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The day of "I Have a Dream"

28 August 1963 · Washington, United States

The day of "I Have a Dream": Cirris

At the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. closed the March on Washington with his "I Have a Dream" speech. The real weather and sky of Washington that day.

The weather that day

  • 15.8 to 27.1 °C, partly cloudy, no rain.
  • A south wind, 11 km/h on average, and pressure from 1021 to 1018 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 06:33, sunset at 19:46.
  • The moon: first quarter, 63% lit.

Its name

Cirris: Cloud drifting across the sun, and a mild 27 °C: summer in Washington.

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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.