
August 19	78	66	0.40
August 20	81	69	0.07
August 21	84	73	0.89
August 22	77	63	0.07
August 23	74	53	0.00
August 24	82	56	0.00
August 25	86	57	0.00
August 26	89	59	0.00
August 27	84	68	0.17
August 28	76	58	0.00
August 29	80	52	0.00
August 30	84	62	0.00
August 31	82	68	0.08

September 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	68	0.14
September 2	80	64	0.00
September 3	72	58	0.07
September 4	71	60	0.64
September 5	81	63	0.00
September 6	64	58	0.00
September 7	60	54	1.09
September 8	70	57	0.62
September 9	80	67	0.23
September 10	70	65	0.04
September 11	64	60	1.30
September 12	84	58	0.07
September 13	74	61	0.00
September 14	72	50	0.00
September 15	74	55	0.00
September 16	80	63	1.62
September 17	76	67	0.80
September 18	80	64	0.07
September 19	80	64	0.00
September 20	79	57	0.00
September 21	76	62	0.03
September 22	73	54	0.00
September 23	70	56	0.00
September 24	65	57	0.00
September 25	60	53	0.09
September 26	72	49	0.00
September 27	74	48	0.01
September 28	64	48	0.00
September 29	57	44	0.00
September 30	59	39	0.00

October 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	47	0.00
October 2	67	50	0.07
October 3	54	39	0.00
October 4	61	36	0.00
October 5	71	44	0.00
October 6	73	56	0.16
October 7	64	49	0.06
October 8	61	50	0.03
October 9	53	40	0.00
October 10	61	37	0.00
October 11	49	42	0.05
October 12	57	43	0.20
October 13	61	46	0.01
October 14	57	41	0.00
October 15	60	43	0.00
October 16	68	49	0.01
October 17	63	50	0.00
October 18	59	39	0.00
October 19	75	48	0.18
October 20	60	45	0.53
October 21	52	37	0.00
October 22	54	35	0.04
October 23	58	46	0.51
October 24	60	50	0.25
October 25	60	39	0.00
October 26	54	49	0.45
October 27	63	51	0.66
October 28	58	49	0.06
October 29	60	42	0.00
October 30	57	43	0.00
October 31	65	37	0.00

November 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	72	44	0.00	0.0
November 2	75	51	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	54	0.00	0.0
November 4	65	39	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	74	52	0.00	0.0
November 7	66	58	0.00	0.0
November 8	57	51	0.17	0.0
November 9	69	55	0.13	0.0
November 10	74	52	0.08	0.0
November 11	51	44	0.00	0.0
November 12	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	36	0.00	0.0
November 15	58	51	1.08	0.0
November 16	64	48	0.08	0.0
November 17	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 18	46	32	0.01	0.0
November 19	50	39	1.01	0.0
November 20	46	38	0.00	0.0
November 21	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 23	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 24	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	30	0.00	0.0
November 26	34	30	0.36	1.5
November 27	42	33	0.04	0.0
November 28	42	35	0.01	0.0
November 29	47	37	0.00	0.0
November 30	51	37	0.00	0.0

December 1888 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	45	35	0.00
December 2	45	29	0.00
December 3	37	32	0.00
December 4	45	30	0.00
December 5	56	33	0.00
December 6	41	34	0.00
December 7	48	27	0.00
December 8	56	32	0.00
December 9	46	39	0.06
December 10	43	37	0.00
December 11	48	38	0.16
December 12	39	34	0.00
December 13	36	26	0.00
December 14	33	23	0.00
December 15	39	20	0.00
December 16	50	30	0.00
December 17	55	43	2.43
December 18	47	35	0.30
December 19	34	28	0.00
December 20	34	22	0.00
December 21	29	20	0.00
December 22	33	16	0.00
December 23	42	20	0.00
December 24	48	23	0.00
December 25	55	28	0.00
December 26	60	33	0.00
December 27	61	38	0.24
December 28	43	34	0.00
December 29	48	24	0.00
December 30	50	25	0.00
December 31	48	36	0.08

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