Washington D.C. Weather in 1942

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1942 based on NOAA data.

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1942 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	4 °F	December 21
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 18
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	4.0 inches	August 8
Most daily snow	11.5 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	52.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1942?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1942 was 99 °F which happened on July 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 19
2	98 °F	Jul 20
3	96 °F	May 1
4	95 °F	Jul 14
4	95 °F	Jun 12
6	94 °F	Jul 17
6	94 °F	Jul 13
6	94 °F	May 31
9	93 °F	Aug 2
9	93 °F	Aug 1
9	93 °F	Jun 21
9	93 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1942?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1942 was 4 °F which happened on Dec 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1942

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	4 °F	December 21
2	5 °F	December 20
3	7 °F	January 8
4	8 °F	January 11
5	10 °F	January 9
6	12 °F	February 3
6	12 °F	January 10
6	12 °F	January 6
9	15 °F	January 12
9	15 °F	January 7

January 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	39	0.07	0.0
January 2	57	33	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	29	0.12	0.0
January 4	39	31	0.38	0.5
January 5	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 6	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 7	25	15	0.02	0.0
January 8	16	7	0.01	0.3
January 9	26	10	0.02	0.0
January 10	22	12	0.08	1.0
January 11	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	15	0.00	0.0
January 13	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 14	55	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	52	38	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	43	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	65	37	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	43	0.84	0.0
January 20	44	38	0.00	0.0
January 21	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	56	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	64	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	51	37	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	38	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	37	0.00	0.0
January 28	40	33	0.53	0.0
January 29	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	54	34	0.40	0.0

February 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	49	34	0.11	0.1
February 6	48	34	1.01	0.0
February 7	46	37	0.24	0.0
February 8	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 12	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	59	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	50	35	0.61	0.0
February 17	56	38	0.06	0.0
February 18	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 19	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 27	42	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	30	0.00	0.0

March 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	37	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	30	1.06	0.0
March 3	46	37	0.45	0.0
March 4	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 5	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	52	41	0.15	0.0
March 7	68	36	0.00	0.0
March 8	68	51	0.36	0.0
March 9	66	41	0.48	0.0
March 10	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 11	72	42	0.00	0.0
March 12	61	45	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	42	0.57	0.0
March 15	56	40	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	43	0.01	0.0
March 17	76	43	0.00	0.0
March 18	65	45	0.08	0.0
March 19	54	43	0.00	0.0
March 20	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	39	0.55	0.0
March 22	55	39	0.00	0.0
March 23	48	39	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	61	36	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	32	0.56	0.0
March 29	36	32	1.49	11.5
March 30	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	39	0.20	0.0

April 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	35	0.00
April 2	66	40	0.00
April 3	73	52	0.00
April 4	72	55	0.00
April 5	85	50	0.00
April 6	92	56	0.00
April 7	85	64	0.00
April 8	76	55	0.02
April 9	55	41	0.46
April 10	45	39	0.04
April 11	54	38	0.00
April 12	51	37	0.00
April 13	55	37	0.00
April 14	69	37	0.00
April 15	79	49	0.00
April 16	85	53	0.00
April 17	75	50	0.00
April 18	65	44	0.00
April 19	55	41	0.00
April 20	53	43	0.00
April 21	64	49	0.00
April 22	71	42	0.00
April 23	78	48	0.00
April 24	83	47	0.00
April 25	87	53	0.00
April 26	90	55	0.00
April 27	72	51	0.00
April 28	67	47	0.00
April 29	78	55	0.02
April 30	92	57	0.00

May 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	96	62	0.00
May 2	85	59	0.00
May 3	88	64	0.00
May 4	80	68	0.27
May 5	75	57	0.00
May 6	71	54	0.00
May 7	74	55	0.54
May 8	66	50	0.00
May 9	74	54	0.00
May 10	68	55	0.00
May 11	75	48	0.00
May 12	83	61	0.00
May 13	85	65	0.00
May 14	82	65	0.00
May 15	79	65	0.00
May 16	70	58	0.79
May 17	72	55	0.00
May 18	78	54	0.00
May 19	76	60	0.00
May 20	78	63	0.12
May 21	83	67	1.32
May 22	74	64	0.89
May 23	72	58	0.00
May 24	74	56	0.00
May 25	71	54	0.00
May 26	79	51	0.00
May 27	81	63	0.00
May 28	80	62	0.00
May 29	84	60	0.00
May 30	93	68	0.00
May 31	94	69	0.00

June 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	65	0.02
June 2	67	61	0.00
June 3	79	63	0.01
June 4	89	67	0.23
June 5	87	69	0.00
June 6	88	62	0.00
June 7	91	69	0.03
June 8	81	71	0.10
June 9	78	70	0.00
June 10	82	69	0.00
June 11	86	73	0.02
June 12	95	74	0.22
June 13	84	72	0.78
June 14	85	65	0.00
June 15	79	59	0.00
June 16	81	59	0.00
June 17	79	64	0.00
June 18	83	60	0.00
June 19	85	67	0.09
June 20	90	71	0.00
June 21	93	74	0.00
June 22	85	68	0.45
June 23	83	67	0.00
June 24	79	58	0.00
June 25	82	60	0.00
June 26	81	63	3.12
June 27	71	64	0.28
June 28	81	67	0.00
June 29	84	64	0.00
June 30	86	65	0.00

