Washington D.C. Weather in 2021

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 2021 based on NOAA data.

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2021 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 26
Lowest temperature	24 °F	January 30
Highest daily low	79 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	31 °F	February 13
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	August 14
Most daily snow	2.3 inches	January 31
Total annual precipitation	44.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 2021?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 2021 was 97 °F which happened on July 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 2021

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 26
2	96 °F	Aug 13
2	96 °F	Aug 12
2	96 °F	Aug 11
2	96 °F	Jul 27
6	95 °F	Jun 30
7	94 °F	Aug 30
7	94 °F	Aug 10
7	94 °F	Jul 28
7	94 °F	Jul 20
7	94 °F	Jul 17
7	94 °F	Jul 16
7	94 °F	May 23

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 2021?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 2021 was 24 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 2021

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	24 °F	January 30
1	24 °F	January 29
3	25 °F	February 21
3	25 °F	February 8
3	25 °F	January 24
6	26 °F	February 17
6	26 °F	January 23
8	27 °F	February 20
8	27 °F	February 18
8	27 °F	January 28
8	27 °F	January 21

January 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	36	0.81	0.0
January 2	58	37	0.00	0.0
January 3	44	37	0.28	0.0
January 4	47	34	0.00	0.0
January 5	43	39	0.03	0.0
January 6	44	37	0.00	0.0
January 7	48	33	0.00	0.0
January 8	39	33	0.00	0.0
January 9	48	32	0.00	0.0
January 10	50	34	0.00	0.0
January 11	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	56	31	0.00	0.0
January 15	53	33	0.17	0.0
January 16	49	34	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	34	0.00	0.0
January 19	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 20	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 21	55	27	0.00	0.0
January 22	52	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	32	0.18	0.3
January 26	38	32	0.07	0.0
January 27	45	36	0.00	0.0
January 28	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 29	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	30	0.39	2.3

February 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	29	0.14	0.2
February 2	37	32	0.04	0.7
February 3	43	32	0.00	0.0
February 4	50	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	57	36	0.07	0.0
February 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	28	0.49	0.3
February 8	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 9	51	31	0.00	0.0
February 10	44	34	0.23	0.6
February 11	36	32	0.14	0.1
February 12	32	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	31	29	0.45	0.2
February 14	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 15	42	35	0.52	0.0
February 16	45	29	0.45	0.0
February 17	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	27	0.46	0.6
February 19	40	30	0.04	0.1
February 20	34	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	32	0.41	0.0
February 23	60	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	59	40	0.00	0.0
February 26	51	38	0.19	0.0
February 27	54	38	0.19	0.0
February 28	48	44	0.84	0.0

March 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	52	40	0.29
March 2	46	31	0.00
March 3	60	30	0.00
March 4	56	34	0.00
March 5	44	28	0.00
March 6	49	29	0.00
March 7	48	28	0.00
March 8	55	29	0.00
March 9	72	37	0.00
March 10	73	44	0.00
March 11	79	52	0.00
March 12	71	53	0.00
March 13	60	46	0.00
March 14	66	44	0.00
March 15	48	32	0.00
March 16	46	40	0.00
March 17	50	42	0.00
March 18	54	47	0.37
March 19	51	40	0.00
March 20	59	32	0.00
March 21	64	36	0.00
March 22	66	37	0.00
March 23	69	45	0.00
March 24	60	54	1.69
March 25	66	55	0.00
March 26	84	58	0.00
March 27	71	51	0.00
March 28	74	50	0.53
March 29	61	44	0.00
March 30	69	45	0.00
March 31	66	51	0.92

