SXUS71 KLWX 112134 RERDCA RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 0434 PM EST MON NOV 11 2024 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC... THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES WAS TIED AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC TODAY...NOVEMBER 11. THE RECORD OF 78 DEGREES WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1949. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS NOW RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1941. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1945, AND OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON FROM 1871 THROUGH 1944. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA EXTEND BACK TO JANUARY OF 1872, WITH PRECIPITATION RECORDS EXTENDING BACK TO JANUARY OF 1871 AND SNOWFALL RECORDS EXTENDING BACK TO JANUARY OF 1884. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$