July 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	70	0.05
July 2	85	68	0.46
July 3	87	65	0.00
July 4	92	73	0.00
July 5	88	69	0.00
July 6	89	69	0.02
July 7	81	67	0.01
July 8	79	64	0.00
July 9	85	65	0.00
July 10	85	68	1.74
July 11	88	70	0.00
July 12	87	69	0.00
July 13	94	68	0.00
July 14	95	74	0.00
July 15	85	70	0.00
July 16	89	65	0.00
July 17	94	74	0.00
July 18	91	77	0.00
July 19	99	76	0.00
July 20	98	73	0.77
July 21	85	70	0.00
July 22	86	67	0.00
July 23	84	69	0.00
July 24	73	68	0.11
July 25	77	69	0.68
July 26	87	70	0.87
July 27	88	72	0.03
July 28	91	69	0.00
July 29	92	74	0.00
July 30	91	72	0.00
July 31	90	72	0.66

August 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	72	0.05
August 2	93	73	0.00
August 3	89	75	0.00
August 4	80	71	0.00
August 5	72	64	0.22
August 6	80	63	0.00
August 7	80	66	0.03
August 8	72	67	4.03
August 9	83	70	2.16
August 10	87	69	0.02
August 11	87	66	0.00
August 12	84	72	1.38
August 13	86	72	0.26
August 14	90	73	0.00
August 15	90	74	0.03
August 16	89	76	0.00
August 17	83	71	0.28
August 18	81	69	0.00
August 19	84	66	0.00
August 20	88	67	0.00
August 21	86	72	0.00
August 22	91	70	0.13
August 23	87	66	0.90
August 24	74	59	0.00
August 25	75	54	0.00
August 26	77	51	0.00
August 27	78	56	0.00
August 28	79	59	0.00
August 29	84	68	0.00
August 30	78	66	0.00
August 31	80	57	0.00

September 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	57	0.00
September 2	86	69	0.00
September 3	90	69	0.00
September 4	88	71	0.15
September 5	80	66	0.01
September 6	78	62	0.00
September 7	72	67	0.39
September 8	83	68	0.12
September 9	91	72	0.00
September 10	85	72	0.00
September 11	82	69	0.00
September 12	77	66	0.00
September 13	82	66	0.00
September 14	86	60	0.00
September 15	90	69	0.00
September 16	90	72	0.00
September 17	87	71	0.02
September 18	88	73	0.21
September 19	91	71	0.00
September 20	81	58	0.00
September 21	69	50	0.00
September 22	73	50	0.00
September 23	76	52	0.00
September 24	81	57	0.00
September 25	70	50	0.00
September 26	71	53	0.39
September 27	80	52	1.31
September 28	58	45	0.00
September 29	61	40	0.00
September 30	64	38	0.00

October 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	45	0.00
October 2	77	50	0.00
October 3	69	55	0.00
October 4	64	57	0.02
October 5	65	61	0.27
October 6	69	53	0.00
October 7	76	46	0.00
October 8	80	52	0.00
October 9	81	55	0.00
October 10	78	56	0.00
October 11	75	57	0.00
October 12	67	56	0.00
October 13	60	55	0.80
October 14	67	60	1.51
October 15	69	66	2.59
October 16	69	63	1.04
October 17	69	58	0.33
October 18	72	55	0.00
October 19	70	50	0.00
October 20	75	47	0.00
October 21	67	57	0.18
October 22	73	56	0.19
October 23	66	56	0.01
October 24	64	51	0.00
October 25	61	53	0.02
October 26	60	39	1.37
October 27	51	34	0.00
October 28	57	31	0.00
October 29	64	42	0.00
October 30	71	43	0.00
October 31	72	52	0.00

November 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	43	0.30
November 2	66	38	0.00
November 3	52	42	0.26
November 4	53	37	0.00
November 5	59	32	0.00
November 6	62	52	0.00
November 7	56	51	0.00
November 8	68	50	0.02
November 9	61	44	0.00
November 10	68	46	0.51
November 11	46	35	0.00
November 12	53	36	0.00
November 13	58	34	0.00
November 14	37	28	0.00
November 15	48	25	0.00
November 16	62	35	0.00
November 17	72	45	0.00
November 18	72	51	0.00
November 19	69	40	0.00
November 20	79	54	0.00
November 21	71	46	0.00
November 22	47	40	0.03
November 23	44	40	0.57
November 24	47	43	0.14
November 25	53	43	0.06
November 26	61	37	0.00
November 27	45	28	0.00
November 28	45	27	0.00
November 29	47	36	0.21
November 30	47	34	0.00

December 1942 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	31	0.64	0.0
December 2	50	23	0.08	0.0
December 3	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	27	0.04	0.0
December 6	39	32	0.13	1.0
December 7	39	34	0.00	0.0
December 8	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	32	0.06	0.7
December 10	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	34	0.00	0.0
December 12	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	22	0.04	0.1
December 14	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	24	0.00	0.0
December 17	34	20	0.02	0.3
December 18	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 20	21	5	0.22	3.7
December 21	26	4	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	17	0.53	0.0
December 23	48	30	0.01	0.0
December 24	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	45	28	0.22	0.0
December 26	43	37	0.01	0.0
December 27	39	34	0.07	0.0
December 28	48	38	0.19	0.0
December 29	44	40	1.18	0.0
December 30	49	40	0.39	0.0
December 31	48	36	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2024	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location