April 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	34	0.19
April 2	47	31	0.00
April 3	57	33	0.00
April 4	72	44	0.00
April 5	73	46	0.00
April 6	78	54	0.00
April 7	83	53	0.00
April 8	72	53	0.00
April 9	62	53	0.61
April 10	74	55	0.03
April 11	79	61	0.11
April 12	64	50	0.08
April 13	68	50	0.00
April 14	63	51	0.30
April 15	66	48	0.00
April 16	62	43	0.00
April 17	62	42	0.00
April 18	68	47	0.00
April 19	62	50	0.01
April 20	76	47	0.00
April 21	69	40	0.00
April 22	54	36	0.00
April 23	65	38	0.00
April 24	65	42	0.60
April 25	68	51	0.26
April 26	69	46	0.00
April 27	84	50	0.00
April 28	88	62	0.00
April 29	86	67	0.01
April 30	73	51	0.00

May 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	47	0.00
May 2	84	54	0.00
May 3	76	65	0.06
May 4	84	66	0.48
May 5	81	56	0.06
May 6	66	49	0.00
May 7	65	48	0.05
May 8	62	44	0.04
May 9	69	47	0.00
May 10	71	52	0.00
May 11	70	52	0.00
May 12	69	50	0.00
May 13	72	49	0.00
May 14	74	52	0.00
May 15	79	51	0.00
May 16	73	54	0.00
May 17	75	54	0.00
May 18	79	55	0.00
May 19	85	58	0.00
May 20	93	62	0.00
May 21	83	59	0.00
May 22	91	62	0.00
May 23	94	74	0.00
May 24	80	59	0.34
May 25	79	58	0.00
May 26	91	70	0.90
May 27	86	69	0.00
May 28	77	59	1.16
May 29	59	51	0.53
May 30	58	50	0.15
May 31	76	50	0.00

June 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	57	0.00
June 2	81	64	0.00
June 3	83	67	0.10
June 4	86	70	0.05
June 5	91	68	0.00
June 6	92	71	0.00
June 7	90	76	0.00
June 8	88	76	0.01
June 9	89	76	0.00
June 10	89	69	0.99
June 11	71	67	1.80
June 12	79	65	0.00
June 13	82	67	0.00
June 14	89	67	1.83
June 15	82	66	0.00
June 16	81	65	0.00
June 17	80	59	0.00
June 18	85	61	0.00
June 19	88	73	0.16
June 20	89	72	0.01
June 21	90	75	0.05
June 22	76	61	0.34
June 23	78	57	0.00
June 24	79	60	0.00
June 25	80	62	0.00
June 26	85	73	0.14
June 27	89	74	0.00
June 28	91	76	0.00
June 29	93	76	0.00
June 30	95	76	0.03

July 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	70	1.27
July 2	83	69	0.09
July 3	81	63	0.00
July 4	85	64	0.00
July 5	88	71	0.00
July 6	93	73	0.00
July 7	93	77	0.00
July 8	86	72	0.24
July 9	90	71	1.15
July 10	84	70	0.00
July 11	90	75	0.00
July 12	92	78	0.00
July 13	93	78	0.00
July 14	92	74	0.00
July 15	91	72	0.00
July 16	94	76	0.00
July 17	94	77	0.00
July 18	84	74	0.00
July 19	90	72	0.00
July 20	94	73	0.00
July 21	90	74	0.45
July 22	84	68	0.00
July 23	87	68	0.00
July 24	87	70	0.03
July 25	91	73	0.00
July 26	97	74	0.37
July 27	96	73	0.00
July 28	94	73	0.45
July 29	87	73	0.19
July 30	91	75	0.00
July 31	82	69	0.00

August 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	70	0.35
August 2	84	66	0.00
August 3	82	68	0.00
August 4	82	69	0.00
August 5	88	66	0.00
August 6	90	70	0.00
August 7	77	69	0.24
August 8	92	68	0.00
August 9	92	73	0.00
August 10	94	73	0.65
August 11	96	74	0.04
August 12	96	74	0.00
August 13	96	74	0.09
August 14	93	74	2.38
August 15	84	73	0.24
August 16	85	73	0.75
August 17	88	72	0.59
August 18	87	79	0.36
August 19	92	76	0.02
August 20	85	71	2.28
August 21	88	75	0.21
August 22	85	74	0.00
August 23	93	74	0.02
August 24	93	76	0.00
August 25	93	75	0.01
August 26	92	75	0.58
August 27	93	76	0.26
August 28	93	76	0.00
August 29	84	73	0.00
August 30	94	75	0.00
August 31	87	74	0.00

