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Fort Belvoir, Virginia Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Fort Belvoir, VA
Sunday, July 5 at 5:15 AM
73
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
91%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Sunset
4:36 PM
Fort Belvoir, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Belvoir, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 42% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 72°H 92°
Fort Belvoir, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    42%
    0.83″
    92°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    86%
    0.75″
    86°73°-6°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    86%
    0.04″
    77°72°-9°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    74°69°-3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    89°68°+15°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    46%
    87°70°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    84°68°-3°
Fort Belvoir, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
191° · veering 101°
Direction
S
191°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 4
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 4 · pk 25 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 155SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Belvoir, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.2
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.77 inHg
Now
1008.2
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.71006.21008.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Fort Belvoir, VA
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
-1 in 6h

AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 12.8 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
12.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
15μg/m³
OzoneGood
34μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.8 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Belvoir, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
20%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
27.9mi
UNLIMITED
117 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
09:15 UTC · Fort Belvoir, VA · 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
09:15 UTC · Fort Belvoir, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Belvoir, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Belvoir, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Belvoir, VA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:19 AM
Sunrise
1:49 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
4:36 PM
Civil dusk
9:09 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Belvoir, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:25 PM
Moonset
11:18 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Belvoir, VA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Belvoir at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 73°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 8 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 22060

15-Day Forecast — Fort Belvoir

  1. Sun92°72°42%
  2. Mon86°73°86%
  3. Tue77°72°86%
  4. Wed74°69°43%
  5. Thu89°68°44%
  6. Fri87°70°46%
  7. Sat84°68°29%
  8. Sun81°70°25%
  9. Mon84°69°24%
  10. Tue86°66°15%
  11. Wed88°66°14%
  12. Thu94°69°23%
  13. Fri87°69°20%
  14. Sat90°69°32%
  15. Sun89°69°33%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Fort Belvoir

SPC has placed Fort Belvoir in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

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 Fort Belvoir

  • 22060

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.