Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever in Washington DC on December 15

On December 15th in Washington D.C., the weather was quite chilly with an average temperature of 40.11°F. However, it did not reach the extremes experienced in the past, as the hottest temperature ever recorded on this date was 71.1°F in 1971, while the coldest temperature was a mere 17.1°F in 1962. Interestingly, just a year before the coldest day, in 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared the Cuban Missile Crisis over, alleviating nuclear tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.