Washington D.C. Weather in 1988

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	104 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	10 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 17
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	1.3 inches	March 26
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	31.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	14.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1988 was 104 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	104 °F	Jul 16
2	103 °F	Aug 15
3	102 °F	Aug 17
3	102 °F	Jul 10
5	101 °F	Jul 17
5	101 °F	Jun 22
7	100 °F	Jul 15
8	99 °F	Jul 11
8	99 °F	Jul 9
10	98 °F	Jul 7
10	98 °F	Jun 23
10	98 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1988 was 10 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	10 °F	January 11
1	10 °F	January 7
3	11 °F	February 7
3	11 °F	January 6
5	12 °F	February 6
6	13 °F	December 12
7	14 °F	December 13
7	14 °F	January 15
7	14 °F	January 5
10	15 °F	January 16
10	15 °F	January 14
10	15 °F	January 10

January 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	55	37	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	23	0.30	2.4
January 4	39	27	0.11	0.9
January 5	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 6	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	10	0.13	1.7
January 8	28	18	0.44	6.3
January 9	31	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 14	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	15	0.00	0.0
January 17	46	29	0.08	0.0
January 18	51	36	0.21	0.0
January 19	46	34	0.27	0.0
January 20	42	36	1.00	0.0
January 21	52	36	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	43	31	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	27	0.00	0.0
January 25	43	32	0.60	1.8
January 26	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	53	28	0.00	0.0
January 31	65	38	0.00	0.0

February 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	70	47	0.00
February 2	66	40	0.59
February 3	40	35	0.09
February 4	46	30	0.20
February 5	39	23	0.00
February 6	25	12	0.00
February 7	29	11	0.00
February 8	44	26	0.00
February 9	43	26	0.00
February 10	48	27	0.00
February 11	43	28	0.73
February 12	39	24	0.12
February 13	29	20	0.00
February 14	41	20	0.00
February 15	52	34	0.32
February 16	47	33	0.02
February 17	56	29	0.00
February 18	54	33	0.00
February 19	44	39	0.37
February 20	53	40	0.00
February 21	43	25	0.00
February 22	53	21	0.00
February 23	66	41	0.05
February 24	42	30	0.00
February 25	37	25	0.00
February 26	40	24	0.00
February 27	46	32	0.01
February 28	40	32	0.02
February 29	53	28	0.00

March 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 2	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	61	45	0.01	0.0
March 4	52	36	0.73	0.0
March 5	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	59	37	0.00	0.0
March 9	66	39	0.02	0.0
March 10	56	38	0.02	0.0
March 11	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	68	42	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	38	0.10	0.0
March 14	41	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	37	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	39	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	33	0.01	0.0
March 21	43	26	0.04	0.4
March 22	48	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	77	51	0.00	0.0
March 25	77	54	0.00	0.0
March 26	64	51	1.34	0.0
March 27	55	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	38	0.00	0.0
March 29	73	42	0.00	0.0
March 30	76	47	0.00	0.0
March 31	69	53	0.00	0.0

April 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	51	0.00
April 2	71	51	0.00
April 3	75	53	0.00
April 4	76	62	0.02
April 5	79	51	0.00
April 6	73	50	0.01
April 7	51	46	1.04
April 8	53	47	0.08
April 9	60	42	0.01
April 10	64	41	0.00
April 11	65	40	0.00
April 12	49	43	0.00
April 13	55	38	0.00
April 14	59	37	0.00
April 15	66	43	0.01
April 16	51	38	0.00
April 17	69	38	0.00
April 18	63	47	0.07
April 19	50	40	0.00
April 20	63	35	0.00
April 21	63	46	0.00
April 22	64	46	0.00
April 23	65	49	0.04
April 24	62	48	0.00
April 25	65	46	0.00
April 26	69	44	0.00
April 27	75	47	0.68
April 28	59	46	0.03
April 29	57	44	0.00
April 30	64	48	0.01

May 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	45	0.00
May 2	62	49	0.00
May 3	62	48	0.02
May 4	61	52	0.03
May 5	61	56	0.68
May 6	60	56	0.48
May 7	80	54	0.00
May 8	72	50	0.00
May 9	74	49	0.06
May 10	79	57	0.10
May 11	76	55	0.04
May 12	75	54	0.00
May 13	82	57	0.00
May 14	77	60	0.00
May 15	76	60	0.00
May 16	82	60	1.33
May 17	80	60	1.02
May 18	72	61	0.15
May 19	74	61	0.04
May 20	71	61	0.02
May 21	76	60	0.00
May 22	80	60	0.00
May 23	85	64	0.01
May 24	84	63	0.41
May 25	66	50	0.11
May 26	70	47	0.00
May 27	76	50	0.00
May 28	82	56	0.00
May 29	88	59	0.00
May 30	91	63	0.00
May 31	92	66	0.00

June 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	93	69	0.00
June 2	76	56	0.07
June 3	64	53	0.00
June 4	69	50	0.00
June 5	83	53	0.00
June 6	90	68	0.00
June 7	95	72	0.00
June 8	81	61	0.70
June 9	62	52	0.17
June 10	69	50	0.00
June 11	76	52	0.00
June 12	86	59	0.00
June 13	92	62	0.00
June 14	94	67	0.00
June 15	92	68	0.00
June 16	91	72	0.00
June 17	81	71	0.01
June 18	88	68	0.00
June 19	88	70	0.00
June 20	92	70	0.00
June 21	98	72	0.00
June 22	101	76	0.00
June 23	98	78	0.00
June 24	81	67	0.00
June 25	82	61	0.00
June 26	92	66	0.00
June 27	83	60	0.00
June 28	88	61	0.00
June 29	86	70	0.00
June 30	80	59	0.00

