Dahlgren Center, Virginia Weather
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Dahlgren Center weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Clear——83°55°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——88°58°+5°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——87°63°-1°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——91°65°+4°
- SundayJun 7Showers43%0.11″85°66°-6°
- MondayJun 8Light Drizzle28%0.01″78°58°-7°
- TuesdayJun 9Mostly Clear21%—77°52°-1°
Ozone at AQI 83 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 83 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 83
- UV peak
- 5.7 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 83
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.2 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.77
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 2:52 AM
- Moonset
- 12:10 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Dahlgren Center at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 6 (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.