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International Airport, breaking its previous record of 99 in 1988. Baltimore’s BWI Marshall reached at least 101 degrees, breaking its 1988 record of 100.

This ends a 2,867-day streak without reaching or surpassing 100 degrees. It was the fifth longest streak in the modern record for the city, and the longest since an 8-year long run from 1969 to 1977. Other locations in the region had hit 100 more recently than Washington, for instance Dulles did so on Sept. 6 last year.

It becomes the city’s 122nd observed 100-degree day since modern records began in 1872. Roughly 16 percent of D.C.'s 100s have happened in June, 54 percent in July, 27 percent in August and 3 percent in September.'