Washington D.C. Weather in 1980

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1980 based on NOAA data.

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1980 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	12 °F	December 26
Highest daily low	81 °F	July 20
Lowest daily high	21 °F	March 1
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	October 25
Most daily snow	4.8 inches	January 5
Total annual precipitation	29.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1980?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1980 was 103 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1980

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Jul 16
2	102 °F	Jul 17
3	101 °F	Sep 2
4	100 °F	Aug 11
4	100 °F	Aug 8
4	100 °F	Jul 21
7	99 °F	Sep 1
7	99 °F	Aug 3
9	98 °F	Aug 14
9	98 °F	Aug 2
9	98 °F	Aug 1
9	98 °F	Jul 20
9	98 °F	Jun 29
9	98 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1980?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1980 was 12 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1980

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	December 26
1	12 °F	December 25
3	14 °F	March 1
4	15 °F	March 3
5	16 °F	December 21
5	16 °F	March 2
7	17 °F	December 20
8	18 °F	December 22
8	18 °F	February 1
10	19 °F	February 29
10	19 °F	February 18
10	19 °F	February 2

January 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	47	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	31	0.00	0.0
January 3	45	33	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	30	0.16	2.1
January 5	32	30	0.39	4.8
January 6	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	42	29	0.02	0.0
January 8	43	35	0.00	0.0
January 9	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 10	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 11	52	36	0.52	0.0
January 12	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	46	36	0.02	0.0
January 15	55	39	0.00	0.0
January 16	57	37	0.00	0.0
January 17	45	37	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	42	1.30	0.0
January 19	48	37	0.00	0.0
January 20	49	34	0.00	0.0
January 21	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 22	47	35	0.33	0.0
January 23	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 25	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 26	45	31	0.00	0.0
January 27	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	22	0.11	1.7

February 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	28	0.03	0.3
February 7	42	26	0.01	0.0
February 8	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	33	0.14	2.2
February 10	37	25	0.02	0.4
February 11	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 14	58	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	29	0.20	0.0
February 17	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 19	53	27	0.00	0.0
February 20	62	33	0.03	0.0
February 21	65	42	0.01	0.0
February 22	51	44	0.26	0.0
February 23	58	43	0.02	0.0
February 24	62	43	0.05	0.0
February 25	49	38	0.24	0.0
February 26	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	35	28	0.15	2.2
February 29	29	19	0.00	0.0

March 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	21	14	0.30	4.0
March 2	25	16	0.08	0.9
March 3	39	15	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	22	0.01	0.0
March 5	61	40	0.16	0.0
March 6	50	39	0.00	0.0
March 7	66	39	0.00	0.0
March 8	73	51	0.00	0.0
March 9	60	43	0.00	0.0
March 10	64	38	0.02	0.0
March 11	55	37	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	41	32	1.16	0.5
March 14	48	35	0.06	0.7
March 15	57	34	0.00	0.0
March 16	65	34	0.00	0.0
March 17	65	47	0.08	0.0
March 18	62	43	0.06	0.0
March 19	60	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	45	0.00	0.0
March 21	69	44	0.91	0.0
March 22	48	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	43	0.21	0.0
March 25	60	42	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	38	0.00	0.0
March 27	62	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	55	44	0.72	0.0
March 29	60	49	0.54	0.0
March 30	63	50	0.18	0.0
March 31	51	42	0.55	0.0

April 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	40	0.00
April 2	71	43	0.00
April 3	68	51	0.00
April 4	75	54	0.23
April 5	66	48	0.00
April 6	69	44	0.00
April 7	71	50	0.00
April 8	73	56	0.05
April 9	76	59	0.73
April 10	71	51	0.00
April 11	76	51	0.00
April 12	75	54	0.00
April 13	67	54	0.00
April 14	72	54	0.41
April 15	64	52	0.00
April 16	56	41	0.00
April 17	62	35	0.00
April 18	70	42	0.00
April 19	76	48	0.00
April 20	80	54	0.00
April 21	75	55	0.00
April 22	74	51	0.00
April 23	74	51	0.00
April 24	79	55	0.15
April 25	76	58	0.00
April 26	58	52	0.45
April 27	60	52	0.79
April 28	59	55	0.28
April 29	70	54	0.09
April 30	63	55	0.10

May 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	55	0.19
May 2	75	59	0.14
May 3	80	56	0.00
May 4	83	62	0.00
May 5	89	57	0.00
May 6	86	61	0.00
May 7	82	61	0.05
May 8	62	50	0.05
May 9	65	45	0.00
May 10	74	45	0.00
May 11	76	62	0.03
May 12	87	65	0.00
May 13	90	69	0.06
May 14	81	59	0.00
May 15	72	52	0.00
May 16	74	53	0.00
May 17	76	57	0.00
May 18	79	63	0.97
May 19	82	64	0.25
May 20	72	65	0.48
May 21	68	61	0.28
May 22	84	60	0.00
May 23	83	65	0.00
May 24	82	69	0.11
May 25	83	69	0.03
May 26	78	61	0.00
May 27	76	55	0.00
May 28	84	60	0.00
May 29	84	64	0.00
May 30	85	64	0.00
May 31	83	71	0.00

June 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	69	0.01
June 2	90	73	0.00
June 3	89	73	0.18
June 4	78	64	0.00
June 5	80	60	0.00
June 6	78	62	0.55
June 7	92	72	0.11
June 8	85	59	0.00
June 9	77	52	0.01
June 10	75	61	0.08
June 11	74	56	0.00
June 12	75	56	0.00
June 13	80	57	0.00
June 14	86	61	0.00
June 15	93	65	0.31
June 16	74	62	0.12
June 17	78	56	0.00
June 18	78	59	0.00
June 19	83	61	0.00
June 20	80	66	0.00
June 21	84	64	0.00
June 22	88	63	0.00
June 23	90	69	0.00
June 24	91	74	0.00
June 25	89	73	0.00
June 26	85	72	0.00
June 27	98	69	0.00
June 28	97	75	0.00
June 29	98	76	0.31
June 30	84	71	0.00

