Washington D.C. Weather in 1987

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	82 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	17 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 12
Most daily snow	11.5 inches	November 11
Total annual precipitation	36.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	42.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1987 was 100 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 27
1	100 °F	Jul 23
1	100 °F	Jul 21
4	99 °F	Aug 4
4	99 °F	Jul 25
4	99 °F	Jul 11
7	98 °F	Aug 3
7	98 °F	Jul 22
9	97 °F	Jul 20
9	97 °F	Jul 8
9	97 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1987 was 7 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 28
2	9 °F	January 27
3	11 °F	January 24
4	13 °F	January 23
5	14 °F	January 25
6	16 °F	February 16
7	17 °F	January 26
8	18 °F	January 29
9	20 °F	February 15
10	21 °F	December 30

January 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	31	0.56	0.0
January 2	44	32	0.15	0.0
January 3	44	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 7	56	36	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 9	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 10	42	37	0.06	0.0
January 11	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 12	47	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	50	38	0.00	0.0
January 14	57	34	0.00	0.0
January 15	60	45	0.03	0.0
January 16	53	39	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 18	38	31	0.54	0.0
January 19	40	36	0.96	0.0
January 20	42	37	0.00	0.0
January 21	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	34	29	1.49	10.8
January 23	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	17	14	0.52	5.0
January 26	27	17	0.46	4.2
January 27	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 28	32	7	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	18	0.09	0.6
January 30	42	29	0.04	0.2
January 31	42	33	0.00	0.0

February 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	52	33	0.01	0.0
February 3	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 4	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 5	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 6	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 7	53	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	56	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	25	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	43	33	0.14	0.0
February 13	45	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	29	0.62	3.4
February 23	45	33	0.86	6.9
February 24	46	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	33	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	33	0.48	0.0

March 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	74	46	0.26
March 2	56	42	0.00
March 3	56	37	0.00
March 4	38	30	0.00
March 5	44	26	0.00
March 6	56	28	0.00
March 7	75	36	0.00
March 8	72	42	0.00
March 9	60	33	0.05
March 10	37	24	0.01
March 11	39	24	0.00
March 12	49	32	0.00
March 13	47	33	0.00
March 14	49	29	0.00
March 15	42	35	0.21
March 16	49	32	0.13
March 17	55	32	0.00
March 18	60	33	0.00
March 19	59	38	0.00
March 20	61	35	0.00
March 21	55	40	0.00
March 22	59	46	0.00
March 23	64	38	0.00
March 24	69	41	0.00
March 25	65	44	0.00
March 26	71	52	0.00
March 27	69	48	0.00
March 28	69	53	0.11
March 29	70	50	0.00
March 30	60	53	0.24
March 31	64	33	0.53

April 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	29	0.00
April 2	66	38	0.00
April 3	50	37	0.35
April 4	57	40	0.52
April 5	44	35	0.08
April 6	47	35	0.02
April 7	59	45	0.00
April 8	64	48	0.00
April 9	62	43	0.00
April 10	73	45	0.00
April 11	78	50	0.00
April 12	70	48	0.02
April 13	66	49	0.00
April 14	66	45	0.00
April 15	56	49	0.05
April 16	52	48	0.33
April 17	64	50	0.46
April 18	68	55	0.00
April 19	72	57	0.02
April 20	69	56	0.00
April 21	78	59	0.00
April 22	84	53	0.00
April 23	59	50	0.00
April 24	60	55	0.21
April 25	55	44	0.20
April 26	63	42	0.00
April 27	64	41	0.00
April 28	61	46	0.02
April 29	77	40	0.00
April 30	69	53	0.00

May 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	45	0.00
May 2	71	52	0.00
May 3	79	53	0.68
May 4	53	46	0.69
May 5	63	42	0.00
May 6	76	45	0.00
May 7	80	53	0.00
May 8	71	55	0.01
May 9	78	49	0.00
May 10	87	53	0.00
May 11	89	59	0.00
May 12	86	65	0.17
May 13	66	55	0.00
May 14	69	54	0.00
May 15	76	62	0.30
May 16	70	53	0.00
May 17	82	53	0.00
May 18	91	62	0.00
May 19	71	53	0.11
May 20	57	52	0.17
May 21	76	55	0.06
May 22	78	59	0.00
May 23	89	68	0.35
May 24	86	67	0.00
May 25	69	61	0.00
May 26	69	59	0.00
May 27	73	62	0.00
May 28	85	65	0.00
May 29	96	69	0.00
May 30	97	73	0.00
May 31	90	73	0.00

June 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	70	0.06
June 2	89	68	0.00
June 3	87	71	0.07
June 4	75	65	0.78
June 5	80	61	0.00
June 6	81	63	0.00
June 7	88	60	0.00
June 8	92	67	0.00
June 9	84	65	0.00
June 10	77	56	0.00
June 11	80	56	0.00
June 12	82	68	0.35
June 13	88	66	1.19
June 14	86	66	0.00
June 15	94	71	0.00
June 16	85	74	0.00
June 17	87	69	0.00
June 18	85	65	0.00
June 19	89	66	0.00
June 20	92	72	0.19
June 21	89	72	0.04
June 22	91	74	0.29
June 23	89	74	0.00
June 24	83	67	0.00
June 25	89	67	0.00
June 26	81	69	0.91
June 27	86	67	0.02
June 28	81	59	0.00
June 29	88	62	0.00
June 30	92	72	0.00