July 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	54	0.00
July 2	84	60	0.00
July 3	89	63	0.00
July 4	90	67	0.00
July 5	90	67	0.00
July 6	97	68	0.00
July 7	98	73	0.00
July 8	93	73	0.00
July 9	99	74	0.00
July 10	102	71	0.00
July 11	99	76	0.01
July 12	82	74	0.10
July 13	95	74	0.00
July 14	97	73	0.00
July 15	100	79	0.00
July 16	104	77	0.00
July 17	101	79	0.29
July 18	94	76	0.00
July 19	95	75	0.11
July 20	92	73	0.64
July 21	90	73	1.19
July 22	85	72	0.01
July 23	85	72	0.33
July 24	90	69	0.00
July 25	91	68	0.00
July 26	90	71	1.01
July 27	85	68	0.05
July 28	88	69	0.00
July 29	96	73	0.00
July 30	95	75	0.00
July 31	92	75	0.00

August 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	76	0.00
August 2	93	77	0.00
August 3	90	76	0.00
August 4	92	75	0.00
August 5	91	76	0.00
August 6	93	74	0.05
August 7	93	75	0.00
August 8	94	73	0.00
August 9	96	71	0.00
August 10	97	77	0.00
August 11	92	78	0.00
August 12	94	76	0.00
August 13	97	77	0.00
August 14	97	77	0.00
August 15	103	74	0.26
August 16	94	72	0.00
August 17	102	72	0.02
August 18	92	76	0.01
August 19	78	64	0.09
August 20	71	67	1.04
August 21	84	68	0.00
August 22	81	62	0.00
August 23	77	67	0.03
August 24	88	70	0.04
August 25	89	67	0.00
August 26	92	66	0.00
August 27	91	70	0.00
August 28	84	73	0.00
August 29	80	70	0.85
August 30	77	63	0.00
August 31	83	60	0.00

September 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	60	0.00
September 2	80	61	0.00
September 3	82	62	0.00
September 4	78	69	0.86
September 5	78	63	0.00
September 6	71	55	0.00
September 7	74	51	0.00
September 8	75	52	0.00
September 9	78	61	0.06
September 10	83	67	0.05
September 11	83	63	0.00
September 12	78	59	0.00
September 13	91	68	0.00
September 14	79	62	0.00
September 15	76	58	0.00
September 16	75	53	0.00
September 17	71	59	0.13
September 18	80	64	0.00
September 19	84	65	0.00
September 20	84	72	0.07
September 21	78	64	0.00
September 22	77	59	0.00
September 23	91	62	0.00
September 24	75	54	0.22
September 25	61	53	0.46
September 26	77	55	0.00
September 27	77	54	0.00
September 28	82	57	0.00
September 29	64	57	0.00
September 30	74	59	0.00

October 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	59	0.00
October 2	80	63	0.25
October 3	68	59	0.07
October 4	66	53	0.03
October 5	63	47	0.00
October 6	62	43	0.00
October 7	58	42	0.00
October 8	60	40	0.00
October 9	63	40	0.00
October 10	70	45	0.00
October 11	67	48	0.00
October 12	55	41	0.00
October 13	53	37	0.00
October 14	61	34	0.00
October 15	75	42	0.00
October 16	77	48	0.00
October 17	75	51	0.00
October 18	70	56	0.03
October 19	63	46	0.00
October 20	62	41	0.00
October 21	56	47	1.22
October 22	61	44	0.00
October 23	62	45	0.00
October 24	66	46	0.11
October 25	63	40	0.04
October 26	57	39	0.00
October 27	59	34	0.00
October 28	73	44	0.00
October 29	56	39	0.00
October 30	54	41	0.00
October 31	50	34	0.00

November 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	50	42	0.71
November 2	53	40	0.00
November 3	61	42	0.00
November 4	68	46	0.03
November 5	69	52	0.21
November 6	63	48	0.00
November 7	57	44	0.00
November 8	60	39	0.00
November 9	60	43	0.00
November 10	66	43	0.12
November 11	58	41	0.00
November 12	53	34	0.00
November 13	60	46	0.32
November 14	65	38	0.00
November 15	63	41	0.00
November 16	67	48	0.01
November 17	65	44	1.04
November 18	57	40	0.00
November 19	47	40	0.86
November 20	62	43	0.24
November 21	60	44	0.00
November 22	50	35	0.00
November 23	50	33	0.00
November 24	49	34	0.00
November 25	53	32	0.00
November 26	62	35	0.00
November 27	68	54	1.18
November 28	60	40	0.61
November 29	50	37	0.00
November 30	53	37	0.00

December 1988 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	48	34	0.00	0.0
December 3	62	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	38	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	36	0.00	0.0
December 6	58	31	0.00	0.0
December 7	56	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	51	40	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	30	0.19	1.2
December 10	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	23	13	0.00	0.0
December 13	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 17	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	51	28	0.00	0.0
December 20	65	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	53	42	0.24	0.0
December 22	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	34	0.18	0.0
December 24	60	35	0.57	0.0
December 25	55	38	0.00	0.0
December 26	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 27	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 28	70	33	0.12	0.0
December 29	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 31	54	30	0.00	0.0

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