Washington, DC: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 60.1°F in Washington, DC, the warmest spring since 2025, 6th warmest of 155.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 60.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 6th warmest of 155
Precipitation: 6.30 in; Driest since 2012; 11th driest of 156

A normal spring in Washington, DC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 57.2°F, between 54.6°F and 60°F in eight years of ten and 9.52 in of precipitation, between 7.37 in and 14.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Washington, DC since 1872: 60.1°F in 2026; the highest is 62.2°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 54.6 to 60°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring in Washington, DC from 1871 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	60.1	6	70.4	3	49.9	9	6.30	146	0
2025	61	2	70.1	5	51.8	2	13.25	26	0
2024	60.6	4	69.4	9	51.8	2	11.25	52	0
2023	58.7	15	68.6	15	48.8	18	6.49	143	0
2022	58.4	21	67.8	25	49	16	12.95	28	0
2021	58.5	19	68.7	14	48.2	28	9.77	86	0
2020	57.4	34	66.3	49	48.6	22	11.10	58	0
2019	60	7	69	11	51	4	11.21	54	0
2018	57	43	66	58	48	30	14.24	14	0
2017	58.8	14	67.7	27	49.8	10	11.36	50	0
2016	58.1	24	67.1	38	49.1	15	8.86	108	0
2015	59.3	10	68.8	13	49.8	10	9.37	96	0
2014	56.2	59	65.8	63	46.6	53	15.69	7	0
2013	56.4	54	65.4	71	47.5	37	8.38	117	0
2012	62.2	1	71.5	1	52.8	1	6.22	147	0
2011	57.6	28	66.6	46	48.5	24	9.30	98	0
2010	60.5	5	69.9	6	51	4	7.45	131	0
2009	55.9	68	64.7	88	47	43	14.24	14	0
2008	57.5	30	66.7	45	48.3	27	18.38	4	0
2007	56.4	54	66.1	56	46.7	52	9.11	103	0
2006	57.4	34	67.3	36	47.6	34	5.36	152	0
2005	54	106	63	119	45	93	13.40	24	0
2004	59.3	10	68.4	17	50.3	7	8.91	107	0
2003	54.6	93	63.3	115	45.9	76	13.81	19	0
2002	57.6	28	67.6	30	47.5	37	9.01	105	0
2001	55.7	74	65.1	81	46.4	59	9.27	99	0
2000	58.4	21	67.8	25	49	16	12.19	35	0
1999	56.1	64	65.9	61	46.3	66	7.24	136	0
1998	57.3	37	66	58	48.6	22	13.41	23	0
1997	55.2	80	65.3	75	45.1	88	9.60	89	0
1996	54.5	97	63.8	102	45.3	85	11.73	43	0
1995	57.1	39	67.2	37	47	43	8.22	120	0
1994	56.7	47	67.1	38	46.4	59	11.59	46	0
1993	54.8	87	63.9	100	45.6	83	13.84	18	0
1992	54.2	100	63.5	111	44.9	97	9.44	94	0
1991	60	7	69.4	9	50.6	6	7.38	133	0
1990	57.1	39	66.8	42	47.3	40	11.86	39	0
1989	55.2	80	64.2	93	46.2	68	15.57	9	0
1988	55.8	73	65.5	69	46.1	71	8.77	110	0
1987	56.6	51	66.2	52	47	43	6.36	144	0
1986	57.2	38	67.6	30	46.8	50	3.47	156	0
1985	59.1	12	68.9	12	49.3	13	7.70	126	0
1984	53.8	112	62.6	125	45.1	88	13.65	20	0
1983	55.6	76	64.5	90	46.8	50	16.34	6	0
1982	56.2	59	66.1	56	46.3	66	10.94	65	0
1981	58.6	17	68.3	19	48.8	18	7.54	127	0
1980	58.6	17	67.9	24	49.3	13	10.96	63	0
1979	58.4	21	67.5	32	49.4	12	7.88	123	0
