Record-setting heat sweeps D.C. region

Published July 23, 2011 4:00am ET



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.

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