Washington DC Monday Afternoon Weather: Skies Clear to 65, Election Day Starts in Fog, Thursday Reaches 77
The gray morning gave way to a clear afternoon at 65 degrees in the capital; the station feed keeps fog on Election Day morning before a 71-degree afternoon, then a warm 75 Wednesday and the week's high of 77 on Thursday.
Monday turned itself around in Washington. After an overcast morning, the station's live weather feed read a clear sky at 65.3 degrees on Monday afternoon, feeling like 62.3, essentially at the day's high of 65.4 — with the precipitation chance down to 4 percent. Tonight falls to 43.9, still the coldest night of the week.
Election Day begins the way the feed has been signalling for two days: in fog. Tuesday carries a fog code with a low of 45.3, so the region's earliest voters and poll workers should expect a murky start, before the day warms to 71.1 in the afternoon. The rain chance on Tuesday is just 2 percent, so on the current numbers the weather is not a turnout factor.
The warm-up builds behind the vote. Wednesday is fog-coded early again, then climbs to 75.2, and Thursday is the week's warmest day at 77.5 with a mild low of 64.4 — though it arrives with light drizzle and the week's highest precipitation chance at 49 percent. Friday stays unsettled at the edges, overcast at 69.2 with a 45 percent precipitation chance.
The weekend cools back down: Saturday is overcast at 59.4 with a 32 percent precipitation chance, and Sunday brings rain and 61.6. The Weather Desk keeps the /weather page true against this same live feed, and Tuesday's first file will update the Election Day fog picture as the polls open.