1978	55.9	68	64.9	84	46.9	47	10.99	61	0
1977	60.7	3	71.3	2	50.2	8	6.56	141	0
1976	58.7	15	69.6	7	47.8	33	7.25	135	0
1975	56.2	59	65	82	47.3	40	12.17	37	0
1974	57.5	30	68	22	47	43	10.84	67	0
1973	56.6	51	65.7	64	47.5	37	10.55	72	0
1972	54.7	91	64.3	91	45.1	88	11.04	59	0
1971	53.9	107	64.3	91	43.6	116	10.83	68	0
1970	55.1	83	65.2	78	45	93	10.96	63	0
1969	56.7	47	67.4	34	45.9	76	4.51	154	0
1968	57.1	39	68.4	17	45.8	78	9.42	95	0
1967	54.1	102	65	82	43.2	129	8.56	112	0
1966	55.1	83	65.4	71	44.8	98	7.51	129	0
1965	54.1	102	64.2	93	44	109	7.74	125	0
1964	56.6	51	67.5	32	45.6	83	8.36	118	0
1963	57	43	67.7	27	46.4	59	7.48	130	0
1962	56.3	57	65.5	69	47.2	42	10.19	79	0
1961	53.9	107	63.3	115	44.5	104	9.99	82	0
1960	53.4	121	62.7	122	44.1	108	9.58	90	0
1959	57.9	26	68.1	20	47.6	34	9.10	104	0
1958	54.5	97	62.6	125	46.4	59	13.54	22	0
1957	57.4	34	66.8	42	47.9	32	6.36	144	0
1956	53.4	121	63.1	118	43.8	113	7.76	124	0
1955	57.5	30	66.9	40	48	30	9.65	88	0
1954	55.5	77	65.3	75	45.7	80	9.75	87	0
1953	57.9	26	66.9	40	48.8	18	22.89	2	0
1952	54.8	87	63.8	102	45.8	78	14.46	12	0
1951	55.4	78	65.2	78	45.7	80	9.15	101	0
1950	52.9	130	62.1	133	43.6	116	11.79	40	0
1949	55.9	68	65.4	71	46.4	59	11.69	44	0
1948	56.2	59	65.9	61	46.5	55	15.58	8	0
1947	53.9	107	63.7	106	44	109	7.94	122	0
1946	58.1	24	68.1	20	48.2	28	10.59	71	0
1945	59.5	9	70.2	4	48.8	18	7.54	127	0
1944	56.1	64	65.7	64	46.6	53	9.54	92	0
1943	54.6	93	64.8	86	44.4	106	11.65	45	0
1942	58.5	19	68.5	16	48.5	24	10.43	76	0
1941	55.7	74	66.3	49	45.1	88	6.88	140	0
1940	52	144	60.8	149	43.3	128	12.71	32	0
1939	56	67	66	58	46	74	7.08	139	0
1938	56.7	47	66.6	46	46.9	47	7.41	132	0
1937	53.8	112	63.3	115	44.2	107	12.37	34	0
1936	56.7	47	66.8	42	46.5	55	11.77	42	0
1935	54.7	91	64.1	96	45.3	85	10.88	66	0
1934	53.9	107	64	98	43.7	114	10.30	77	0
1933	55.3	79	64.1	96	46.4	59	14.17	16	0
1932	52.3	139	62.1	133	42.4	144	13.64	21	0
1931	53.5	117	62.3	130	44.8	98	11.21	54	0
1930	55.2	80	65.6	67	44.7	102	7.19	137	0
1929	57.5	30	68	22	46.9	47	11.03	60	0
1928	53.1	125	62.6	125	43.5	122	10.66	70	0
1927	54.5	97	63.9	100	45.1	88	8.44	116	0
1926	52.1	142	62.6	125	41.6	151	5.08	153	0
1925	54.6	93	65.6	67	43.6	116	5.71	150	0
1924	51.5	148	60.5	151	42.5	142	18.29	5	0
1923	54.1	102	65.4	71	42.8	136	9.91	83	0
1922	55.9	68	65.3	75	46.5	55	10.06	81	0
1921	59	13	69.5	8	48.5	24	11.51	47	0
1920	52.7	132	62.7	122	42.7	140	8.50	113	0
1919	55	85	64.7	88	45.2	87	13.01	27	0
1918	57.1	39	67.7	27	46.5	55	13.97	17	0
1917	52.4	137	61.8	140	43	133	9.12	102	0
1916	52.6	135	62.3	130	43	133	8.06	121	0
1915	53.5	117	63.6	108	43.4	125	4.15	155	0
1914	53.3	123	63.4	113	43.2	129	7.19	137	0
1913	56.3	57	66.5	48	46.1	71	15.09	11	0
1912	53.9	107	63.7	106	44	109	13.31	25	0
1911	54.1	102	64.8	86	43.4	125	6.03	149	0
