Washington D.C. Weather in 1968

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 23
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	June 12
Most daily snow	2.0 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	36.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	8.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1968 was 98 °F which happened on August 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 24
2	97 °F	Aug 25
2	97 °F	Aug 23
2	97 °F	Aug 17
2	97 °F	Jul 1
6	96 °F	Aug 21
6	96 °F	Aug 7
6	96 °F	Jul 24
6	96 °F	Jul 17
6	96 °F	Jun 30

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1968 was 7 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 12
2	8 °F	January 8
2	8 °F	January 2
4	9 °F	February 21
5	10 °F	February 22
6	11 °F	January 11
6	11 °F	January 5
8	12 °F	February 11
8	12 °F	January 1
10	13 °F	December 11

January 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	25	8	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	24	0.16	0.0
January 4	41	21	0.12	0.0
January 5	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	18	0.14	1.2
January 7	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	8	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	14	0.02	0.3
January 10	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	20	0.06	0.0
January 14	48	32	0.90	0.0
January 15	40	30	0.10	1.3
January 16	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	26	0.00	0.0
January 20	56	29	0.00	0.0
January 21	57	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	50	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	49	32	0.14	0.0
January 24	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	47	17	0.00	0.0
January 27	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 28	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 29	57	35	0.00	0.0
January 30	58	41	0.33	0.0
January 31	46	39	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	37	0.00	0.0
February 2	50	40	0.39	0.0
February 3	52	38	0.00	0.0
February 4	49	34	0.00	0.0
February 5	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
February 7	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 9	45	28	0.08	0.8
February 10	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 11	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	23	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	51	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 19	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	28	9	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	10	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	53	22	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 29	43	33	0.33	1.6

March 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	40	29	0.11	1.0
March 2	54	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	59	26	0.00	0.0
March 5	62	35	0.00	0.0
March 6	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	76	39	0.00	0.0
March 10	64	48	0.02	0.0
March 11	59	41	0.00	0.0
March 12	45	32	1.56	2.0
March 13	41	26	0.05	0.0
March 14	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 15	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 16	66	40	0.01	0.0
March 17	55	46	0.85	0.0
March 18	54	44	0.69	0.0
March 19	67	46	0.00	0.0
March 20	74	44	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	46	0.00	0.0
March 22	85	50	0.00	0.0
March 23	68	35	0.37	0.0
March 24	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	68	39	0.00	0.0
March 27	79	42	0.00	0.0
March 28	81	48	0.00	0.0
March 29	82	51	0.00	0.0
March 30	73	57	0.00	0.0
March 31	77	51	0.00	0.0

April 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	42	0.10
April 2	63	37	0.00
April 3	57	46	0.00
April 4	73	50	0.23
April 5	67	45	0.00
April 6	56	37	0.00
April 7	64	38	0.00
April 8	68	49	0.01
April 9	80	53	0.00
April 10	68	52	0.00
April 11	66	45	0.02
April 12	71	40	0.00
April 13	80	45	0.00
April 14	86	51	0.00
April 15	66	48	0.11
April 16	68	43	0.00
April 17	72	42	0.00
April 18	77	48	0.00
April 19	82	52	0.00
April 20	79	58	0.00
April 21	76	54	0.00
April 22	66	50	0.00
April 23	64	49	0.00
April 24	66	49	0.87
April 25	64	42	0.00
April 26	72	40	0.00
April 27	66	47	0.12
April 28	69	43	0.00
April 29	64	48	0.00
April 30	69	45	0.07

May 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	45	0.00
May 2	77	46	0.00
May 3	85	50	0.16
May 4	72	55	0.00
May 5	74	50	0.01
May 6	65	45	0.00
May 7	68	42	0.00
May 8	75	44	0.00
May 9	80	54	0.00
May 10	84	61	0.00
May 11	76	62	0.18
May 12	80	62	0.07
May 13	71	53	0.00
May 14	62	50	0.00
May 15	65	54	0.02
May 16	77	60	0.05
May 17	84	60	0.00
May 18	79	63	0.00
May 19	80	56	0.37
May 20	69	52	0.00
May 21	70	50	0.00
May 22	75	48	0.00
May 23	66	58	0.31
May 24	76	58	0.35
May 25	79	57	0.00
May 26	78	53	0.00
May 27	67	48	0.88
May 28	58	49	1.28
May 29	77	53	0.10
May 30	76	60	0.45
May 31	77	55	0.00

June 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	54	0.00
June 2	85	65	0.52
June 3	82	60	0.01
June 4	80	56	0.00
June 5	83	58	0.00
June 6	88	61	0.00
June 7	88	65	0.00
June 8	88	69	0.00
June 9	87	69	0.44
June 10	84	68	0.00
June 11	80	66	0.27
June 12	85	68	2.23
June 13	75	60	0.01
June 14	80	57	0.00
June 15	88	60	0.00
June 16	90	67	0.00
June 17	74	60	0.41
June 18	79	57	0.00
June 19	82	64	0.98
June 20	79	62	0.00
June 21	79	56	0.00
June 22	90	65	0.00
June 23	90	70	0.00
June 24	91	73	0.85
June 25	91	71	0.00
June 26	93	74	0.72
June 27	76	67	0.96
June 28	78	63	0.00
June 29	88	62	0.00
June 30	96	71	0.00

