Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Barracks Row, DC. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in DC lands right in the swing of spring — historically, expect a high around 64° and a low near 44°. There's a 38% chance of rain, so an umbrella isn't a bad call, but snow is off the table entirely. The date has swung hard before: a balmy 85° in 1956 and a bitter 28° low back in 1954.
Capitol Riverfront has seen it all — from a scorching 105° on July 7, 2012, to a brutal -5° on January 17, 1982, a 110-degree spread that captures DC's meteorological extremes. The wettest single day on record dumped 6.11 inches on June 21, 1972, and a February 1983 snowstorm buried the area under 16.4 inches in a single day.
Summers here are legitimately hot — the warmest week of the year averages a high of 90°, and the whole stretch from June through August rarely dips below the mid-80s. Winter is cold but not brutal, with January and February highs hovering in the mid-to-upper 40s. If you're planning around rain, note that mid-July is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.