1910	56.8	46	67.4	34	46.2	68	9.89	84	0
1909	53.6	115	63.6	108	43.6	116	11.22	53	0
1908	56.4	54	66.3	49	46.4	59	10.15	80	0
1907	52.2	141	62.4	129	41.9	149	11.43	49	0
1906	52.4	137	61.9	136	43	133	9.45	93	0
1905	54.8	87	64.9	84	44.6	103	9.22	100	0
1904	52.3	139	61.9	136	42.8	136	8.64	111	0
1903	56.2	59	66.2	52	46.2	68	12.77	31	0
1902	55	85	65.2	78	44.8	98	9.35	97	0
1901	52.7	132	61.9	136	43.5	122	11.79	40	0
1900	52.5	136	63	119	42	148	8.83	109	0
1899	53.5	117	63.5	111	43.6	116	9.01	105	0
1898	54.8	87	63.8	102	45.7	80	8.48	115	0
1897	53.7	114	64	98	43.4	125	12.65	33	0
1896	54.6	93	64.2	93	45	93	8.49	114	0
1895	52.7	132	61.8	140	43.6	116	11.94	38	0
1894	55.9	68	65.7	64	46.1	71	8.35	119	0
1893	52.1	142	61.8	140	42.5	142	10.45	75	0
1892	51	153	59.6	153	42.3	145	14.29	13	0
1891	51.5	148	60.2	152	42.8	136	15.50	10	0
1890	53	127	62.7	122	43.2	129	11.19	56	0
1889	54.2	100	63.4	113	45	93	24.02	1	0
1888	51.5	148	61	148	41.9	149	11.19	56	0
1887	52.9	130	62.1	133	43.7	114	9.57	91	0
1886	53.5	117	62.3	130	44.8	98	19.72	3	0
1885	50.3	154	59.6	153	40.9	154	6.09	148	0
1884	53	127	61.9	136	44	109	12.19	35	0
1883	51.2	152	61.4	144	41.1	153	9.86	85	0
1882	51.7	145	60.7	150	42.7	140	11.30	51	0
1881	53	127	61.6	143	44.5	104	10.55	72	0
1880	56.1	64	66.2	52	46	74	12.78	30	0
1879	53.6	115	63.6	108	43.5	122	5.71	150	0
1878	56.9	45	66.2	52	47.6	34	12.90	29	0
1877	51.7	145	61.1	147	42.3	145	10.71	69	0
1876	51.7	145	61.2	146	42.2	147	10.97	62	0
1875	50.2	155	59.5	155	40.8	155	7.26	134	0
1874	51.5	148	61.4	144	41.6	151	10.53	74	0
1873	53.1	125	63	119	43.2	129	11.44	48	0
1872	53.3	123	63.8	102	42.8	136	6.53	142	1
1871							10.28	78	92

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	62.2
2025	61
1977	60.7
2024	60.6
2010	60.5
2026	60.1
2019	60
1991	60
1945	59.5
2015	59.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	50.2
1885	50.3
1892	51
1883	51.2
1924	51.5
1891	51.5
1888	51.5
1874	51.5
1882	51.7
1877	51.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1889	24.02
1953	22.89
1886	19.72
2008	18.38
1924	18.29
1983	16.34
2014	15.69
1948	15.58
1989	15.57
1891	15.50

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	3.47
1915	4.15
1969	4.51
1926	5.08
2006	5.36
1925	5.71
1879	5.71
1911	6.03
1885	6.09
2012	6.22

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.69 in; 5 April 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 6.30 in of precipitation in Washington, DC, the driest spring since 2012, 11th driest of 156.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Washington, DC: 97°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Washington, DC: a low of 27°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Washington, DC: 0.69 in on Sunday 5 April 2026.