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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0235 AM EDT SUN APR 05 2026

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET
AT WASHINGTON DULLES DC...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES
DC YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 85 DEGREES SET IN 2011.

A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67 DEGREES WAS ALSO SET AT
WASHINGTON DULLES DC YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 63
DEGREES SET IN 1981.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DULLES VA AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS
NOW WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1960. THE OFFICIAL
RECORD CONSISTS SOLELY OF DATA RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS BEGAN IN 1960. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN
1962.

ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI).

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