Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated the heat emergency plan because temperatures are hitting the 90s.
The District has broken a number of other climate records in recent years, but not this one.
We’re going from sublime to sweaty.
We could see a record-breaking high of 97 degrees next Tuesday.
Weather experts predict that Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday may be around 90 degrees.
There’s a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m.
The real questions are how to foot the $400-500 million price tag and where it will ll go.
Correctional officers are also complaining about the heat.
Meteorologists say the next few days could be the hottest stretch since 2012, with temperatures approaching 100 and a heat index as high as 110 degrees.
At 3:00 p.m. the temperature hit 80 (and feels like 82).