Washington D.C. Weather in 1948

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 26
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	August 1
Most daily snow	5.4 inches	January 24
Total annual precipitation	57.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1948 was 99 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 28
1	99 °F	Aug 27
3	97 °F	Aug 29
3	97 °F	Aug 26
5	95 °F	Jul 5
5	95 °F	Jun 28
5	95 °F	Jun 24
8	94 °F	Jul 6
9	93 °F	Aug 25
9	93 °F	Jul 30
9	93 °F	Jul 22
9	93 °F	Jun 29
9	93 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1948 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 26.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 26
2	6 °F	January 31
3	9 °F	January 25
4	10 °F	January 24
5	12 °F	February 10
5	12 °F	January 28
7	13 °F	January 19
7	13 °F	January 15
9	14 °F	December 27
10	15 °F	December 26
10	15 °F	February 9
10	15 °F	January 30

January 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	37	1.40	0.0
January 2	39	33	0.29	0.9
January 3	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	30	0.01	0.1
January 5	42	32	0.01	0.1
January 6	35	28	0.03	0.4
January 7	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	62	33	0.00	0.0
January 10	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 11	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	43	25	0.47	0.0
January 13	38	32	1.26	3.0
January 14	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 15	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	21	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	39	17	0.21	1.7
January 21	42	31	0.34	0.0
January 22	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	18	0.03	0.6
January 24	18	10	0.52	5.4
January 25	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	30	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	32	24	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	6	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	29	0.72	2.4
February 5	30	20	0.07	0.7
February 6	38	25	0.03	0.4
February 7	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	22	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	18	0.07	0.0
February 12	40	29	0.03	0.0
February 13	39	32	0.08	0.0
February 14	54	37	0.20	0.0
February 15	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	65	36	0.00	0.0
February 18	70	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	72	39	0.00	0.0
February 20	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	25	0.28	4.2
February 23	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	34	0.01	0.0
February 26	67	44	0.16	0.0
February 27	62	33	0.01	0.0
February 28	82	43	0.01	0.0
February 29	60	39	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	43	30	0.00
March 2	41	33	0.50
March 3	54	38	0.18
March 4	44	26	0.15
March 5	35	18	0.00
March 6	39	19	0.06
March 7	47	31	0.79
March 8	50	33	0.00
March 9	43	31	0.24
March 10	57	39	0.12
March 11	52	31	0.03
March 12	38	24	0.00
March 13	45	22	0.00
March 14	56	25	0.00
March 15	71	41	0.00
March 16	66	58	0.22
March 17	61	45	0.00
March 18	59	35	0.00
March 19	68	41	0.20
March 20	81	55	0.00
March 21	86	55	0.00
March 22	84	66	0.00
March 23	68	44	0.68
March 24	68	43	0.23
March 25	62	43	0.00
March 26	70	41	0.03
March 27	73	50	0.10
March 28	51	33	0.00
March 29	53	30	0.00
March 30	70	42	0.00
March 31	67	52	0.13

April 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	68	57	1.67
April 2	62	48	0.03
April 3	53	41	0.00
April 4	60	35	0.00
April 5	75	46	0.00
April 6	75	60	0.00
April 7	61	50	0.00
April 8	65	49	0.00
April 9	65	41	0.00
April 10	60	36	0.00
April 11	63	48	0.04
April 12	79	62	0.03
April 13	62	44	0.53
April 14	47	39	0.32
April 15	60	44	0.00
April 16	68	42	0.00
April 17	61	44	0.00
April 18	62	36	0.00
April 19	68	41	0.00
April 20	84	52	0.00
April 21	74	51	0.00
April 22	62	47	0.00
April 23	67	39	0.00
April 24	76	48	0.00
April 25	82	60	0.01
April 26	74	50	0.00
April 27	62	44	0.25
April 28	46	43	0.17
April 29	59	42	0.00
April 30	71	44	0.00

May 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	50	0.03
May 2	67	46	0.17
May 3	66	53	0.50
May 4	67	52	0.33
May 5	60	49	0.49
May 6	65	45	0.00
May 7	61	50	0.78
May 8	70	46	0.00
May 9	83	46	0.00
May 10	87	61	0.00
May 11	90	64	0.00
May 12	86	66	0.12
May 13	77	56	2.50
May 14	70	55	0.16
May 15	73	54	0.00
May 16	73	60	0.29
May 17	76	57	0.97
May 18	71	54	0.00
May 19	70	52	0.00
May 20	68	48	0.00
May 21	84	57	0.00
May 22	69	49	0.00
May 23	79	51	0.00
May 24	81	58	0.08
May 25	73	60	0.00
May 26	67	61	0.49
May 27	74	61	0.04
May 28	79	65	0.00
May 29	79	66	0.23
May 30	76	65	1.68
May 31	77	65	0.01

June 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	64	0.00
June 2	83	64	0.00
June 3	71	59	0.04
June 4	79	55	0.07
June 5	79	63	0.00
June 6	77	59	0.00
June 7	81	64	1.04
June 8	83	64	0.00
June 9	74	61	0.00
June 10	81	60	0.00
June 11	86	60	0.00
June 12	89	67	0.00
June 13	80	68	0.00
June 14	81	62	0.00
June 15	88	66	0.00
June 16	75	57	1.07
June 17	80	52	0.00
June 18	80	63	0.44
June 19	88	67	1.63
June 20	74	64	0.55
June 21	81	60	0.00
June 22	85	65	0.00
June 23	85	67	0.00
June 24	95	72	0.10
June 25	90	69	0.00
June 26	89	72	0.00
June 27	93	74	0.02
June 28	95	72	0.00
June 29	93	72	0.32
June 30	90	71	0.16

