Washington D.C. Weather in 1897

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1897 based on NOAA data.

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1897 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	September 11
Lowest temperature	8 °F	January 26
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 30
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	May 13
Most daily snow	2.9 inches	January 28
Total annual precipitation	44.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	14.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1897?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1897 was 97 °F which happened on September 11.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1897

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Sep 11
2	96 °F	Sep 10
3	93 °F	Jun 30
4	92 °F	Sep 7
4	92 °F	Jul 23
4	92 °F	Jul 2
7	91 °F	Sep 9
7	91 °F	Jul 6
7	91 °F	Jun 25
10	90 °F	Sep 8
10	90 °F	Aug 14
10	90 °F	Aug 4
10	90 °F	Jul 31
10	90 °F	Jul 7
10	90 °F	Jul 5
10	90 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1897?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1897 was 8 °F which happened on Jan 26.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1897

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	January 26
2	9 °F	January 30
2	9 °F	January 28
2	9 °F	January 25
5	10 °F	January 31
6	12 °F	February 1
7	14 °F	December 25
7	14 °F	January 29
7	14 °F	January 24
10	15 °F	December 24

January 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	53	30	0.00	0.0
January 3	57	40	0.00	0.0
January 4	64	52	0.00	0.0
January 5	56	33	0.20	0.0
January 6	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 8	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	46	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	54	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	17	0.02	0.2
January 14	31	21	0.05	0.5
January 15	33	28	0.05	0.4
January 16	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	32	0.04	0.0
January 18	48	32	0.06	0.0
January 19	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	21	0.13	0.2
January 21	48	33	0.91	0.0
January 22	49	34	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	16	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	24	8	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	16	0.21	2.5
January 28	18	9	0.31	2.9
January 29	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 31	36	10	0.00	0.0

February 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	32	2.11	0.0
February 3	40	32	0.32	0.8
February 4	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	22	0.01	0.1
February 6	53	34	0.59	0.1
February 7	50	38	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	32	0.10	1.0
February 9	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 11	36	29	0.02	0.2
February 12	35	30	0.83	0.6
February 13	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 14	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	35	0.00	0.0
February 16	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 17	63	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	55	38	0.04	0.0
February 19	44	31	0.08	0.0
February 20	38	26	0.30	2.5
February 21	50	34	0.27	0.0
February 22	44	37	1.20	0.0
February 23	49	36	0.53	0.0
February 24	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	44	23	0.07	0.7
February 27	28	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	37	18	0.00	0.0

March 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	44	29	0.00
March 2	66	38	0.00
March 3	68	42	0.09
March 4	47	34	0.00
March 5	49	36	0.06
March 6	54	35	0.14
March 7	40	30	0.18
March 8	42	28	0.00
March 9	49	36	0.09
March 10	71	40	0.00
March 11	60	31	0.00
March 12	63	40	0.12
March 13	54	34	0.00
March 14	56	33	0.52
March 15	47	36	0.00
March 16	47	34	0.00
March 17	47	26	0.01
March 18	47	40	0.85
March 19	50	43	0.30
March 20	72	45	0.25
March 21	75	44	0.01
March 22	82	44	0.00
March 23	67	53	0.00
March 24	54	41	0.04
March 25	46	34	0.00
March 26	46	32	0.00
March 27	48	26	0.00
March 28	50	33	0.00
March 29	58	29	0.00
March 30	68	34	0.00
March 31	60	43	0.00

April 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	35	0.00
April 2	62	33	0.00
April 3	60	34	0.00
April 4	47	35	0.60
April 5	71	43	0.74
April 6	64	47	0.08
April 7	60	38	0.00
April 8	53	40	0.23
April 9	60	43	0.89
April 10	51	39	0.00
April 11	58	38	0.00
April 12	52	39	0.04
April 13	61	35	0.00
April 14	77	53	0.03
April 15	62	45	0.10
April 16	64	39	0.00
April 17	55	43	0.29
April 18	62	40	0.00
April 19	74	40	0.00
April 20	47	29	0.00
April 21	62	34	0.00
April 22	70	42	0.00
April 23	77	41	0.00
April 24	86	49	0.00
April 25	88	58	0.00
April 26	74	52	0.01
April 27	59	43	0.01
April 28	71	44	0.00
April 29	70	46	0.00
April 30	75	51	0.00

May 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	60	0.40
May 2	65	47	0.06
May 3	51	43	0.49
May 4	63	44	0.00
May 5	62	50	0.25
May 6	78	56	0.00
May 7	80	54	0.00
May 8	66	46	0.00
May 9	77	47	0.00
May 10	83	62	0.00
May 11	76	56	0.02
May 12	78	64	0.51
May 13	71	60	2.81
May 14	77	58	0.31
May 15	68	50	0.04
May 16	69	49	0.00
May 17	70	45	0.00
May 18	77	50	0.00
May 19	81	58	0.00
May 20	83	59	0.00
May 21	78	52	0.08
May 22	71	44	0.00
May 23	81	55	0.00
May 24	77	58	1.97
May 25	66	52	0.03
May 26	65	48	0.00
May 27	70	48	0.00
May 28	78	52	0.00
May 29	67	53	0.00
May 30	70	45	0.00
May 31	74	58	0.00

June 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	50	0.00
June 2	74	43	0.00
June 3	84	63	0.02
June 4	86	68	0.26
June 5	72	59	0.32
June 6	78	56	0.00
June 7	62	57	0.00
June 8	60	56	0.18
June 9	70	58	0.00
June 10	74	55	0.00
June 11	79	56	0.00
June 12	86	65	0.00
June 13	84	59	0.02
June 14	83	63	0.00
June 15	89	61	0.15
June 16	88	65	0.00
June 17	76	64	1.12
June 18	78	62	0.13
June 19	81	59	0.00
June 20	85	65	0.32
June 21	71	56	0.00
June 22	77	51	0.00
June 23	80	64	0.00
June 24	85	62	0.07
June 25	91	70	0.00
June 26	81	65	0.00
June 27	74	59	0.00
June 28	72	55	0.00
June 29	84	67	0.00
June 30	93	74	0.01

