We were a cool capital on Monday, the day before the solstice

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Low temperature records were set or tied as summer approached.

Only awareness that weather does fluctuate may have kept many of us from a sense of seasonal dislocation, as the mercury in Washington sank to 58 degrees in the early-morning dimness.And that record low figure has stood since 1879. That was 143 years ago, in what in weather terms at least was a far cooler time.

Overall, Monday followed the splendid pattern set by Saturday and Sunday. After two bright, temperate days, happily humidity-free, Monday was another. In impossibly bright sunshine, while wisps of cloud drifted across blue skies, we recognized that we had been granted conditions probably intended for some other time or some other place.

 

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