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. >>> announcer: now, from waington's leading news station, this is news 4 today. >>> hate crime concerns in one d.c. neighborhood after violent attacks on people in two days. >>> a taste of summer in march. the record we will be setting today having you wanting to spend the entire day outside. >> welcome to news 4 today this march 15th. it's 60 degrees at 5:00 a.m. as much time as you can. get out there and enjoy it. this kind of weather doesn't always last. it's still march. what do you think? >> the average high this time of year is 56. we are already at this temperature near predawn on this march 15th morning. in addition with the warm, dry weather, the pollen count is high. it's mostly cedar, cypress, elm and juniper. only a trace of oak pollen. right now, temperatures are in the 50s. up to 58 at reagan national. 58 at richmond. all this area in the 50s. eastern shore around the bay, most of virginia and maryland pockets of blue in the 40s far north and west in the washington county, panhandle of west virginia into central west virginia. we have clear skies. there are clouds building