CDUS41 KLWX 212124 CLIDCA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 524 PM EDT SAT MAR 21 2026 ................................... ...THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 71 3:59 PM 89 1921 58 13 61 MINIMUM 49 6:30 AM 10 1885 40 9 41 AVERAGE 60 49 11 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.18 2.15 1918 0.11 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.75 2.35 -0.60 1.35 SINCE MAR 1 1.75 2.35 -0.60 1.35 SINCE JAN 1 7.48 7.83 -0.35 6.14 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 5.3 1924 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.0 1.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.0 1.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 10.6 13.4 -2.8 14.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 5 16 -11 14 MONTH TO DATE 294 402 -108 277 SINCE MAR 1 294 402 -108 277 SINCE JUL 1 3513 3325 188 3017 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 0 8 0 SINCE MAR 1 8 0 8 0 SINCE JAN 1 8 0 8 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 5:00 AM LOWEST 38 4:00 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 90 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 17 1885 1892 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2026.........SUNRISE 7:10 AM EDT SUNSET 7:21 PM EDT MARCH 22 2026.........SUNRISE 7:08 AM EDT SUNSET 7:22 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$