July 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	71	0.04
July 2	91	74	0.00
July 3	91	73	0.00
July 4	87	74	0.00
July 5	89	74	0.00
July 6	85	72	0.00
July 7	90	73	0.00
July 8	97	77	0.00
July 9	96	77	0.04
July 10	94	77	0.00
July 11	99	71	1.73
July 12	93	73	0.01
July 13	91	72	0.00
July 14	87	67	0.08
July 15	79	60	0.00
July 16	80	67	0.00
July 17	86	64	0.00
July 18	90	67	0.00
July 19	94	71	0.00
July 20	97	76	0.00
July 21	100	82	0.00
July 22	98	81	0.00
July 23	100	77	0.00
July 24	96	78	0.00
July 25	99	75	0.25
July 26	96	79	0.00
July 27	95	72	0.02
July 28	91	72	0.00
July 29	90	68	0.00
July 30	93	72	0.00
July 31	95	73	0.42

August 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	87	74	0.00
August 2	90	74	0.00
August 3	98	77	0.00
August 4	99	78	0.00
August 5	95	74	1.13
August 6	81	73	0.00
August 7	85	71	0.00
August 8	90	75	0.00
August 9	93	77	0.02
August 10	93	72	0.00
August 11	86	68	0.00
August 12	86	68	0.00
August 13	84	66	0.00
August 14	85	64	0.00
August 15	90	71	0.00
August 16	88	72	0.27
August 17	95	75	0.00
August 18	96	77	0.00
August 19	84	72	0.00
August 20	90	70	0.00
August 21	89	65	0.00
August 22	78	73	0.16
August 23	82	67	0.00
August 24	80	58	0.00
August 25	76	62	0.00
August 26	77	68	0.00
August 27	100	69	0.16
August 28	81	70	0.33
August 29	84	65	0.00
August 30	82	62	0.00
August 31	81	65	0.00

September 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	63	0.00
September 2	85	57	0.00
September 3	82	64	0.00
September 4	79	62	0.00
September 5	75	62	0.13
September 6	79	65	0.64
September 7	83	70	0.00
September 8	80	70	0.68
September 9	86	69	0.00
September 10	85	71	0.00
September 11	85	69	0.45
September 12	83	71	2.13
September 13	82	72	0.08
September 14	87	69	0.00
September 15	86	67	0.00
September 16	84	67	0.00
September 17	86	69	0.16
September 18	86	69	0.01
September 19	74	63	0.09
September 20	67	62	0.35
September 21	75	63	0.00
September 22	77	60	0.02
September 23	75	57	0.00
September 24	78	61	0.00
September 25	70	55	0.00
September 26	75	51	0.00
September 27	80	60	0.00
September 28	82	60	0.00
September 29	80	61	0.00
September 30	75	61	0.37

October 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	51	0.00
October 2	73	47	0.00
October 3	65	45	0.47
October 4	60	43	0.00
October 5	68	42	0.00
October 6	70	50	0.39
October 7	66	50	0.00
October 8	60	43	0.00
October 9	62	40	0.00
October 10	71	49	0.00
October 11	67	50	0.00
October 12	55	44	0.02
October 13	59	41	0.00
October 14	61	39	0.00
October 15	69	37	0.00
October 16	74	44	0.00
October 17	68	47	0.00
October 18	72	52	0.00
October 19	71	47	0.00
October 20	73	53	0.00
October 21	61	42	0.01
October 22	57	39	0.00
October 23	66	41	0.00
October 24	72	43	0.00
October 25	59	44	0.00
October 26	59	37	0.00
October 27	51	38	1.64
October 28	59	41	0.00
October 29	59	36	0.00
October 30	65	39	0.00
October 31	71	46	0.00

November 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	67	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	70	47	0.00	0.0
November 3	72	50	0.00	0.0
November 4	77	51	0.00	0.0
November 5	69	47	0.00	0.0
November 6	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 7	62	35	0.00	0.0
November 8	73	47	0.00	0.0
November 9	72	58	0.00	0.0
November 10	59	34	0.80	0.0
November 11	35	29	1.46	11.5
November 12	49	31	0.00	0.0
November 13	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 14	68	35	0.00	0.0
November 15	62	39	0.00	0.0
November 16	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	51	0.23	0.0
November 18	68	48	0.00	0.0
November 19	54	43	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	33	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	26	0.00	0.0
November 22	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 23	56	29	0.00	0.0
November 24	60	47	0.00	0.0
November 25	66	44	0.00	0.0
November 26	71	49	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	40	0.21	0.0
November 28	47	39	0.43	0.0
November 29	62	46	1.36	0.0
November 30	50	39	0.00	0.0

December 1987 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	49	36	0.00
December 2	45	32	0.00
December 3	45	29	0.02
December 4	43	35	0.30
December 5	42	32	0.00
December 6	45	34	0.00
December 7	48	29	0.00
December 8	51	34	0.00
December 9	64	39	0.00
December 10	58	43	0.45
December 11	53	41	0.07
December 12	60	37	0.00
December 13	50	37	0.00
December 14	44	37	0.07
December 15	45	38	0.58
December 16	43	37	0.00
December 17	42	34	0.00
December 18	41	30	0.00
December 19	45	32	0.02
December 20	60	39	0.25
December 21	55	36	0.00
December 22	48	31	0.03
December 23	53	34	0.00
December 24	54	35	0.00
December 25	59	49	0.17
December 26	57	40	0.19
December 27	42	35	0.00
December 28	41	34	0.38
December 29	36	22	0.04
December 30	35	21	0.00
December 31	48	27	0.00

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