Washington D.C. Weather in 1996

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1996 based on NOAA data.

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1996 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	May 20
Lowest temperature	5 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	17 °F	February 4
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	November 8
Most daily snow	13.0 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	51.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	44.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1996?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1996 was 96 °F which happened on May 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	May 20
2	95 °F	May 19
3	94 °F	Jul 9
3	94 °F	May 21
5	93 °F	Aug 23
5	93 °F	Jul 8
5	93 °F	Jun 22
5	93 °F	Jun 15
9	92 °F	Jul 17
9	92 °F	Jul 7
9	92 °F	Jun 17
9	92 °F	Jun 16
9	92 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1996?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1996 was 5 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	February 5
2	9 °F	February 4
3	10 °F	February 6
4	14 °F	January 11
5	15 °F	February 3
5	15 °F	January 9
7	17 °F	March 9
7	17 °F	February 17
7	17 °F	January 20
7	17 °F	January 7

January 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	37	0.03	0.0
January 2	40	37	1.15	0.0
January 3	43	27	0.03	0.0
January 4	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	18	0.11	2.4
January 7	23	17	1.19	13.0
January 8	30	20	0.16	1.7
January 9	27	15	0.26	2.6
January 10	34	19	0.01	0.0
January 11	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 12	31	20	0.43	4.1
January 13	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	48	26	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	21	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 18	57	35	0.07	0.0
January 19	62	20	0.79	0.0
January 20	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 22	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	58	38	0.22	0.0
January 25	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	44	27	0.01	0.0
January 27	59	35	0.55	0.0
January 28	37	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	49	31	0.00	0.0
January 31	42	22	0.00	0.0

February 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	30	19	0.48	5.3
February 3	20	15	0.27	3.1
February 4	17	9	0.00	0.0
February 5	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	35	10	0.00	0.0
February 7	38	21	0.08	0.0
February 8	43	34	0.21	0.0
February 9	50	35	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	36	0.00	0.0
February 11	54	39	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	43	34	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	24	0.22	6.8
February 17	30	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	27	0.00	0.0
February 20	54	36	0.42	0.0
February 21	61	46	0.09	0.0
February 22	56	46	0.16	0.0
February 23	54	48	0.00	0.0
February 24	62	48	0.00	0.0
February 25	72	42	0.00	0.0
February 26	61	45	0.04	0.0
February 27	63	47	0.01	0.0
February 28	67	35	0.01	0.0
February 29	38	28	0.00	0.0

March 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	33	0.10	1.4
March 3	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	45	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 6	64	47	0.46	0.0
March 7	47	28	0.40	0.1
March 8	28	19	0.10	3.7
March 9	30	17	0.00	0.0
March 10	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	64	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	38	0.00	0.0
March 15	65	47	0.09	0.0
March 16	57	42	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	40	0.06	0.0
March 18	59	43	0.00	0.0
March 19	53	44	1.01	0.0
March 20	47	39	0.00	0.0
March 21	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 22	45	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	73	42	0.00	0.0
March 26	64	45	0.00	0.0
March 27	51	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	41	36	1.18	0.0
March 29	44	37	0.20	0.0
March 30	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 31	65	42	0.00	0.0

April 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	52	45	0.95
April 2	55	39	0.00
April 3	71	40	0.00
April 4	72	47	0.00
April 5	54	43	0.00
April 6	46	38	0.03
April 7	53	39	0.00
April 8	54	35	0.00
April 9	44	36	0.37
April 10	50	36	0.02
April 11	74	39	0.00
April 12	84	52	0.00
April 13	70	53	0.00
April 14	67	51	0.00
April 15	60	44	0.89
April 16	60	47	0.21
April 17	60	43	0.00
April 18	73	41	0.00
April 19	75	49	0.00
April 20	79	62	0.00
April 21	76	58	0.00
April 22	87	58	0.00
April 23	84	50	0.13
April 24	67	45	0.00
April 25	78	49	0.00
April 26	69	57	0.02
April 27	62	49	0.00
April 28	74	45	0.00
April 29	85	61	0.00
April 30	72	50	0.55

May 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	42	0.00
May 2	75	50	0.00
May 3	79	58	0.05
May 4	81	59	0.87
May 5	74	59	0.76
May 6	75	53	0.00
May 7	54	49	0.35
May 8	62	51	0.26
May 9	62	56	0.32
May 10	76	57	0.00
May 11	87	54	0.39
May 12	62	49	0.00
May 13	61	42	0.00
May 14	65	42	0.00
May 15	66	50	0.07
May 16	63	53	0.26
May 17	67	60	0.07
May 18	84	63	0.00
May 19	95	65	0.00
May 20	96	66	0.00
May 21	94	71	0.53
May 22	83	66	0.00
May 23	84	62	0.00
May 24	82	68	0.00
May 25	71	54	0.00
May 26	63	54	0.08
May 27	57	55	0.31
May 28	60	54	0.29
May 29	60	52	0.35
May 30	72	46	0.00
May 31	74	49	0.00

June 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	54	0.00
June 2	79	56	0.00
June 3	76	57	0.00
June 4	82	60	0.20
June 5	83	61	0.00
June 6	83	62	0.00
June 7	88	65	0.00
June 8	89	72	0.00
June 9	86	72	0.38
June 10	87	73	0.00
June 11	85	73	0.00
June 12	87	71	0.00
June 13	88	68	0.00
June 14	92	69	0.00
June 15	93	69	0.00
June 16	92	72	0.00
June 17	92	75	0.03
June 18	83	72	0.72
June 19	88	73	0.15
June 20	86	73	0.61
June 21	88	73	0.00
June 22	93	72	0.00
June 23	86	75	0.00
June 24	90	71	0.74
June 25	88	70	0.00
June 26	84	64	0.00
June 27	85	65	0.00
June 28	89	68	0.00
June 29	81	69	0.01
June 30	88	65	0.30

