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Alexandria, Virginia weather · now

84°

Clear

Feels
88°
High / Low
92° / 72°
Wind
37 mph W
Humidity
62%
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 3:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 31% · 4 PM

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Sun 5:52 AM 8:35 PM 14h 43m
Moon Waning Crescent 19% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Alexandria, Virginia, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect partly sunny then chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 92° with a low near 72°.

What to wear today

Loose, light, and water nearby

92°F — wear breathable fabrics and stay hydrated.

Next 24 hours

65° 80° 95° ↑ 91° ↓ 72° 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM 7 PM 10 PM 1 AM 4 AM 7 AM

  1. 10 AM

    83°

    4%

  2. 12 PM

    87°

    13%

  3. 2 PM

    90°

    22%

  4. 4 PM

    91°

    31%

  5. 6 PM

    88°

    26%

  6. 8 PM

    83°

    21%

  7. 10 PM

    78°

    26%

  8. 12 AM

    77°

    13%

  9. 2 AM

    76°

    16%

  10. 4 AM

    73°

    11%

  11. 6 AM

    73°

    10%

  12. 8 AM

    75°

    0%

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7 days

  1. Today 7/10 Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 31% 92° · 72°
    1. 10 AM 83° Mostly Sunny 4%
    2. 11 AM 85° Mostly Sunny 9%
    3. 12 PM 87° Mostly Sunny 13%
    4. 1 PM 89° Mostly Sunny 18%
    5. 2 PM 90° Partly Sunny 22%
    6. 3 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 27%
    7. 4 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 31%
    8. 5 PM 89° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 29%
    9. 6 PM 88° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 26%
    10. 7 PM 87° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 24%
    11. 8 PM 83° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
    12. 9 PM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
    13. 10 PM 78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 26%
    14. 11 PM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
  2. Sat 7/11 Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 69% 86° · 69°
    1. 12 AM 77° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    2. 1 AM 76° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    3. 2 AM 76° Slight Chance Rain Showers 16%
    4. 3 AM 75° Mostly Cloudy 13%
    5. 4 AM 73° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    6. 5 AM 73° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    7. 6 AM 73° Partly Sunny 10%
    8. 7 AM 72° Partly Sunny 9%
    9. 8 AM 75° Partly Sunny
    10. 9 AM 77° Partly Sunny
    11. 10 AM 80° Partly Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 81° Partly Sunny 4%
    13. 12 PM 82° Partly Sunny 4%
    14. 1 PM 83° Partly Sunny 13%
    15. 2 PM 84° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 69%
    16. 3 PM 84° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    17. 4 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    18. 5 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 35%
    19. 6 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    20. 7 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 38%
    21. 8 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    22. 9 PM 76° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    23. 10 PM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    24. 11 PM 74° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
  3. Sun 7/12 Partly Sunny 12% 85° · 67°
    1. 12 AM 73° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    2. 1 AM 72° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    3. 2 AM 71° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    4. 3 AM 71° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    5. 4 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    6. 5 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    7. 6 AM 70° Partly Sunny 9%
    8. 7 AM 71° Partly Sunny 9%
    9. 8 AM 72° Partly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 74° Partly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 77° Partly Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 79° Partly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 81° Partly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 82° Partly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 83° Partly Sunny 12%
    16. 3 PM 84° Partly Sunny 12%
    17. 4 PM 85° Partly Sunny 12%
    18. 5 PM 84° Partly Sunny 12%
    19. 6 PM 83° Mostly Cloudy 12%
    20. 7 PM 82° Partly Cloudy 12%
    21. 8 PM 80° Partly Cloudy 3%
    22. 9 PM 77° Partly Cloudy 3%
    23. 10 PM 74° Partly Cloudy 3%
    24. 11 PM 72° Partly Cloudy 3%
  4. Mon 7/13 Mostly Sunny 3% 85° · 66°
    1. 12 AM 71° Partly Cloudy 3%
    2. 1 AM 70° Partly Cloudy 3%
    3. 2 AM 69° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 68° Partly Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 68° Partly Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 67° Partly Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 68° Mostly Sunny
    8. 7 AM 69° Mostly Sunny
    9. 8 AM 71° Mostly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 80° Mostly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 82° Mostly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 83° Mostly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 83° Mostly Sunny 3%
    16. 3 PM 84° Mostly Sunny 3%
    17. 4 PM 85° Mostly Sunny 3%
    18. 5 PM 85° Mostly Sunny 3%
    19. 6 PM 84° Mostly Clear 3%
