Washington D.C. Weather in 1896

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1896 based on NOAA data.

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1896 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 6
Lowest temperature	8 °F	February 20
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 9
Lowest daily high	18 °F	February 20
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	February 6
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	March 11
Total annual precipitation	31.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1896?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1896 was 98 °F which happened on August 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 6
2	97 °F	Aug 9
2	97 °F	Aug 7
4	96 °F	Aug 12
4	96 °F	Aug 5
6	95 °F	Aug 13
7	94 °F	Sep 19
7	94 °F	Aug 11
7	94 °F	Jul 27
7	94 °F	May 11

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1896?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1896 was 8 °F which happened 3 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	February 20
1	8 °F	February 17
1	8 °F	January 6
4	9 °F	February 18
4	9 °F	January 5
6	10 °F	February 21
7	11 °F	January 4
8	12 °F	December 28
9	14 °F	December 24
9	14 °F	March 13
9	14 °F	February 22

January 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	49	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	47	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 5	18	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 9	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	29	0.00	0.0
January 11	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	33	0.29	0.2
January 20	36	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	33	0.80	0.0
January 24	52	43	1.17	0.0
January 25	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 26	46	40	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 29	53	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	59	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	44	33	0.01	0.0

February 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	54	38	0.22	0.0
February 2	52	41	0.01	0.0
February 3	41	32	0.68	0.0
February 4	40	32	0.05	0.0
February 5	43	34	0.01	0.0
February 6	57	35	2.29	0.0
February 7	50	38	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	33	0.05	0.0
February 9	47	33	0.34	0.0
February 10	46	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 12	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	54	35	0.98	0.0
February 14	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	46	20	0.02	0.0
February 17	20	8	0.00	0.0
February 18	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	19	0.01	0.1
February 20	18	8	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	60	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	57	42	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 27	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	55	30	0.33	0.0
February 29	55	46	0.32	0.0

March 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 5	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	62	38	0.00	0.0
March 8	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	30	1.05	4.5
March 12	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 13	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	15	0.00	0.0
March 15	36	27	0.53	2.3
March 16	35	32	1.09	0.1
March 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	49	24	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	36	1.33	0.0
March 20	43	27	0.01	0.0
March 21	49	23	0.00	0.0
March 22	60	39	0.01	0.0
March 23	47	27	0.09	0.6
March 24	34	18	0.02	0.2
March 25	51	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	66	32	0.02	0.0
March 27	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 28	54	24	0.00	0.0
March 29	64	45	0.93	0.0
March 30	70	54	0.08	0.0
March 31	58	45	0.00	0.0

April 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	43	0.51	0.0
April 2	52	32	0.01	0.0
April 3	40	31	0.01	0.1
April 4	43	32	0.00	0.0
April 5	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 6	58	38	0.08	0.0
April 7	43	30	0.00	0.0
April 8	50	30	0.00	0.0
April 9	52	28	0.05	0.0
April 10	45	38	0.04	0.0
April 11	50	40	0.06	0.0
April 12	69	37	0.00	0.0
April 13	87	44	0.00	0.0
April 14	84	63	0.00	0.0
April 15	84	60	0.00	0.0
April 16	88	56	0.00	0.0
April 17	92	61	0.00	0.0
April 18	93	63	0.01	0.0
April 19	92	69	0.00	0.0
April 20	85	65	0.00	0.0
April 21	84	64	0.00	0.0
April 22	67	51	0.00	0.0
April 23	70	42	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	50	0.30	0.0
April 25	62	50	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	48	0.00	0.0
April 27	62	46	0.00	0.0
April 28	72	52	0.00	0.0
April 29	78	54	0.00	0.0
April 30	65	54	0.00	0.0

May 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	52	0.00
May 2	66	52	0.12
May 3	71	59	0.09
May 4	78	60	0.00
May 5	85	60	0.07
May 6	74	54	0.00
May 7	61	50	0.00
May 8	66	42	0.00
May 9	91	52	0.00
May 10	93	65	0.00
May 11	94	64	0.00
May 12	90	66	0.00
May 13	80	65	0.04
May 14	78	62	0.01
May 15	82	65	0.00
May 16	81	57	0.00
May 17	92	66	0.00
May 18	93	61	0.38
May 19	87	64	0.50
May 20	68	55	0.30
May 21	67	54	0.21
May 22	82	62	0.00
May 23	77	63	0.04
May 24	70	58	0.02
May 25	69	60	0.01
May 26	83	64	0.01
May 27	83	61	0.00
May 28	87	58	0.46
May 29	76	62	0.00
May 30	78	54	0.00
May 31	80	62	0.00

June 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	57	0.00
June 2	75	53	0.00
June 3	76	52	0.00
June 4	68	61	0.22
June 5	77	62	0.00
June 6	82	62	0.00
June 7	86	64	0.01
June 8	89	67	0.12
June 9	82	64	0.69
June 10	78	65	0.17
June 11	80	56	0.00
June 12	83	57	0.00
June 13	72	61	0.41
June 14	71	58	0.18
June 15	72	60	0.00
June 16	77	62	0.21
June 17	79	63	0.01
June 18	82	61	0.00
June 19	86	65	0.00
June 20	92	69	0.00
June 21	90	72	0.00
June 22	86	71	0.00
June 23	78	68	0.00
June 24	73	62	0.01
June 25	68	61	0.04
June 26	86	65	0.03
June 27	82	64	0.00
June 28	86	71	0.29
June 29	85	66	0.00
June 30	82	62	0.00

