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Quantico, Maryland Weather

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

Quantico, MD
Thursday, June 4 at 5:26 AM
59
°
Clear
Feels like
55°
Humidity
54%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Quantico, MD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastQuantico, MD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 55 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 55°H 88°
Quantico, MD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    91°61°+3°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    89°66°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    16%
    90°68°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    71°52°-19°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    82°49°+11°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Mostly Clear
    11%
    86°57°+4°
Quantico, MD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
197° · backing 56°
Direction
SSW
197°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
17
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 17 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 177SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 56° from the ssw.
Quantico, MD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.9
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 30.15 inHg
Now
1020.9
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10211023
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1023.21020.81021.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Quantico, MD
Air quality
63
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 39 now. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 17 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 6 AM.

PM 2.5Good
4.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 17 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 17

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.6 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Quantico, MD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
70.7mi
UNLIMITED
161 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
05:26 UTC ·Quantico, MD · 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
05:26 UTC ·Quantico, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Quantico, MD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Quantico, MD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Quantico, MD
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:10 AM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
14h 42m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Quantico, MD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:25 AM
Moonset
1:07 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Quantico, MD
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Quantico at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F below 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 4, 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.