Monday, July 25, 2016

Weather Quiz


What is the official definition of a heat wave in the Nation’s Capital?

A.  1 day of temperatures 100 degrees or hotter.
B.  3 consecutive days of 90 degrees or hotter.

C.  4 consecutive days with a heat index or “feels-like” temperature of 95 degrees or hotter.

D.  5 consecutive days of 85 degrees or warmer.



Answer to Weather Quiz question from July 14.

What good timing for this question with some of the hottest weather in several years during the last week across much of the central and eastern United States.  Although the hottest temperature on record (106 degrees) in the Nation’s Capital has occurred twice – once in July and once in August – the highest annual average high temperature in Washington, D.C. is 89 degrees from July 7 to July 22.

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