July 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	68	0.05
July 2	82	63	0.00
July 3	86	68	0.00
July 4	90	72	0.00
July 5	95	73	0.00
July 6	94	72	0.12
July 7	74	66	0.00
July 8	81	63	0.00
July 9	82	60	0.00
July 10	84	63	0.00
July 11	87	68	0.00
July 12	90	71	0.00
July 13	89	73	0.55
July 14	78	70	1.07
July 15	80	70	0.04
July 16	82	65	0.00
July 17	88	70	0.05
July 18	91	72	0.00
July 19	87	68	0.20
July 20	89	73	0.00
July 21	90	73	0.00
July 22	93	76	0.00
July 23	85	73	0.12
July 24	82	72	0.00
July 25	85	64	0.00
July 26	91	63	0.00
July 27	88	74	0.56
July 28	89	71	0.09
July 29	89	68	0.00
July 30	93	74	0.00
July 31	89	72	1.46

August 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	69	2.84
August 2	85	70	0.00
August 3	85	71	0.30
August 4	74	69	1.26
August 5	79	61	0.00
August 6	79	57	0.00
August 7	79	60	0.00
August 8	81	61	0.00
August 9	84	62	0.00
August 10	83	62	0.00
August 11	85	66	1.74
August 12	83	69	0.76
August 13	84	64	0.00
August 14	81	65	0.00
August 15	84	64	0.00
August 16	84	64	0.00
August 17	82	64	0.00
August 18	85	64	1.13
August 19	81	64	0.38
August 20	84	67	0.23
August 21	82	66	0.00
August 22	80	70	0.00
August 23	87	69	0.00
August 24	87	69	0.00
August 25	93	72	0.00
August 26	97	74	0.00
August 27	99	74	0.00
August 28	99	74	0.00
August 29	97	75	0.00
August 30	92	69	0.36
August 31	80	65	0.00

September 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	55	0.00
September 2	79	51	0.00
September 3	82	58	0.00
September 4	83	66	0.00
September 5	86	70	0.00
September 6	84	66	0.01
September 7	81	67	0.20
September 8	86	70	0.00
September 9	90	69	0.32
September 10	71	62	0.70
September 11	80	57	0.00
September 12	86	59	0.00
September 13	90	63	0.00
September 14	83	65	0.00
September 15	76	56	0.00
September 16	77	55	0.00
September 17	78	63	0.00
September 18	89	65	0.00
September 19	84	67	0.26
September 20	90	66	0.00
September 21	75	59	0.87
September 22	69	55	0.00
September 23	68	50	0.00
September 24	64	58	0.00
September 25	68	53	0.00
September 26	73	49	0.00
September 27	75	49	0.00
September 28	72	54	0.00
September 29	76	57	0.00
September 30	75	66	0.83

October 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	64	0.00
October 2	77	58	0.00
October 3	66	54	0.00
October 4	58	47	0.00
October 5	53	46	1.84
October 6	62	46	0.01
October 7	65	56	0.00
October 8	64	53	0.25
October 9	67	45	0.00
October 10	77	50	0.00
October 11	66	60	0.00
October 12	70	57	0.00
October 13	66	46	0.05
October 14	62	48	0.00
October 15	64	46	0.00
October 16	68	41	0.00
October 17	78	49	0.03
October 18	52	38	0.57
October 19	56	34	0.00
October 20	57	42	0.00
October 21	54	37	0.00
October 22	55	42	0.00
October 23	55	49	0.33
October 24	63	49	0.00
October 25	65	50	0.00
October 26	68	47	0.00
October 27	71	47	0.00
October 28	69	43	0.00
October 29	71	47	0.00
October 30	61	44	0.00
October 31	63	43	0.01

November 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	54	0.02
November 2	58	48	0.00
November 3	62	48	0.23
November 4	71	59	0.00
November 5	73	60	0.00
November 6	78	53	1.68
November 7	65	45	0.07
November 8	63	39	0.00
November 9	62	42	0.00
November 10	69	44	0.02
November 11	56	38	0.00
November 12	57	35	0.00
November 13	66	45	0.19
November 14	53	40	0.00
November 15	58	36	0.00
November 16	58	35	0.00
November 17	67	40	0.07
November 18	63	35	0.00
November 19	68	44	0.18
November 20	72	46	0.01
November 21	61	39	0.00
November 22	54	46	0.10
November 23	52	41	0.09
November 24	48	41	0.48
November 25	52	37	0.38
November 26	58	33	0.00
November 27	64	40	0.62
November 28	45	36	1.16
November 29	42	39	0.70
November 30	49	33	0.00

December 1948 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	32	0.00	0.0
December 3	52	43	0.71	0.0
December 4	62	42	0.87	0.0
December 5	57	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	65	38	0.00	0.0
December 7	57	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 12	53	35	0.01	0.0
December 13	68	42	0.00	0.0
December 14	62	42	0.00	0.0
December 15	46	33	0.94	0.0
December 16	42	36	0.33	0.0
December 17	52	37	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	29	0.47	4.4
December 20	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	52	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 23	39	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	27	15	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	50	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	58	34	0.39	0.0
December 30	53	38	0.97	0.0
December 31	38	33	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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