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Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Weather

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Fort Washington weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Washington, PA
Wednesday, June 3 at 11:51 PM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
27%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Fort Washington, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Washington, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 88°
Fort Washington, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    83°53°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°57°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°60°-1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    17%
    88°68°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    45%
    0.29″
    83°64°-5°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    24%
    76°60°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    13%
    80°57°+4°
Fort Washington, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
270° · backing 52°
Direction
W
270°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 17 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 149SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Washington, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.4
+1.6 mb in 3h · rising · 29.93 inHg
Now
1013.4
mb
3h
+1.6
mb
12h
-2.3
mb
24h
0.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.31013.41015.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Fort Washington, PA
Air quality
66
AQI
Moderate
+22 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 68 now. AQI up 22 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
3.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
118μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 68 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 68
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 16
Fort Washington, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
139.4mi
UNLIMITED
157 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Fort Washington, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Fort Washington, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Washington, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Washington, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Washington, PA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:01 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
14h 53m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Washington, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
2:51 AM
Moonset
11:57 AM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Fort Washington, PA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

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Fort Washington at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Fort Washington

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.