Dranesville, Virginia Weather
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Dranesville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Clear——81°52°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——87°59°+6°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——88°62°+1°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——94°67°+6°
- SundayJun 7Showers37%0.09″81°66°-13°
- MondayJun 8Overcast15%—78°61°-3°
- TuesdayJun 9Mostly Clear10%—81°53°+3°
Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 21 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. 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 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 76
- UV peak
- 0.9 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 76
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.4 µg/m³ (AQI 36) with a 0.77 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.77
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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
- 2:55 AM
- Moonset
- 12:09 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Dranesville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 10 (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.