Washington, DC 20055 Weather

District of Columbia County6:56 PM EDT38.90°N, 77.02°W

Current conditions

Clear
61°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 67° Thursday·Low 43° tonight
WindN 8 mph
Humidity42%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.12 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover11%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:24 AM
Sunset6:23 PM

Observed at Washington/Reagan National Airport, DC · 21 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind 6 to 10 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 48. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 63°
  2. 7 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  3. 8 PM Clear 54°
  4. 9 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  5. 10 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  6. 11 PM Mostly Clear 49°
  7. Thu12 AM Clear 48°
  8. 1 AM Clear 47°
  9. 2 AM Clear 46°
  10. 3 AM Clear 46°
  11. 4 AM Clear 44°
  12. 5 AM Clear 44°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 43°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 43°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 47°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 54°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 58°
  19. 12 PM Sunny 61°
  20. 1 PM Sunny 64°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 66°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 67°
  24. 5 PM Sunny 66°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear43°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny48°67°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny41°63°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny43°63°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny44°66°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny48°69°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°69°
  8. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny64°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy56°70°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy53°71°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood (33)
  • ThuGood (28)
  • FriGood (33)

Northern Virginia and DC, DC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:24 AM
Sunset 6:23 PM
Daylight 10 h 58 min (−2 min 23 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 3:58 PM Moonset 2:28 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 50°
Record high85° (1947)
Record low30° (1974)
Wettest2.02 in (1904)
Yesterday72° / 47°
Month to date2.08 in (normal 2.37 in)

Washington Area, records since 1871. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LWX, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Some adjustments made to lower dew points through Friday as NBM was too high given dry airmass. The Small Craft Advisory has been extended through Thursday evening.

Key Messages

- 1) Dry conditions and seasonable temperatures through early next week, with frost possible this weekend.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Dry conditions and seasonable temperatures through early next week, with frost possible this weekend.

Omega block sets up across the CONUS with stout cutoff lows along the Western and Eastern coasts. Ridging across the central to eastern CONUS will maintain dry conditions over the Mid-Atlantic for the foreseeable future. Seasonal temperatures expected as highs generally reach the 60s each day, then fall back to the 30s to 40s at night. The omega block begins to shift eastward late this week, eventually breaking down over the weekend into the start of next week. This allows a series of surface high pressure systems to pass through the region, with dry cold fronts reinforcing the cooler, albeit seasonal, temperatures. One of these highs that passes directly overhead Friday into the weekend will allow for strong radiational cooling to occur. We could experience colder temps than currently forecast Friday night and Saturday night. If temps drop to the low to mid 30s along and west of I-95, frost will be possible. A slight warm up in temps to around 70F for next Monday and Tuesday.

Aviation

Prevailing VFR conditions are expected through Thursday with surface high pressure overhead. Dry conditions will prevail with light north winds today at less than 15 kts switching to the northwest Thursday. Highest winds will be at terminals (along and east of I- 95) near the waters with occasional gusts between 15-20 kts mainly during the late morning and afternoon hours. Winds will switch to the northeast Friday into Saturday at less than 15 kts.

VFR conditions continue Saturday through Monday with light and variable winds expected.

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