Originally Posted by slawecki
Lowest temp 4th in my memory. Only 79F max.
The 2.18" of rain was a record.
From Metro's website:-
2003 Sunny/91
2002 Sunny/99
2001 Rain/86
2000 Sunny/86
1999 Sunny/102
1998 Sunny/88
1997 Sunny/84
1996 Sunny/83
1995 Rain/86
Lowest in the past 10 years at least

The rain was quite a damper! We made the mistake of not going to the Mall (wet grass and all) and watched the fireworks from the roofdeck of a 10-storey condo in Dupont Circle instead. Not even close to getting the same effect as being on the Mall. But being able to drink champagne as the fireworks exploded was a nice plus