Washington D.C. Weather in 1889

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1889 based on NOAA data.

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1889 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	May 9
Lowest temperature	4 °F	February 24
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 11
Lowest daily high	19 °F	February 24
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	April 26
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	April 6
Total annual precipitation	61.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1889?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1889 was 93 °F which happened on May 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1889

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	May 9
2	92 °F	Jul 10
2	92 °F	Jul 9
2	92 °F	May 10
5	91 °F	Jul 14
6	90 °F	Aug 31
6	90 °F	Jul 8
6	90 °F	Jun 21
9	89 °F	Aug 21
9	89 °F	Jul 12
9	89 °F	Jul 11
9	89 °F	Jun 20
9	89 °F	May 8

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1889?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1889 was 4 °F which happened on Feb 24.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1889

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	February 24
2	13 °F	February 23
3	14 °F	February 25
4	16 °F	February 7
5	18 °F	February 13
6	19 °F	February 8
6	19 °F	February 6
8	22 °F	December 5
9	23 °F	February 26
9	23 °F	February 21
9	23 °F	February 20
9	23 °F	February 14
9	23 °F	February 2
9	23 °F	January 30
9	23 °F	January 20

January 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 2	48	27	0.00	0.0
January 3	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	51	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	47	40	1.26	0.0
January 6	50	41	0.26	0.0
January 7	46	39	0.00	0.0
January 8	50	33	0.00	0.0
January 9	60	39	0.46	0.0
January 10	49	31	0.00	0.0
January 11	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	33	0.13	0.0
January 17	66	41	0.34	0.0
January 18	53	38	0.00	0.0
January 19	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	23	0.46	3.0
January 21	38	27	0.46	0.0
January 22	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 23	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	48	29	0.00	0.0
January 25	53	38	0.22	0.0
January 26	48	36	0.04	0.0
January 27	47	38	0.37	0.0
January 28	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	27	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	50	30	0.05	0.0

February 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	28	0.04	0.0
February 2	49	23	0.00	0.0
February 3	48	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	54	26	0.16	0.0
February 6	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 7	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	28	0.10	1.0
February 12	34	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 14	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 15	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	30	0.83	0.0
February 17	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	44	33	0.60	0.0
February 19	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	29	0.17	2.0
February 23	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 24	19	4	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	14	0.01	0.5
February 26	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	37	30	0.56	0.0
February 28	39	34	0.00	0.0

March 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	45	34	0.04	0.0
March 3	42	38	0.91	0.0
March 4	44	34	0.86	0.0
March 5	48	38	0.09	0.0
March 6	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	39	30	0.01	0.5
March 10	39	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	55	39	0.00	0.0
March 15	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	37	0.02	0.0
March 17	65	44	0.00	0.0
March 18	61	35	0.02	0.0
March 19	44	40	1.45	0.0
March 20	44	38	0.11	0.0
March 21	39	33	0.40	0.0
March 22	54	35	0.17	0.0
March 23	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	48	0.01	0.0
March 26	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	50	36	0.04	0.0
March 29	58	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 31	66	34	0.07	0.0

April 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	66	53	0.32	0.0
April 2	63	45	0.02	0.0
April 3	82	45	0.01	0.0
April 4	54	45	0.00	0.0
April 5	52	35	0.00	0.0
April 6	42	32	2.23	4.0
April 7	55	38	0.01	0.0
April 8	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 9	64	41	0.00	0.0
April 10	67	47	0.00	0.0
April 11	76	39	0.00	0.0
April 12	73	54	0.04	0.0
April 13	56	47	0.26	0.0
April 14	57	36	0.00	0.0
April 15	57	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	51	41	0.12	0.0
April 17	55	43	0.21	0.0
April 18	62	51	0.02	0.0
April 19	74	43	0.00	0.0
April 20	83	49	0.20	0.0
April 21	79	59	0.32	0.0
April 22	64	43	0.00	0.0
April 23	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 24	73	48	0.00	0.0
April 25	58	55	1.50	0.0
April 26	60	52	3.21	0.0
April 27	58	53	0.58	0.0
April 28	66	51	0.01	0.0
April 29	66	51	0.02	0.0
April 30	64	43	0.05	0.0

May 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	45	0.33
May 2	62	39	0.02
May 3	54	44	0.00
May 4	64	43	0.00
May 5	76	47	0.00
May 6	82	54	0.00
May 7	82	48	0.00
May 8	89	49	0.00
May 9	93	56	0.00
May 10	92	62	0.03
May 11	83	65	0.10
May 12	82	62	0.02
May 13	79	62	0.10
May 14	79	59	0.93
May 15	79	60	0.07
May 16	82	55	0.00
May 17	85	62	0.00
May 18	82	60	0.00
May 19	73	64	0.62
May 20	72	62	1.97
May 21	73	62	0.06
May 22	63	46	0.58
May 23	63	45	0.42
May 24	82	49	0.00
May 25	66	60	0.02
May 26	67	56	0.86
May 27	63	52	0.89
May 28	75	50	0.00
May 29	71	52	0.00
May 30	80	57	1.42
May 31	73	63	2.25

June 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	54	1.03
June 2	70	52	0.00
June 3	76	56	0.09
June 4	75	58	0.02
June 5	70	58	0.00
June 6	71	54	0.00
June 7	77	48	0.00
June 8	84	63	0.00
June 9	85	68	0.00
June 10	85	68	0.48
June 11	86	70	0.20
June 12	70	62	1.09
June 13	84	61	0.19
June 14	84	67	0.59
June 15	86	68	0.04
June 16	87	68	0.00
June 17	88	72	0.01
June 18	73	66	0.01
June 19	74	60	0.00
June 20	89	67	0.00
June 21	90	69	0.00
June 22	76	66	0.08
June 23	75	53	0.00
June 24	73	52	0.00
June 25	68	59	0.60
June 26	78	67	0.53
June 27	86	64	0.00
June 28	85	65	0.01
June 29	77	69	0.04
June 30	79	68	0.00