July 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	73	0.03
July 2	92	69	0.00
July 3	90	70	0.00
July 4	87	73	0.00
July 5	90	68	0.00
July 6	91	68	0.00
July 7	90	68	0.86
July 8	86	72	0.00
July 9	87	66	0.00
July 10	88	68	0.00
July 11	88	72	0.01
July 12	86	70	0.39
July 13	84	69	0.05
July 14	84	67	0.16
July 15	84	61	0.00
July 16	85	62	0.00
July 17	84	68	0.10
July 18	78	68	0.50
July 19	80	66	0.86
July 20	80	68	0.07
July 21	79	70	0.01
July 22	88	71	1.16
July 23	92	69	0.00
July 24	89	71	0.00
July 25	88	71	0.00
July 26	84	68	0.10
July 27	79	68	1.21
July 28	79	68	0.26
July 29	84	64	0.00
July 30	85	65	0.00
July 31	90	66	0.01

August 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	67	0.00
August 2	86	63	0.00
August 3	86	64	0.00
August 4	90	73	0.00
August 5	82	68	0.04
August 6	79	62	0.00
August 7	81	58	0.00
August 8	72	57	0.09
August 9	84	62	0.23
August 10	86	62	0.00
August 11	82	62	1.95
August 12	83	67	0.00
August 13	83	60	0.00
August 14	90	63	0.00
August 15	88	70	0.01
August 16	88	66	0.26
August 17	81	62	0.00
August 18	82	64	0.00
August 19	80	61	0.00
August 20	80	64	0.00
August 21	84	66	0.00
August 22	84	67	0.00
August 23	82	66	0.22
August 24	80	64	0.02
August 25	86	61	0.00
August 26	80	61	0.44
August 27	85	58	0.00
August 28	84	65	0.00
August 29	86	58	0.00
August 30	87	68	0.00
August 31	79	62	0.09

September 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	60	0.00
September 2	84	69	0.00
September 3	76	59	0.00
September 4	75	55	0.00
September 5	81	52	0.00
September 6	89	55	0.00
September 7	92	58	0.00
September 8	90	69	0.00
September 9	91	66	0.00
September 10	96	66	0.00
September 11	97	66	0.00
September 12	77	68	0.00
September 13	89	69	0.00
September 14	88	69	0.00
September 15	81	64	0.00
September 16	88	64	0.00
September 17	80	64	0.26
September 18	71	49	0.00
September 19	78	56	0.00
September 20	66	50	0.00
September 21	63	45	0.00
September 22	68	47	0.00
September 23	58	51	1.26
September 24	71	49	0.02
September 25	77	50	0.00
September 26	86	55	0.00
September 27	70	51	0.00
September 28	68	42	0.00
September 29	74	42	0.00
September 30	83	45	0.00

October 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	87	53	0.00
October 2	65	53	0.00
October 3	61	46	0.00
October 4	69	42	0.00
October 5	74	39	0.00
October 6	76	53	0.00
October 7	71	49	0.00
October 8	65	41	0.00
October 9	76	50	0.00
October 10	62	42	0.00
October 11	77	55	0.02
October 12	74	62	1.08
October 13	79	56	0.00
October 14	76	53	0.00
October 15	81	50	0.00
October 16	89	56	0.00
October 17	72	46	0.00
October 18	61	38	0.00
October 19	64	39	0.00
October 20	60	56	0.92
October 21	59	53	0.01
October 22	66	52	0.02
October 23	53	48	0.36
October 24	54	48	0.20
October 25	57	49	0.60
October 26	62	53	0.28
October 27	58	51	0.04
October 28	63	55	0.00
October 29	64	44	0.02
October 30	56	39	0.00
October 31	61	34	0.00

November 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	54	0.95
November 2	67	52	0.44
November 3	60	48	0.03
November 4	68	40	0.00
November 5	63	39	0.00
November 6	60	40	0.00
November 7	52	36	0.00
November 8	54	46	0.31
November 9	66	47	0.01
November 10	54	39	0.00
November 11	52	38	0.15
November 12	44	37	0.00
November 13	48	32	0.00
November 14	44	28	0.16
November 15	56	38	0.11
November 16	76	43	0.00
November 17	45	34	0.03
November 18	43	29	0.00
November 19	51	32	0.00
November 20	65	36	0.00
November 21	67	35	0.00
November 22	53	46	0.02
November 23	46	30	0.09
November 24	40	26	0.00
November 25	47	32	0.00
November 26	67	43	0.11
November 27	62	32	0.80
November 28	39	27	0.00
November 29	47	33	0.10
November 30	34	26	0.00

December 1897 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	36	32	0.45	0.0
December 4	41	33	0.35	0.0
December 5	44	34	0.20	0.0
December 6	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	29	0.00	0.0
December 9	60	33	0.00	0.0
December 10	65	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	68	48	0.00	0.0
December 12	56	36	0.19	0.0
December 13	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 14	50	42	0.83	0.0
December 15	51	42	0.32	0.0
December 16	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 17	52	36	0.01	0.0
December 18	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	25	0.36	0.0
December 21	42	33	0.02	0.0
December 22	38	33	0.10	1.0
December 23	35	22	0.00	0.0
December 24	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	30	0.44	1.0
December 27	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	58	37	0.00	0.0
December 31	51	31	0.08	0.0

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2023	Washington Reagan Airport	location
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