District of Columbia · THREADEX · 1872–2026

Washington, DC

38.847°N, 77.034°W · station DCAthr · 155 years of record
67°F
forecast low · Jul 14

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Washington.
67°TUE7/1473°WED7/1579°THU7/1678°FRI7/1777°SAT7/1876°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 14

Today ranks

#32 / 154
coldest Jul 14 in 154 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 14 ever

56°F
set in 1888

Mildest Jul 14 ever

78°F
set in 1992

Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 14 at Washington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
5667781872: 72°F1873: 73°F1874: 72°F1875: 70°F1876: 75°F1877: 62°F1878: 70°F1879: 63°F1880: 76°F1881: 74°F1882: 67°F1883: 66°F1884: 70°F1885: 64°F1886: 67°F1887: 76°F1888: 56°F1889: 72°F1890: 66°F1891: 72°F1892: 66°F1893: 71°F1894: 70°F1895: 57°F1896: 73°F1897: 67°F1898: 70°F1899: 68°F1900: 64°F1901: 74°F1902: 67°F1903: 62°F1904: 59°F1905: 67°F1906: 63°F1907: 61°F1908: 70°F1909: 69°F1910: 71°F1911: 69°F1912: 71°F1913: 73°F1914: 70°F1915: 69°F1916: 74°F1917: 66°F1918: 58°F1919: 70°F1920: 70°F1921: 73°F1922: 67°F1923: 70°F1924: 73°F1925: 66°F1926: 61°F1927: 75°F1928: 71°F1929: 69°F1930: 67°F1931: 73°F1932: 70°F1933: 60°F1934: 72°F1935: 69°F1936: 72°F1937: 73°F1938: 74°F1939: 71°F1940: 60°F1941: 69°F1942: 74°F1943: 71°F1944: 70°F1945: 70°F1946: 65°F1947: 71°F1948: 73°F1949: 70°F1950: 71°F1951: 73°F1952: 68°F1953: 65°F1954: 74°F1955: 64°F1956: 72°F1957: 74°F1958: 69°F1959: 69°F1960: 71°F1961: 69°F1962: 70°F1963: 63°F1964: 72°F1965: 72°F1966: 74°F1967: 66°F1968: 72°F1969: 68°F1970: 68°F1971: 73°F1972: 73°F1973: 72°F1974: 66°F1975: 72°F1976: 66°F1977: 72°F1978: 74°F1979: 75°F1980: 71°F1981: 74°F1982: 75°F1983: 70°F1984: 70°F1985: 70°F1986: 72°F1987: 67°F1988: 74°F1989: 67°F1990: 68°F1991: 74°F1992: 78°F1993: 76°F1994: 77°F1995: 75°F1996: 72°F1997: 76°F1998: 70°F1999: 66°F2000: 67°F2001: 65°F2002: 65°F2003: 69°F2004: 74°F2005: 75°F2006: 75°F2007: 66°F2008: 73°F2009: 64°F2010: 73°F2011: 68°F2012: 75°F2013: 75°F2014: 76°F2015: 76°F2016: 75°F2017: 73°F2018: 70°F2019: 75°F2020: 71°F2021: 74°F2022: 71°F2023: 71°F2024: 75°F2025: 75°F67° forecast187218882025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1467°F
Coldest this date since2009
This-date record56°F
This-date rank#32 of 154
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-15°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1872–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Washington in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°F2024-14°F1881
Feb84°F1930-15°F1899
Mar93°F19074°F1873
Apr95°F191515°F1923
May99°F199133°F1906
Jun104°F201243°F1897
Jul106°F193052°F1895
Aug106°F191849°F1890
Sep104°F188136°F1904
Oct98°F201926°F1873
Nov86°F197411°F1929
Dec79°F1998-13°F1880
All-time106°F1918-15°F1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Washington so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

48 days
record run, ended Feb 12 1977

So far in 2026

42 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Washington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 72°F · forecast is -5° vs normal.
Jan: 44°FJan: 30°FFeb: 48°FFeb: 31°FMar: 56°FMar: 38°FApr: 68°FApr: 48°FMay: 76°FMay: 58°FJun: 85°FJun: 67°FJul: 89°FJul: 72°FAug: 87°FAug: 70°FSep: 80°FSep: 64°FOct: 69°FOct: 52°FNov: 58°FNov: 41°FDec: 48°FDec: 34°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:54 AM
Sunset7:34 PM
Solar noon12:14 PM
Daylight14h 40m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.85°N, 77.03°W

Nearby Stations

Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA23 mi WBaltimore, MD29 mi NEAnnapolis, MD30 mi EBaltimore Downtown, MD37 mi NEMartinsburg, WV63 mi NWHagerstown, MD70 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

Washington's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Washington, DC — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Washington's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Washington, DC — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1872

Each cell is one day's low at Washington, coloured by temperature — 155 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Washington, DC daily low heat map 1872–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Washington — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
42 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 121st most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 51. Record: 81 in 1875.

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