July 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	69	1.50
July 2	82	71	0.43
July 3	84	71	0.04
July 4	82	71	0.33
July 5	81	64	0.00
July 6	83	61	0.00
July 7	85	60	0.00
July 8	90	68	0.00
July 9	92	75	0.00
July 10	92	75	0.00
July 11	89	76	0.00
July 12	89	71	0.00
July 13	83	70	0.40
July 14	91	72	0.00
July 15	83	68	0.59
July 16	80	59	0.00
July 17	85	64	0.00
July 18	86	62	0.00
July 19	78	71	0.03
July 20	88	72	0.00
July 21	82	69	0.00
July 22	81	63	0.02
July 23	88	68	0.00
July 24	81	65	0.00
July 25	72	63	0.11
July 26	71	62	0.95
July 27	84	67	0.47
July 28	80	71	0.02
July 29	87	72	0.04
July 30	83	72	0.02
July 31	77	68	3.18

August 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	69	0.54
August 2	85	72	0.01
August 3	87	71	0.00
August 4	83	63	0.00
August 5	81	68	0.04
August 6	78	67	0.02
August 7	81	62	1.16
August 8	81	58	0.00
August 9	85	65	0.92
August 10	80	70	0.08
August 11	80	63	0.00
August 12	77	55	0.00
August 13	82	60	0.00
August 14	86	73	0.01
August 15	77	67	0.00
August 16	77	56	0.00
August 17	79	55	0.00
August 18	78	61	0.00
August 19	83	59	0.00
August 20	87	63	0.00
August 21	89	66	0.00
August 22	86	70	0.00
August 23	80	66	0.28
August 24	80	65	0.01
August 25	80	67	0.00
August 26	77	63	0.00
August 27	70	60	0.00
August 28	76	58	0.00
August 29	81	60	0.00
August 30	82	60	0.00
August 31	90	61	0.00

September 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	65	0.00
September 2	78	58	0.00
September 3	78	58	0.00
September 4	81	62	0.00
September 5	83	65	0.00
September 6	85	66	0.44
September 7	77	65	0.02
September 8	77	65	0.00
September 9	81	64	0.00
September 10	77	65	0.00
September 11	71	63	0.08
September 12	69	64	0.34
September 13	73	65	0.25
September 14	80	67	0.24
September 15	79	67	0.02
September 16	86	70	0.17
September 17	82	65	1.10
September 18	64	54	0.45
September 19	64	48	0.00
September 20	65	47	0.01
September 21	62	51	0.00
September 22	64	44	0.00
September 23	72	42	0.00
September 24	65	54	0.24
September 25	62	51	0.46
September 26	73	56	0.04
September 27	60	48	0.00
September 28	70	42	0.00
September 29	74	45	0.00
September 30	66	60	0.02

October 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	60	0.10
October 2	63	54	0.00
October 3	68	40	0.00
October 4	68	47	0.00
October 5	65	39	0.00
October 6	57	51	0.00
October 7	50	42	0.00
October 8	54	41	0.00
October 9	62	34	0.00
October 10	66	39	0.00
October 11	74	40	0.00
October 12	82	51	0.00
October 13	60	49	0.30
October 14	49	41	0.81
October 15	58	41	0.29
October 16	61	45	0.00
October 17	69	34	0.00
October 18	70	42	0.00
October 19	71	44	0.00
October 20	76	50	0.00
October 21	58	50	0.04
October 22	52	41	0.01
October 23	40	35	1.72
October 24	50	34	0.00
October 25	54	42	0.00
October 26	56	48	0.71
October 27	66	48	0.48
October 28	53	50	0.00
October 29	49	46	0.00
October 30	50	44	0.00
October 31	56	45	0.02

November 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	46	0.00
November 2	70	52	0.04
November 3	58	48	0.28
November 4	60	36	0.00
November 5	52	38	0.00
November 6	50	31	0.00
November 7	60	32	0.00
November 8	50	46	0.18
November 9	57	46	1.40
November 10	60	47	0.02
November 11	53	39	0.12
November 12	53	44	0.02
November 13	54	44	1.57
November 14	66	46	0.00
November 15	48	41	0.00
November 16	42	27	0.00
November 17	40	30	0.03
November 18	58	37	0.73
November 19	58	44	0.39
November 20	49	40	0.08
November 21	45	38	0.38
November 22	58	42	0.14
November 23	50	42	0.01
November 24	62	30	0.00
November 25	57	41	0.00
November 26	45	30	0.00
November 27	50	39	0.40
November 28	46	36	0.24
November 29	42	29	0.00
November 30	38	29	0.00

December 1889 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	47	24	0.00
December 2	54	27	0.00
December 3	58	30	0.00
December 4	33	27	0.00
December 5	40	22	0.00
December 6	54	38	0.00
December 7	54	26	0.00
December 8	57	34	0.02
December 9	67	49	0.03
December 10	50	40	0.00
December 11	62	45	0.05
December 12	59	42	0.00
December 13	71	41	0.00
December 14	50	38	0.03
December 15	40	32	0.00
December 16	45	30	0.00
December 17	56	39	0.00
December 18	52	45	0.03
December 19	52	45	0.00
December 20	66	42	0.00
December 21	57	42	0.00
December 22	72	38	0.00
December 23	52	37	0.00
December 24	58	29	0.00
December 25	65	42	0.02
December 26	72	49	0.01
December 27	53	38	0.00
December 28	63	30	0.00
December 29	61	39	0.00
December 30	46	38	0.00
December 31	37	26	0.00

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