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

Quantico, VA
Wednesday, June 3 at 11:57 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
24%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
Quantico, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastQuantico, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 88°
Quantico, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    83°52°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°59°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°62°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    95°63°+5°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    27%
    0.21″
    86°65°-9°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    0.01″
    79°55°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Mostly Clear
    13%
    82°49°+3°
Quantico, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
072° · veering 149°
Direction
ENE
072°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
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 16 @ 7:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 121SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 149° from the ene.
Quantico, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.3
+0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 30.13 inHg
Now
1020.3
mb
3h
+0.9
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-0.8
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10201024
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1024.01020.31021.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Quantico, VA
Air quality
71
AQI
Moderate
+32 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 68 now. AQI up 32 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
3.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/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
Quantico, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
149.0mi
UNLIMITED
159 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
23:57 UTC ·Quantico, 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
23:57 UTC ·Quantico, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Quantico, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Quantico, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Quantico, VA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:16 AM
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Daylight
14h 42m
Sunset
8:28 PM
Civil dusk
1:01 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Quantico, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
2:54 AM
Moonset
12:11 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Quantico, VA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Quantico at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (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 Quantico

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.