100 degrees: DC-area heat wave shatters nearly 40-year record

Gabby Allen

June 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The National Weather Service (NWS) for the Baltimore-Washington region announced that the heat Saturday afternoon broke a nearly four-decade record.

As of 3:51 p.m., the temperature at Dulles International Airport hit 100º F, breaking the previous daily high temperature of 99º F, which was set in 1988.

Click here for the forecast by the DC News Now weather team

This is also the first time it’s hit 100º F in June since 2012, the NWS noted.

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