July 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	66	0.00
July 2	96	72	0.00
July 3	84	77	0.53
July 4	90	73	0.00
July 5	93	77	0.19
July 6	86	71	0.01
July 7	86	66	0.00
July 8	76	69	0.53
July 9	89	69	0.01
July 10	89	72	0.00
July 11	92	72	0.00
July 12	93	76	0.01
July 13	88	71	0.00
July 14	91	67	0.00
July 15	95	74	0.00
July 16	103	79	0.00
July 17	102	76	1.02
July 18	93	72	0.00
July 19	94	77	0.00
July 20	98	81	0.00
July 21	100	77	0.11
July 22	94	75	1.34
July 23	81	74	0.07
July 24	85	73	0.00
July 25	90	70	0.00
July 26	93	76	0.00
July 27	90	75	0.00
July 28	90	77	0.00
July 29	91	77	0.04
July 30	92	76	0.00
July 31	92	76	0.00

August 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	98	79	0.01
August 2	98	75	0.00
August 3	99	76	0.24
August 4	95	75	0.00
August 5	96	77	0.10
August 6	94	76	0.00
August 7	95	76	0.00
August 8	100	77	0.00
August 9	97	80	0.00
August 10	95	78	0.01
August 11	100	77	0.00
August 12	93	78	0.00
August 13	92	73	0.00
August 14	98	73	0.00
August 15	87	76	0.52
August 16	83	68	0.00
August 17	83	64	0.00
August 18	76	67	0.22
August 19	84	73	0.01
August 20	86	73	0.00
August 21	78	69	0.00
August 22	80	66	0.00
August 23	86	69	0.00
August 24	91	69	0.00
August 25	93	70	0.00
August 26	94	71	0.00
August 27	97	72	0.00
August 28	97	73	0.00
August 29	96	76	0.00
August 30	96	76	0.00
August 31	95	78	0.00

September 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	99	77	0.00
September 2	101	78	0.00
September 3	92	77	0.00
September 4	93	73	0.00
September 5	91	76	0.00
September 6	94	75	0.04
September 7	87	72	0.00
September 8	87	69	0.00
September 9	92	67	0.00
September 10	83	67	0.32
September 11	84	59	0.00
September 12	90	62	0.00
September 13	92	68	0.00
September 14	94	72	0.52
September 15	84	67	0.00
September 16	77	61	0.00
September 17	91	72	0.06
September 18	83	71	0.02
September 19	85	69	0.00
September 20	86	70	0.00
September 21	92	72	0.00
September 22	95	73	0.00
September 23	90	74	0.00
September 24	76	67	0.00
September 25	75	69	0.94
September 26	77	58	0.00
September 27	70	52	0.00
September 28	77	52	0.00
September 29	79	56	0.00
September 30	74	62	0.00

October 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	64	0.00
October 2	83	60	0.28
October 3	62	57	0.33
October 4	67	53	0.00
October 5	66	54	0.00
October 6	67	50	0.00
October 7	70	49	0.00
October 8	76	51	0.00
October 9	85	58	0.00
October 10	65	57	0.00
October 11	76	57	0.00
October 12	65	50	0.00
October 13	62	46	0.00
October 14	65	41	0.00
October 15	75	52	0.00
October 16	79	52	0.00
October 17	83	57	0.00
October 18	81	65	0.33
October 19	72	59	0.02
October 20	65	49	0.00
October 21	76	50	0.00
October 22	70	53	0.00
October 23	57	47	0.00
October 24	62	46	0.00
October 25	63	47	1.61
October 26	56	44	0.00
October 27	56	40	0.00
October 28	64	52	0.02
October 29	56	45	0.00
October 30	59	43	0.00
October 31	66	38	0.00

November 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	69	47	0.00
November 2	56	42	0.00
November 3	62	37	0.00
November 4	59	53	0.35
November 5	61	46	0.00
November 6	59	37	0.00
November 7	72	47	0.00
November 8	76	55	0.00
November 9	72	49	0.15
November 10	64	40	0.00
November 11	49	39	0.00
November 12	55	37	0.00
November 13	62	41	0.00
November 14	65	45	0.00
November 15	58	45	0.00
November 16	51	38	0.04
November 17	39	34	0.88
November 18	46	37	0.05
November 19	49	35	0.00
November 20	51	33	0.00
November 21	56	33	0.00
November 22	55	36	0.00
November 23	53	35	0.00
November 24	52	46	0.74
November 25	55	38	0.00
November 26	52	35	0.00
November 27	47	39	0.33
November 28	47	39	0.02
November 29	48	37	0.00
November 30	57	40	0.00

December 1980 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	66	43	0.00	0.0
December 2	69	46	0.04	0.0
December 3	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 5	51	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	60	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	64	48	0.00	0.0
December 8	71	46	0.00	0.0
December 9	63	56	0.25	0.0
December 10	60	41	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	38	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	35	0.00	0.0
December 13	58	38	0.00	0.0
December 14	54	29	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	36	0.03	0.0
December 17	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 18	51	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	51	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	31	0.15	0.0
December 24	40	27	0.14	0.0
December 25	28	12	0.00	0.0
December 26	29	12	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	34	0.00	0.0
December 29	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 30	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	27	0.04	0.3

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