Washington D.C. Weather in 1949

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1949 based on NOAA data.

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1949 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 11
Lowest temperature	21 °F	December 17
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	30 °F	January 30
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	May 22
Most daily snow	5.7 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	39.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1949?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1949 was 97 °F which happened on August 11.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 11
2	96 °F	Jul 30
2	96 °F	Jul 29
2	96 °F	Jul 28
2	96 °F	Jul 26
2	96 °F	Jul 25
2	96 °F	Jul 22
2	96 °F	Jul 6
2	96 °F	Jul 5
2	96 °F	Jun 26

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1949?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1949 was 21 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1949

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	21 °F	December 17
1	21 °F	January 30
3	23 °F	March 1
3	23 °F	February 3
3	23 °F	February 2
3	23 °F	January 31
7	24 °F	December 16
7	24 °F	March 16
7	24 °F	February 28
10	25 °F	February 12
10	25 °F	January 3

January 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 2	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	48	25	0.02	0.0
January 4	43	35	0.01	0.0
January 5	52	39	1.44	0.0
January 6	55	33	0.07	0.0
January 7	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	63	37	0.00	0.0
January 9	58	40	0.00	0.0
January 10	58	38	0.00	0.0
January 11	53	40	0.01	0.0
January 12	41	32	0.11	1.7
January 13	49	34	0.00	0.0
January 14	50	33	0.00	0.0
January 15	44	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	64	34	0.00	0.0
January 17	60	44	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	43	0.01	0.0
January 19	65	41	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 21	41	30	1.00	0.0
January 22	57	37	0.32	0.0
January 23	42	35	0.18	0.0
January 24	58	36	0.12	0.0
January 25	56	43	0.02	0.0
January 26	45	37	0.34	0.0
January 27	44	38	0.48	0.0
January 28	73	39	0.17	0.0
January 29	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	23	0.78	5.7

February 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 3	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 4	50	37	0.39	0.0
February 5	45	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 7	53	35	0.35	0.0
February 8	58	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	68	40	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	29	0.23	1.8
February 11	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	68	44	0.00	0.0
February 14	61	50	0.14	0.0
February 15	77	51	0.16	0.0
February 16	58	41	0.34	0.0
February 17	48	34	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	55	45	0.25	0.0
February 20	66	50	0.04	0.0
February 21	52	38	0.00	0.0
February 22	51	39	0.24	0.0
February 23	54	42	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	35	0.00	0.0
February 25	61	40	0.01	0.0
February 26	45	36	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	31	0.02	0.1
February 28	40	24	0.51	2.1

March 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	37	23	0.00
March 2	42	27	0.00
March 3	42	34	0.00
March 4	52	28	0.00
March 5	64	40	0.00
March 6	70	40	0.00
March 7	40	30	0.00
March 8	55	27	0.00
March 9	58	33	0.00
March 10	49	42	0.24
March 11	46	35	0.06
March 12	40	32	0.00
March 13	51	31	0.00
March 14	56	33	0.00
March 15	44	29	0.01
March 16	43	24	0.00
March 17	48	36	0.00
March 18	41	32	0.74
March 19	40	26	0.00
March 20	46	30	0.00
March 21	66	33	0.00
March 22	67	48	0.66
March 23	70	52	0.63
March 24	65	46	0.00
March 25	58	48	0.29
March 26	66	55	0.04
March 27	83	61	0.08
March 28	65	54	0.00
March 29	74	47	0.00
March 30	80	53	0.00
March 31	63	43	0.67