July 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	97	74	0.00
July 2	95	70	0.68
July 3	81	69	0.12
July 4	81	65	0.00
July 5	83	62	0.00
July 6	86	68	0.00
July 7	85	63	0.00
July 8	88	71	0.00
July 9	84	69	0.00
July 10	85	72	0.00
July 11	84	72	0.00
July 12	85	69	0.00
July 13	87	72	0.00
July 14	88	74	0.00
July 15	92	74	0.00
July 16	94	76	0.00
July 17	96	75	0.00
July 18	95	78	0.00
July 19	93	74	0.31
July 20	87	68	0.00
July 21	88	67	0.00
July 22	92	73	0.00
July 23	95	75	0.00
July 24	96	76	0.00
July 25	94	74	0.20
July 26	87	73	0.00
July 27	82	72	0.00
July 28	93	73	0.00
July 29	85	67	0.00
July 30	87	66	0.00
July 31	88	69	0.00

August 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	74	0.47
August 2	88	74	0.19
August 3	90	74	0.12
August 4	92	74	0.16
August 5	86	75	0.12
August 6	93	73	0.00
August 7	96	74	0.42
August 8	91	72	0.00
August 9	91	77	0.00
August 10	92	73	1.22
August 11	79	65	0.00
August 12	81	60	0.00
August 13	85	64	0.00
August 14	87	73	0.00
August 15	89	71	0.00
August 16	90	74	0.01
August 17	97	77	0.00
August 18	91	76	0.00
August 19	88	71	1.13
August 20	92	71	0.00
August 21	96	76	0.00
August 22	92	73	0.00
August 23	97	78	0.00
August 24	98	77	0.00
August 25	97	73	0.11
August 26	81	63	0.00
August 27	77	57	0.00
August 28	76	58	0.00
August 29	79	56	0.00
August 30	80	56	0.00
August 31	81	55	0.00

September 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	62	0.00
September 2	86	64	0.52
September 3	86	61	0.00
September 4	92	66	0.00
September 5	90	69	0.00
September 6	83	67	0.75
September 7	84	62	0.00
September 8	84	61	0.00
September 9	82	61	0.00
September 10	81	65	1.69
September 11	79	63	0.00
September 12	76	59	0.00
September 13	83	55	0.00
September 14	83	59	0.00
September 15	82	58	0.00
September 16	81	59	0.00
September 17	80	61	0.00
September 18	80	63	0.00
September 19	82	61	0.00
September 20	83	56	0.00
September 21	85	58	0.00
September 22	85	60	0.00
September 23	87	60	0.00
September 24	90	63	0.00
September 25	90	65	0.00
September 26	82	68	0.01
September 27	81	62	0.00
September 28	82	59	0.00
September 29	75	54	0.00
September 30	79	50	0.00

October 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	84	53	0.00
October 2	88	58	0.00
October 3	85	64	0.29
October 4	65	45	0.00
October 5	64	43	0.00
October 6	69	40	0.26
October 7	69	55	0.99
October 8	70	50	0.00
October 9	66	59	0.00
October 10	67	57	0.00
October 11	69	60	0.00
October 12	76	59	0.00
October 13	75	59	0.00
October 14	76	60	0.00
October 15	73	58	0.00
October 16	79	57	0.00
October 17	82	62	0.00
October 18	79	66	0.07
October 19	75	63	0.56
October 20	75	55	0.00
October 21	68	50	0.00
October 22	76	45	0.00
October 23	76	55	0.00
October 24	69	51	0.50
October 25	62	48	0.08
October 26	56	43	0.00
October 27	65	38	0.00
October 28	62	45	0.42
October 29	56	39	0.00
October 30	56	38	0.00
October 31	59	32	0.00

November 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	71	39	0.00
November 2	80	48	0.00
November 3	74	52	0.05
November 4	58	52	0.00
November 5	61	54	0.00
November 6	58	55	0.00
November 7	59	54	0.74
November 8	58	44	0.10
November 9	47	39	0.18
November 10	45	34	0.56
November 11	50	34	0.15
November 12	46	35	1.14
November 13	45	37	0.00
November 14	55	34	0.00
November 15	65	45	0.00
November 16	65	50	0.00
November 17	55	49	0.13
November 18	65	48	0.31
November 19	50	37	0.00
November 20	45	32	0.00
November 21	45	28	0.00
November 22	62	34	0.00
November 23	61	33	0.00
November 24	65	42	0.20
November 25	54	38	0.00
November 26	57	35	0.00
November 27	55	45	0.00
November 28	68	48	0.06
November 29	69	46	0.00
November 30	49	39	0.00

December 1968 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	45	32	0.18
December 2	48	40	0.13
December 3	53	40	0.00
December 4	56	44	0.49
December 5	51	36	0.00
December 6	45	29	0.00
December 7	42	30	0.00
December 8	41	28	0.00
December 9	38	24	0.00
December 10	29	16	0.00
December 11	33	13	0.00
December 12	46	20	0.00
December 13	64	35	0.00
December 14	54	32	0.68
December 15	33	21	0.00
December 16	35	23	0.00
December 17	44	25	0.00
December 18	41	23	0.00
December 19	48	30	0.03
December 20	56	32	0.00
December 21	45	33	0.00
December 22	39	32	0.55
December 23	46	34	0.00
December 24	36	26	0.00
December 25	29	20	0.00
December 26	29	20	0.00
December 27	47	27	0.00
December 28	69	41	0.11
December 29	49	32	0.00
December 30	39	27	0.00
December 31	42	32	0.05

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