Meteorologist Brian LaSorsa says as temperatures continue to rise through the afternoon, the new record could be even higher than 104.
Temperatures at BWI reach record 104 degrees →
LaSorsa says Reagan National Airport's record of 103 degrees was set in 1999, but temperatures at the airport just south of Washington, D.C., had only reached 101 by 3 p.m. At Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, where the temperature had reached 99 at 3 p.m.; the previous record of 102 was set in 1977.
Temperatures at BWI reach record 104 degrees →
