D.C. on track for driest August in more than 150 years. Here’s what it means.

D.C. is poised to record its driest August in more than 150 years. After near daily downpours in June and July, the rain faucet abruptly shut off in early August — and it hasn’t turned back on. Just 0.2 inches have fallen this month, and, with no rain in the forecast, August 2025 will easily beat the previous record of 0.55 inches set in 1962.