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Fair Lakes, Virginia Weather

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Fair Lakes weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fair Lakes, VA
Friday, June 5 at 2:44 AM
70
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
45%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
Fair Lakes, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFair Lakes, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 92°
Fair Lakes, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Mostly Clear
    86°54°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    92°63°+6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    22%
    93°68°+1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    22%
    89°66°-4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    82°62°-7°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    83°56°+1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    15%
    80°62°-3°
Fair Lakes, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
202° · veering 16°
Direction
SSW
202°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 13 @ 9:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 145SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fair Lakes, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
999.5
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.52 inHg
Now
999.5
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-3.3
mb
24h
-3.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9991005
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.3999.41000.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Fair Lakes, VA
Air quality
74
AQI
Moderate
-6 in 6h

AQI 74 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 18.9 µg/m³ (AQI 69) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
18.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
19μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
61μg/m³
OzoneGood
47μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 18.9 µg/m³ (AQI 69) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke

NO₂ × Time of day

NO₂ at AQI 31 during overnight — within the expected overnight baseline, no source signature.

Present
AQI 31
Phase
overnight calm
Pattern
traffic typical
Fair Lakes, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
29%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
88.3mi
UNLIMITED
136 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
02:44 UTC ·Fair Lakes, VA · 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
02:44 UTC ·Fair Lakes, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fair Lakes, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fair Lakes, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fair Lakes, VA
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:15 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
8:30 PM
Civil dusk
1:03 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fair Lakes, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
4:06 AM
Moonset
2:17 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fair Lakes, VA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

fungi
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fair Lakes at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 9 (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 5, 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fair Lakes

SPC has placed Fair Lakes in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fair Lakes

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.