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Kettering, Maryland Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Kettering, MD
Saturday, July 4 at 4:39 PM
102
°
Clear
Feels like
105°
Humidity
30%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Sunset
4:35 PM
Kettering, MD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKettering, MD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 2 AM.
L 76°H 102°
Kettering, MD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    0.01″
    102°82°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Showers
    42%
    0.52″
    98°75°-4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    79%
    86°73°-12°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    76%
    0.07″
    88°69°+2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Heavy Showers
    20%
    1.2″
    78°70°-10°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    21%
    93°67°+15°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    0.02″
    95°71°+2°
Kettering, MD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
207° · backing 78°
Direction
SSW
207°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 4
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 4 · pk 14 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 316SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 78° from the ssw.
Kettering, MD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.0
-2.6 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.74 inHg
Now
1007.0
mb
3h
-2.6
mb
12h
-2.2
mb
24h
-3.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.61007.31007.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Kettering, MD
Air quality
111
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+56 in 6hPeak ~128 @ 10 PM

AQI 111 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI up 56 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 124 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion, especially during the projected peak around 10 PM.

PM 2.5Good
10.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
152μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 124 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 124
UV peak
4.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 124

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Kettering, MD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
128.4mi
UNLIMITED
128 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
20:39 UTC · Kettering, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:39 UTC · Kettering, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kettering, MD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kettering, MD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kettering, MD
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
4:35 PM
Civil dusk
9:08 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kettering, MD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
10:59 PM
Moonset
10:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kettering, MD
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kettering at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 29°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Kettering

  1. Sat102°82°20%
  2. Sun98°75°42%
  3. Mon86°73°79%
  4. Tue88°69°76%
  5. Wed78°70°20%
  6. Thu93°67°21%
  7. Fri95°71°40%
  8. Sat94°69°38%
  9. Sun82°69°23%
  10. Mon80°67°23%
  11. Tue87°64°19%
  12. Wed93°68°33%
  13. Thu92°69°37%
  14. Fri93°72°42%
  15. Sat95°69°44%
  16. Sun91°70°46%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Kettering

SPC has placed Kettering in the Enhanced Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYENHEnhanced Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Numerous severe storms likely. Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts possible across the area. Track NWS warnings if storms develop.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Kettering

  • 20774

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.