I guess I was lucky with the weather then, huh?

Having grown up and lived in hot and humid climates most of my life, let me offer some advice. The early morning will offer up cooler temperatures than the late evening. Generally, the lowest temperature is right before sunrise, so doing the monuments bright and early at 8 AM would be cooler than 9 PM. The reason why is (note: meteorology lesson to follow) during hot and humid weather, the high for the day is usually around 5 PM and although the sun is down around 9 PM, the temperature has not decreased that much due to the humidity keeping the heat in. In much the same way, the cooler humid morning air takes longer to warm up, so you have a window (albeit small) when you can still enjoy the monuments. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. The temperature will be much cooler at 8AM than 9PM in humidity.

Hi thereyet,

You also originally asked about seasonal events. One of the biggest is on Saturday, June 7th - the Race for the Cure.

Downtown DC will be packed that day with runners and people watching the race. It might be nice for your son to see thousands of people in a charity event raising money for a great cause! But, if not, you may want to plan that day to be zoo/cathedral day (or whatever else you have planned away from downtown.

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Hi bkluvsnola, it is a good thing I am an early riser but...it will probably be my coffee and newspaper time as my family is NOT. LOL!

kaudry, I am guessing this is a really big race? Do you know how many people participate? We have these races for good causes all the time in the SF Bay Area so it wouldn't be of particular interest but it is good to know that is going on and I have to admit I am not thrilled to learn about it. Saturday is going to be a big day for sight seeing as my wife won't be busy with her conference. Any other suggestions besides the zoo for that day downtown?

thereyet

Hey, Semper Fi Bear..I just saw this thread.

Yes to the Spy Museum and probably the Newsmuseum, too.

Are you still looking for places to eat? Old Ebbitt is good but for dinner definitely think about reservations (they can be done through OpenTable.com)

What kind of food do you like? For Italian you can also try Filomena in Georgetown if you are in that neighborhood.

For more of a dress-up dinner the 1789 in Georgetown is great...
I could name many more.
You might also consider seeing the Korean Conflict memorial, especially at night as well as the FDR Memorial which employs lots of water features and isn't all that far from the Viet Nam and Lincoln memorials.

And I am certain you are going to want to at least look at the Iwo (assume you've eben before)...and yes it could be muggy by that time.

Let us know when you'll be here for sure..perhaps we could organize some sort of impromtu GTG which I would really enjoy.

Oops..sorry..just realized you will be here first week in June..where are you guys staying?

Semper Fi Dukey, We are staying at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. From the website it looks great! I gather from your Oooops, that means you will be out of town? If so, I am sorry I will miss you.

Thanks for your recommendations, any other advice is surely welcome.

I am planning on a visit to Arlington for sure and will check out the Women in Military Service Mem. at Sarge's recommendation.

Thanks for popping in on this thread!

thereyet

Oh, and being an SF Bay Area res, I like ALL kinds of food. Ethnic, traditional, Euro, Japanese, on and on and on...

thereyet

Reviving this..nope, will actually be here in Arlington during that period...let us know if there's any other info you need.

laminmd,

I hate to prove you wrong, but here goes. Based on yahoo forecast, the temp for DC today is high of 80, low of 64. I would not call that hot at all, and it is now the first week of June.

It will get up to 90 by Wednesday, but back down to 82 by Friday. Hardly unbearable in any aspect.

Like I said before, and it still stands: the extreme heat and humidity does not hit DC until July/August.

Having lived a long time in DC and then long times elsewhere, I can say that you get used to the humidity in DC, and June is ALWAYS more clement than July and August. But outsiders notice the humidity first, and for them, that means it's hot.

Lived for a while in western NY, where people put shorts on when it reaches 60 and complain bitterly when it's more than 82 out. When they came to visit me once I moved to DC, I realized how relative things are when I thought it was a lovely day (80 degrees, with a breeze) and they were gasping from the humidity.

Cassandra,

I live in Texas where it's been highs approaching 100 and lows approaching 80 for a week now and no signs of abating, and it's only June!

I would love a high of 80 and low of 64. In fact, I would call that a cool day.

thereyet- WHERE IS YOUR TRIP REPORT??? :)