    20. 7 PM 82° Mostly Clear 3%
    21. 8 PM 80° Mostly Clear 2%
    22. 9 PM 77° Mostly Clear 2%
    23. 10 PM 74° Mostly Clear 2%
    24. 11 PM 72° Mostly Clear 2%
  5. Tue 7/14 Sunny 2% 91° · 71°
    1. 12 AM 71° Mostly Clear 2%
    2. 1 AM 70° Mostly Clear 2%
    3. 2 AM 69° Mostly Clear 2%
    4. 3 AM 68° Mostly Clear 2%
    5. 4 AM 67° Mostly Clear 2%
    6. 5 AM 67° Mostly Clear 2%
    7. 6 AM 67° Sunny 2%
    8. 7 AM 69° Sunny 2%
    9. 8 AM 71° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 74° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 78° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 82° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 85° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 87° Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 88° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 89° Sunny
    17. 4 PM 90° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 90° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 89° Mostly Clear
    20. 7 PM 87° Mostly Clear
    21. 8 PM 85° Mostly Clear
    22. 9 PM 82° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 79° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 77° Mostly Clear
  6. Wed 7/15 Sunny 11% 97° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 76° Mostly Clear
    2. 1 AM 75° Mostly Clear
    3. 2 AM 74° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 73° Mostly Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 72° Mostly Clear 1%
    6. 5 AM 72° Mostly Clear 1%
    7. 6 AM 72° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 73° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 75° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 79° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 83° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 87° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 90° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 93° Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 95° Sunny 3%
    16. 3 PM 97° Sunny 3%
    17. 4 PM 97° Sunny 3%
    18. 5 PM 97° Sunny 3%
    19. 6 PM 96° Mostly Clear 3%
    20. 7 PM 94° Mostly Clear 3%
    21. 8 PM 91° Mostly Clear 11%
    22. 9 PM 88° Mostly Clear 11%
    23. 10 PM 85° Mostly Clear 11%
    24. 11 PM 82° Mostly Clear 11%
  7. Thu 7/16 Mostly Sunny 15% 96° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 80° Mostly Clear 11%
    2. 1 AM 80° Mostly Clear 11%
    3. 2 AM 79° Partly Cloudy 9%
    4. 3 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 9%
    5. 4 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 9%
    6. 5 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 9%
    7. 6 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 9%
    8. 7 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 9%
    9. 8 AM 78° Mostly Sunny 3%
    10. 9 AM 81° Mostly Sunny 3%
    11. 10 AM 85° Mostly Sunny 3%
    12. 11 AM 89° Mostly Sunny 3%
    13. 12 PM 91° Mostly Sunny 3%
    14. 1 PM 93° Mostly Sunny 3%
    15. 2 PM 94° Mostly Sunny 9%
    16. 3 PM 95° Mostly Sunny 9%
    17. 4 PM 95° Mostly Sunny 9%
    18. 5 PM 95° Mostly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 94° Partly Cloudy 9%
    20. 7 PM 92° Partly Cloudy 9%
    21. 8 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    22. 9 PM 87° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Fri 7/17 Drizzle 21% 93° · 79°
  2. Sat 7/18 Drizzle 31% 90° · 71°
  3. Sun 7/19 Cloudy 33% 98° · 69°
  4. Mon 7/20 Drizzle 26% 95° · 75°
  5. Tue 7/21 Cloudy 35% 87° · 71°
  6. Wed 7/22 Cloudy 34% 90° · 70°
  7. Thu 7/23 Cloudy 39% 93° · 74°
  8. Fri 7/24 Rain Showers 40% 83° · 72°
  9. Sat 7/25 Drizzle 36% 88° · 72°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Monday, 7/13

Mostly Sunny, 85° / 66°

  1. Tomorrow86°69°
  2. Sun85°67°
  3. Mon85°66°
  4. Tue91°71°
  5. Wed97°76°
  6. Thu96°75°

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 6 AM

    warm at 67°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent96 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 73°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 5 PM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • GolfTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 73°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 5 PM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • PicnicTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 73°F · calm wind · slight chance of rain (10%) · rain should clear by 5 PM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
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How well did we do?

Average miss by lead time.

Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.

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  1. Yesterday±3°
    High87°90°-3°
    Low71°73°-2°
  2. Mon, Jul 6pending
    High88°——
    Low71°——
  3. Fri, Jul 3pending
    High103°——
    Low81°——

Climate normals

What weather to expect in Alexandria

Alexandria in July typically averages 89° highs and 72° lows, with about 19 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 89°); the coldest is January (average low 24°).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan37°24°8
Feb43°28°12
Mar62°40°12
Apr71°50°13
May74°57°19
Jun87°67°14
Jul89°72°19
Aug83°66°15
Sep78°62°15
Oct68°50°8
Nov58°42°10
Dec45°31°12

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. North wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind around 6 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
LWX 97,67
Radar station
KLWX
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
38.805, -77.047