September 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	68	1.34
September 2	80	63	0.00
September 3	80	59	0.00
September 4	80	62	0.00
September 5	78	69	0.00
September 6	87	70	0.01
September 7	86	66	0.00
September 8	87	68	0.00
September 9	80	67	0.25
September 10	78	63	0.00
September 11	80	61	0.00
September 12	86	65	0.00
September 13	90	71	0.00
September 14	89	72	0.00
September 15	90	73	0.00
September 16	84	72	0.79
September 17	82	71	0.01
September 18	85	70	0.00
September 19	83	69	0.00
September 20	80	64	0.00
September 21	82	65	0.00
September 22	80	71	0.33
September 23	77	61	1.30
September 24	75	55	0.00
September 25	77	57	0.00
September 26	77	58	0.00
September 27	80	57	0.00
September 28	82	63	0.00
September 29	74	58	0.00
September 30	76	54	0.00

October 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	55	0.00
October 2	79	56	0.00
October 3	82	63	0.00
October 4	83	70	0.00
October 5	83	68	0.00
October 6	73	67	0.02
October 7	80	65	0.00
October 8	78	66	0.00
October 9	74	65	0.00
October 10	74	65	0.04
October 11	69	65	0.00
October 12	73	64	0.06
October 13	74	66	0.00
October 14	81	62	0.00
October 15	81	63	0.00
October 16	81	56	0.30
October 17	67	50	0.00
October 18	70	48	0.00
October 19	75	47	0.00
October 20	78	53	0.00
October 21	75	53	0.00
October 22	71	56	0.00
October 23	69	55	0.00
October 24	70	56	0.00
October 25	80	61	1.55
October 26	66	53	0.11
October 27	72	53	0.00
October 28	68	52	0.00
October 29	63	57	1.15
October 30	63	53	0.04
October 31	69	52	0.00

November 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	49	0.00
November 2	53	44	0.10
November 3	54	38	0.00
November 4	54	39	0.00
November 5	56	36	0.00
November 6	58	34	0.00
November 7	60	39	0.00
November 8	70	43	0.00
November 9	73	43	0.00
November 10	73	49	0.00
November 11	69	47	0.00
November 12	66	49	0.64
November 13	53	39	0.01
November 14	50	34	0.00
November 15	55	40	0.00
November 16	54	37	0.00
November 17	64	40	0.00
November 18	74	48	0.06
November 19	49	37	0.00
November 20	49	33	0.00
November 21	53	38	0.01
November 22	55	37	0.06
November 23	45	32	0.00
November 24	50	30	0.00
November 25	59	34	0.00
November 26	49	36	0.10
November 27	45	34	0.00
November 28	57	37	0.00
November 29	50	34	0.00
November 30	50	34	0.00

December 2021 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	57	32	0.00
December 2	65	44	0.00
December 3	62	43	0.00
December 4	60	41	0.00
December 5	53	37	0.00
December 6	70	43	0.00
December 7	45	34	0.00
December 8	45	37	0.00
December 9	44	31	0.00
December 10	55	39	0.01
December 11	70	48	0.16
December 12	51	37	0.00
December 13	52	32	0.00
December 14	60	35	0.00
December 15	59	35	0.00
December 16	67	46	0.00
December 17	65	54	0.00
December 18	56	50	0.00
December 19	58	33	0.00
December 20	41	28	0.00
December 21	43	30	0.07
December 22	51	33	0.02
December 23	42	28	0.00
December 24	54	39	0.00
December 25	68	48	0.07
December 26	62	43	0.00
December 27	45	39	0.00
December 28	58	40	0.00
December 29	55	47	0.12
December 30	54	47	0.15
December 31	59	50	0.03

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2024	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location