July 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	58	0.00
July 2	87	61	0.00
July 3	90	70	0.21
July 4	88	69	0.03
July 5	85	75	0.00
July 6	84	72	0.05
July 7	84	68	0.19
July 8	69	61	0.23
July 9	83	67	0.75
July 10	82	68	0.04
July 11	86	71	0.00
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	90	73	0.00
July 14	88	75	0.02
July 15	90	74	0.07
July 16	83	68	0.43
July 17	78	60	0.00
July 18	81	56	0.00
July 19	79	60	0.00
July 20	89	71	0.00
July 21	86	75	0.01
July 22	88	73	0.98
July 23	83	70	0.00
July 24	76	67	0.41
July 25	80	65	0.01
July 26	84	60	0.00
July 27	94	70	0.00
July 28	92	75	0.01
July 29	92	73	0.24
July 30	92	72	0.01
July 31	83	64	0.00

August 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	60	0.00
August 2	88	70	0.03
August 3	86	69	0.00
August 4	91	70	0.00
August 5	96	70	0.00
August 6	98	77	0.00
August 7	97	77	0.00
August 8	93	75	0.00
August 9	97	77	0.00
August 10	93	76	0.01
August 11	94	74	0.00
August 12	96	76	0.00
August 13	95	70	1.73
August 14	85	70	0.18
August 15	86	68	0.00
August 16	88	70	0.00
August 17	81	65	0.00
August 18	80	62	0.00
August 19	74	56	0.00
August 20	78	50	0.00
August 21	82	61	0.00
August 22	78	66	0.32
August 23	88	68	0.00
August 24	77	60	0.35
August 25	82	59	0.00
August 26	83	59	0.00
August 27	79	61	0.00
August 28	77	53	0.00
August 29	76	54	0.00
August 30	79	50	0.00
August 31	88	60	0.03

September 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	55	0.00
September 2	78	51	0.00
September 3	92	64	0.60
September 4	75	55	0.00
September 5	68	55	1.16
September 6	78	64	0.01
September 7	77	56	0.00
September 8	77	56	0.00
September 9	81	56	0.00
September 10	90	59	0.00
September 11	91	65	0.00
September 12	81	63	0.00
September 13	86	69	0.00
September 14	76	67	0.00
September 15	77	69	0.35
September 16	78	63	0.17
September 17	84	65	0.03
September 18	83	66	0.01
September 19	94	57	0.13
September 20	68	48	0.00
September 21	70	47	0.00
September 22	70	54	0.01
September 23	60	44	0.00
September 24	71	42	0.00
September 25	75	42	0.00
September 26	77	54	0.00
September 27	79	56	0.00
September 28	78	60	0.03
September 29	78	66	0.52
September 30	73	59	0.16

October 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	58	0.00
October 2	65	53	0.00
October 3	65	49	0.00
October 4	63	53	0.00
October 5	63	48	0.00
October 6	70	44	0.00
October 7	59	44	0.01
October 8	56	37	0.00
October 9	56	36	0.00
October 10	56	39	0.00
October 11	53	48	0.00
October 12	53	47	0.12
October 13	54	47	0.01
October 14	57	47	0.03
October 15	68	51	0.00
October 16	75	44	0.00
October 17	62	47	0.00
October 18	58	41	0.00
October 19	55	33	0.00
October 20	66	44	0.00
October 21	71	45	0.00
October 22	62	33	0.00
October 23	68	48	0.01
October 24	59	38	0.15
October 25	56	32	0.00
October 26	65	31	0.00
October 27	72	36	0.00
October 28	72	40	0.00
October 29	76	53	0.00
October 30	75	55	0.01
October 31	76	52	0.00

November 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	47	0.00	0.0
November 2	73	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	46	0.00	0.0
November 4	69	52	0.01	0.0
November 5	72	52	0.58	0.0
November 6	61	44	0.00	0.0
November 7	68	37	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	36	0.36	0.0
November 9	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	62	40	0.02	0.0
November 12	58	46	0.06	0.0
November 13	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	34	0.00	0.0
November 16	72	37	0.00	0.0
November 17	77	39	0.00	0.0
November 18	76	48	0.03	0.0
November 19	69	46	0.00	0.0
November 20	46	36	0.01	0.0
November 21	48	38	0.09	0.0
November 22	52	37	0.02	0.0
November 23	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 24	68	46	0.00	0.0
November 25	69	52	0.00	0.0
November 26	72	48	0.00	0.0
November 27	75	60	0.00	0.0
November 28	70	45	0.24	0.0
November 29	45	32	0.71	0.0
November 30	32	26	0.41	2.5

December 1896 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 2	25	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	59	34	0.00	0.0
December 7	66	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	57	42	0.00	0.0
December 9	58	42	0.00	0.0
December 10	61	41	0.00	0.0
December 11	51	33	0.00	0.0
December 12	51	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	60	44	0.00	0.0
December 14	53	40	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	29	0.12	0.0
December 16	42	28	0.06	0.0
December 17	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 18	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	24	0.08	1.0
December 23	39	19	0.01	0.0
December 24	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 25	30	18	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	12	0.00	0.0
December 29	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 30	55	32	0.03	0.0
December 31	56	29	0.00	0.0

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1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location