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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 
0531 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON 
NATIONAL DC TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 91 DEGREES SET IN 
2018.

RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT AT WHAT IS NOW 
RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) SINCE 1945. 
ADDITIONAL RECORDS TAKEN DOWNTOWN EXTEND THE PERIOD OF RECORD BACK 
TO 1872.

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

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