April 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	41	0.03
April 2	58	37	0.00
April 3	62	44	0.00
April 4	60	44	0.06
April 5	56	42	0.51
April 6	60	42	0.13
April 7	60	42	0.34
April 8	59	41	0.00
April 9	61	39	0.00
April 10	63	39	0.00
April 11	60	47	0.00
April 12	72	46	0.00
April 13	62	53	0.23
April 14	74	54	0.00
April 15	86	53	0.00
April 16	54	40	0.00
April 17	59	35	0.00
April 18	60	47	0.39
April 19	55	41	0.00
April 20	68	42	0.00
April 21	79	48	0.00
April 22	62	57	0.23
April 23	74	54	0.00
April 24	60	48	0.00
April 25	63	42	0.00
April 26	84	49	0.00
April 27	72	61	0.02
April 28	66	51	0.00
April 29	65	44	0.00
April 30	72	44	0.00

May 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	60	0.02
May 2	73	59	1.36
May 3	82	59	0.00
May 4	88	57	0.00
May 5	85	60	0.00
May 6	90	67	0.22
May 7	91	61	0.08
May 8	73	55	0.00
May 9	74	53	0.16
May 10	64	58	0.00
May 11	58	48	0.13
May 12	72	43	0.00
May 13	72	51	0.00
May 14	84	54	0.00
May 15	84	60	1.28
May 16	73	58	0.00
May 17	75	60	0.00
May 18	85	63	0.00
May 19	88	68	0.00
May 20	80	57	0.00
May 21	67	54	0.50
May 22	78	54	1.92
May 23	76	62	0.00
May 24	82	57	0.37
May 25	67	54	0.01
May 26	66	50	0.13
May 27	67	45	0.00
May 28	67	49	0.15
May 29	70	49	0.00
May 30	75	47	0.00
May 31	81	55	0.00

June 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	57	0.00
June 2	78	57	0.00
June 3	78	54	0.00
June 4	82	59	0.00
June 5	84	68	0.00
June 6	88	67	0.00
June 7	83	65	0.00
June 8	72	56	0.00
June 9	77	53	0.00
June 10	78	60	0.00
June 11	84	67	0.00
June 12	88	68	0.00
June 13	87	72	0.00
June 14	86	70	0.00
June 15	86	68	0.25
June 16	80	68	0.49
June 17	77	70	0.46
June 18	76	71	0.54
June 19	84	71	0.00
June 20	86	72	0.02
June 21	93	73	0.00
June 22	90	73	0.02
June 23	87	67	0.00
June 24	89	66	0.00
June 25	89	76	0.00
June 26	96	75	0.00
June 27	91	76	0.00
June 28	81	71	0.04
June 29	76	66	0.60
June 30	76	69	0.00

July 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	64	0.00
July 2	87	71	0.00
July 3	91	72	0.00
July 4	92	72	0.00
July 5	96	76	0.00
July 6	96	76	0.10
July 7	79	68	0.00
July 8	84	69	0.00
July 9	83	68	0.00
July 10	81	69	0.00
July 11	89	70	0.00
July 12	83	72	1.57
July 13	82	73	0.11
July 14	88	70	0.91
July 15	87	70	0.67
July 16	84	74	0.14
July 17	86	74	0.46
July 18	88	75	0.00
July 19	88	74	0.00
July 20	91	75	0.00
July 21	91	75	0.00
July 22	96	73	0.00
July 23	92	77	0.00
July 24	89	68	0.00
July 25	96	72	0.00
July 26	96	78	0.00
July 27	95	77	0.00
July 28	96	80	0.00
July 29	96	80	0.00
July 30	96	74	0.26
July 31	84	71	0.00

August 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	70	0.00
August 2	89	73	0.00
August 3	88	74	1.14
August 4	85	74	0.00
August 5	86	73	0.18
August 6	87	69	0.00
August 7	89	73	0.00
August 8	91	70	0.00
August 9	93	72	0.00
August 10	95	75	0.00
August 11	97	75	0.00
August 12	94	72	0.91
August 13	88	72	0.02
August 14	81	74	0.00
August 15	75	70	0.07
August 16	86	67	0.00
August 17	82	69	0.02
August 18	75	65	0.77
August 19	82	65	0.00
August 20	74	60	0.00
August 21	80	58	0.00
August 22	82	61	0.00
August 23	80	68	0.00
August 24	88	72	0.00
August 25	83	70	0.00
August 26	84	68	0.00
August 27	90	73	0.00
August 28	87	70	0.95
August 29	85	72	0.03
August 30	86	67	0.00
August 31	82	69	0.00

