27-07-2025
Saturday's claim to sultriness rested on its humidity
Sometimes in a meteorologically memorable Washington summer, such as this one, the heat of the day might fall a bit short in its severity, and then it is left to humidity to take over in producing discomfort, as it seemed to do on Saturday.
In the District, the official high temperature obviously was adequate to qualify as summer. The mercury reached 92 degrees. Perhaps not an automatic symbol of thermal suffering, but it was two degrees above the normal (or average) high for July 26, which is 90.