July 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	74	0.00
July 2	91	74	0.00
July 3	83	67	0.18
July 4	78	61	0.00
July 5	85	64	0.00
July 6	91	65	0.00
July 7	92	72	0.00
July 8	93	73	0.00
July 9	94	72	0.54
July 10	83	68	0.00
July 11	83	65	0.00
July 12	76	69	0.62
July 13	90	72	1.06
July 14	90	75	0.00
July 15	87	76	0.06
July 16	90	72	0.00
July 17	92	72	0.00
July 18	83	74	0.29
July 19	85	73	1.15
July 20	82	70	0.00
July 21	85	65	0.00
July 22	74	69	0.08
July 23	83	67	0.00
July 24	87	67	0.00
July 25	86	71	0.62
July 26	86	69	0.54
July 27	83	66	0.00
July 28	85	67	0.00
July 29	78	70	0.20
July 30	83	69	0.15
July 31	82	73	0.11

August 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	71	0.01
August 2	85	67	0.00
August 3	84	71	0.00
August 4	85	69	0.00
August 5	86	70	0.00
August 6	86	71	0.29
August 7	87	69	0.00
August 8	87	70	0.00
August 9	74	71	0.05
August 10	83	65	0.00
August 11	81	64	0.00
August 12	73	64	1.53
August 13	75	65	0.22
August 14	86	63	0.00
August 15	85	68	0.00
August 16	86	67	0.52
August 17	88	66	0.00
August 18	87	70	0.00
August 19	88	66	0.00
August 20	84	68	0.00
August 21	85	68	0.00
August 22	91	71	0.00
August 23	93	73	0.00
August 24	87	71	0.00
August 25	87	66	0.00
August 26	86	68	0.00
August 27	87	69	0.01
August 28	86	67	0.00
August 29	87	68	0.00
August 30	86	68	0.00
August 31	85	65	0.00

September 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	64	0.00
September 2	89	65	0.00
September 3	84	69	0.17
September 4	80	70	1.83
September 5	85	73	0.00
September 6	81	74	1.55
September 7	88	73	0.00
September 8	90	70	0.00
September 9	87	69	0.00
September 10	89	70	0.00
September 11	76	70	1.15
September 12	77	70	0.00
September 13	78	61	0.84
September 14	74	56	0.00
September 15	76	56	0.00
September 16	66	62	0.67
September 17	71	62	0.25
September 18	73	60	0.00
September 19	76	59	0.00
September 20	79	56	0.00
September 21	78	56	0.00
September 22	78	64	0.63
September 23	73	59	0.00
September 24	70	59	0.00
September 25	73	57	0.00
September 26	69	53	0.00
September 27	78	62	0.06
September 28	77	59	0.64
September 29	69	56	0.00
September 30	74	52	0.00

October 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	56	0.00
October 2	71	63	0.39
October 3	67	49	0.00
October 4	57	43	0.00
October 5	61	41	0.00
October 6	66	45	0.00
October 7	67	47	0.00
October 8	62	55	1.49
October 9	69	52	0.28
October 10	62	50	0.00
October 11	60	46	0.00
October 12	62	41	0.00
October 13	72	49	0.00
October 14	78	53	0.00
October 15	68	48	0.00
October 16	75	53	0.00
October 17	81	58	0.00
October 18	73	48	1.44
October 19	56	46	0.32
October 20	59	46	0.11
October 21	62	44	0.00
October 22	65	55	0.00
October 23	73	52	0.01
October 24	71	50	0.00
October 25	68	50	0.00
October 26	72	56	0.00
October 27	72	58	0.00
October 28	73	53	0.00
October 29	63	47	0.00
October 30	82	57	0.00
October 31	72	56	0.00

November 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	48	0.01	0.0
November 2	52	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	51	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	65	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	64	51	0.00	0.0
November 7	71	58	0.00	0.0
November 8	72	51	2.57	0.0
November 9	56	42	0.02	0.0
November 10	50	35	0.00	0.0
November 11	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	39	31	0.08	0.2
November 15	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	38	0.08	0.0
November 19	58	45	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	39	0.00	0.0
November 21	43	36	0.00	0.0
November 22	47	36	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 24	53	34	0.00	0.0
November 25	54	39	0.14	0.0
November 26	63	40	0.48	0.0
November 27	41	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	26	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	44	34	0.20	0.0

December 1996 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	63	42	1.01	0.0
December 2	59	37	0.43	0.0
December 3	51	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	37	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	33	0.78	0.0
December 6	47	36	0.16	0.0
December 7	43	37	0.47	0.0
December 8	53	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 11	46	40	0.08	0.0
December 12	51	41	0.00	0.0
December 13	53	45	1.91	0.0
December 14	47	39	0.00	0.0
December 15	52	37	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	43	0.00	0.0
December 17	52	44	0.04	0.0
December 18	54	44	0.09	0.0
December 19	44	25	0.18	0.2
December 20	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	43	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 24	62	40	0.19	0.0
December 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	41	30	0.01	0.0
December 27	54	37	0.08	0.0
December 28	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 29	66	47	0.08	0.0
December 30	63	44	0.00	0.0
December 31	56	38	0.00	0.0

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