It was another day for the record books. Heat continued to sweep the Washington region, with all three local airports meeting or tying record temperatures for the day.
High temperatures of 102 degrees were recorded at Ronald Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall airports, while Washington Dulles International Airport reached 99, said Carrie Suffern, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Heat indexes were as high as 109 degrees.
Forecasts call for the next week to be better, but not by much.
The weather service has already issued a heat advisory for Sunday afternoon and early evening, and high temperatures could reach the upper 90s.
“It’s still going to be hot and muggy out,” Suffern said.
Highs are expected to remain solidly in the 90s over the next week, according to the weather service. Low 90s are expected for the early part of the week, but the region could be feeling temperatures near 100 degrees again by the week’s end.
It seemed like everyone has been making adjustments to confront the stifling heat.
At Manassas National Battlefield Park, which was holding a major reenactment event for the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run (known in the south as the First Battle of Manassas), some demonstrations and performances have been cancelled over the past two days in response to the heat.
Outside the White House gate, the flock of weekend tourists was smaller than usual and tour groups and families converged under the shade of trees in Lafayette Square.
Michelle Parkerson was visiting the District from North Carolina. She and her husband wanted to take their 7-year-old daughter to see the city’s monuments and memorials, but the heat got in the way.
“We’re probably going to take a pass on that,” she said.