September 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	64	0.00
September 2	79	56	0.00
September 3	78	60	0.00
September 4	83	63	0.00
September 5	88	67	0.00
September 6	86	68	0.00
September 7	68	60	0.05
September 8	78	59	0.00
September 9	69	53	0.00
September 10	75	49	0.00
September 11	76	52	0.00
September 12	76	61	0.03
September 13	84	66	0.83
September 14	82	69	0.25
September 15	82	64	0.00
September 16	73	60	0.11
September 17	80	59	0.00
September 18	85	62	0.31
September 19	85	68	0.00
September 20	71	57	0.00
September 21	74	52	0.00
September 22	81	59	1.07
September 23	69	52	0.16
September 24	67	49	0.00
September 25	70	47	0.00
September 26	71	47	0.00
September 27	66	54	0.02
September 28	77	61	0.14
September 29	61	54	0.52
September 30	69	50	0.00

October 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	48	0.00
October 2	72	52	0.00
October 3	73	52	0.00
October 4	77	58	0.00
October 5	78	62	0.00
October 6	76	63	0.00
October 7	75	67	0.11
October 8	82	65	0.00
October 9	84	63	0.00
October 10	86	63	0.00
October 11	85	65	0.00
October 12	83	65	0.00
October 13	70	56	0.01
October 14	65	56	0.17
October 15	73	61	0.00
October 16	64	56	0.00
October 17	61	52	0.00
October 18	66	55	0.00
October 19	68	54	0.00
October 20	73	50	0.00
October 21	80	46	0.00
October 22	81	57	0.02
October 23	72	53	0.00
October 24	66	50	0.00
October 25	55	48	0.22
October 26	67	48	0.44
October 27	61	40	0.00
October 28	60	40	1.47
October 29	61	49	0.30
October 30	61	58	0.31
October 31	69	54	0.22

November 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	54	42	0.32
November 2	59	39	0.00
November 3	56	42	0.00
November 4	49	43	0.00
November 5	47	38	0.00
November 6	51	31	0.00
November 7	67	45	0.00
November 8	74	43	0.00
November 9	71	43	0.00
November 10	71	45	0.00
November 11	78	45	0.00
November 12	64	54	0.00
November 13	69	54	0.28
November 14	69	51	0.00
November 15	62	42	0.00
November 16	56	39	0.00
November 17	48	36	0.00
November 18	46	36	0.00
November 19	49	32	0.00
November 20	69	48	0.00
November 21	51	35	0.00
November 22	37	29	0.00
November 23	55	28	0.00
November 24	56	33	0.00
November 25	54	33	0.02
November 26	40	30	0.00
November 27	47	32	0.00
November 28	45	29	0.18
November 29	58	39	0.14
November 30	59	39	0.00

December 1949 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	49	36	0.00
December 2	48	35	0.01
December 3	41	29	0.00
December 4	52	27	0.01
December 5	47	35	0.00
December 6	49	32	0.00
December 7	61	42	0.03
December 8	43	32	0.00
December 9	35	29	0.00
December 10	40	30	0.00
December 11	42	36	0.13
December 12	57	40	0.20
December 13	64	39	0.29
December 14	39	34	0.00
December 15	37	28	0.00
December 16	37	24	0.00
December 17	45	21	0.00
December 18	46	34	0.43
December 19	59	46	0.03
December 20	55	41	0.00
December 21	61	39	0.00
December 22	66	48	0.00
December 23	61	33	0.50
December 24	46	28	0.00
December 25	45	27	0.00
December 26	52	40	0.34
December 27	64	48	0.01
December 28	57	38	0.00
December 29	53	33	0.00
December 30	42	30	0.00
December 31	44	27	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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