Explanatory articles about DC weather and climate
⛈️ Severe thunderstorms, high winds and hurricanes
- DC can be a stormy place. Here's when.
- How common are tornadoes in the DC area? A look at the region’s twister history
- What to know about derechos: violent thunderstorm complexes that sometimes strike DC
- Why the Washington Monument is a lightning target
- When and why DC is windiest, by season
- How often tropical storms and hurricanes hit the DC region
🌡️Extreme temperatures and humidity
- 90-degree days in Washington, DC
- 100-degree days in Washington, DC
- DC's hottest and coldest days: A look at the city’s temperature records
- How humid does it get in Washington? A look at dew points through the years
- Here's how high heat indexes get in DC summer
- Here's how low wind chills get in DC winter
❄️Winter weather
- The 10 biggest snowstorms on record in Washington, DC
- The DC snow hole, explained
- The many faces of winter precipitation in the DC area
- Why forecasting snow is so hard in DC, and the storms that bring it
- Yes, thundersnow is real. Here’s how it happens.
- Here's what causes really big snowflakes
- How likely is a white Christmas in DC?
- How to measure snow properly
- DC snow, explained: averages, extremes and trends
- Why snowfall varies so much across the DC area
- The Capital Weather winter storm impact scale
- How El Niño and La Niña affect snow in DC
🌧️Extreme precipitation
🔄The seasons and their changes
- What is the spring equinox — and why it matters
- How the cherry blossoms bloom in DC
- What is the summer solstice — and why it matters
- What is the fall equinox — and why it matters
- What is the winter solstice — and why it matters
- When does daylight saving time end? What to know about 'falling back'
- When does daylight saving time start? What to know about 'springing forward'
- DC has two 'nice day' seasons. Here’s when they happen.
🌍Climate change and air quality
- Capital Weather's view on climate change
- How climate change is reshaping DC's weather
- 80-degree lows were once rare in DC, but not anymore
- DC's winter cold is shrinking. The numbers show how
- Air quality in DC: What you need to know about pollution, risks and trends
