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Washington Monument visitation by month and year

September is the busiest month at Washington Monument, when the average temperature nearby is 72 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 38 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 20,870 against 11,616. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits rose 88.6 percent from 108,410 in 2019 to 204,489 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Washington Reagan AP, 3 miles from the park's reference point at 10 feet, station USW00013743 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

Year	Recreation visits	Change on prior year
2025	204,489	-17.3%
2024	247,208	-0.6%
2023	248,750	-4.4%
2022	260,317	+307.8%
2021	63,840	-23.6%
2020	83,585	-22.9%
2019	108,410
2018	0
2017	0	-100.0%
2016	252,677	-48.8%

Visitation at other parks

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Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00013743, 10 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.