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

McLean, VA
Thursday, June 4 at 5:44 AM
59
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
58%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM
McLean, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMcLean, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 55 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 55°H 88°
McLean, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    93°62°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    21%
    95°68°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    27%
    90°66°-5°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    82°66°-8°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    87°59°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Mostly Clear
    13%
    89°63°+2°
McLean, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
242° · backing 25°
Direction
WSW
242°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
14
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 14 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 166SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 25° from the wsw.
McLean, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.2
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.83 inHg
Now
1010.2
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.7
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-24hNOW1014.21010.21011.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
McLean, VA
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
-25 in 6h

PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.99 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 25 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
23μg/m³
OzoneModerate
61μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.99 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.99
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
McLean, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
64.8mi
UNLIMITED
152 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
05:44 UTC ·McLean, 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
05:44 UTC ·McLean, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
McLean, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
McLean, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
McLean, VA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:14 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
8:30 PM
Civil dusk
1:03 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
McLean, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:33 AM
Moonset
1:11 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
McLean, VA
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 →

McLean at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F below 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 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 McLean

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.