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Falls Church, Virginia Weather

Fireflies rise from the lawn. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Falls Church weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Falls Church, VA
Wednesday, June 3 at 10:01 PM
82
°
Clear
Feels like
77°
Humidity
24%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:29 PM
Falls Church, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFalls Church, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 88°
Falls Church, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    83°56°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°61°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°65°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    10%
    94°67°+4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    27%
    0.11″
    83°65°-11°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    16%
    78°58°-5°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    11%
    82°53°+4°
Falls Church, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
345° · veering 123°
Direction
NNW
345°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 6
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 6 · pk 15 @ 2:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 146SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Falls Church, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.5
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.84 inHg
Now
1010.5
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.51010.11010.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Falls Church, VA
Air quality
61
AQI
Moderate
+21 in 6hPeak ~69 @ 11 PM

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.

PM 2.5Good
6.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
123μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.1

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 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.77
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Falls Church, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
147.2mi
UNLIMITED
156 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
22:01 UTC ·Falls Church, 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
22:01 UTC ·Falls Church, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Falls Church, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Falls Church, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Falls Church, VA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:14 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
8:29 PM
Civil dusk
1:02 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Falls Church, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
2:54 AM
Moonset
12:09 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Falls Church, VA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Falls Church at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above 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 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 Falls Church

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.