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Arlington, Virginia

United States · 208k people · 81 m elevation · Northern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high44°F (7°C)48°F (9°C)57°F (14°C)68°F (20°C)77°F (25°C)85°F (29°C)89°F (32°C)87°F (31°C)81°F (27°C)70°F (21°C)58°F (15°C)48°F (9°C)
Average low27°F (-3°C)29°F (-2°C)35°F (2°C)45°F (7°C)55°F (13°C)64°F (18°C)68°F (20°C)67°F (19°C)60°F (15°C)48°F (9°C)38°F (3°C)31°F (-1°C)
Dew point23°F (-5°C)25°F (-4°C)32°F (0°C)42°F (6°C)53°F (12°C)61°F (16°C)65°F (19°C)65°F (18°C)59°F (15°C)48°F (9°C)37°F (3°C)29°F (-2°C)
Rainfall2.9 in (74 mm)2.6 in (66 mm)3.6 in (93 mm)3.3 in (83 mm)3.9 in (100 mm)4 in (101 mm)4.1 in (105 mm)4.2 in (106 mm)4.4 in (111 mm)3.5 in (89 mm)3 in (75 mm)3.5 in (88 mm)
Rainy days8799108877778
Snowfall5.1 in (12.9 cm)5.4 in (13.6 cm)3.4 in (8.6 cm)0.1 in (0.2 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0.1 in (0.2 cm)0.3 in (0.7 cm)2.8 in (7.1 cm)
Sunshine133 h139 h166 h184 h208 h225 h244 h227 h188 h174 h146 h127 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+3.1°F (+1.7°C)

Models range from +2.4°F (+1.4°C) to +3.7°F (+2.0°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

23 → 42

About 1.9× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +3.9°F (+2.1°C)
  • February: +3.6°F (+2.0°C)
  • March: +3.7°F (+2.1°C)
  • April: +2.1°F (+1.2°C)
  • May: +2.8°F (+1.6°C)
  • June: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • July: +3.4°F (+1.9°C)
  • August: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • September: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
  • October: +3.1°F (+1.7°C)
  • November: +3.1°F (+1.7°C)
  • December: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.