September
September · May · June
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Ashburn: typically 26.3°C by day, 14.6°C at night, with 95 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · June
August · July · June
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 81 — days reach only 2.5°C, 21° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C | -6.7°C | 45 mm | 4.7 | 9 h 40 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 5.2°C | -5.1°C | 48 mm | 4.6 | 10 h 39 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 11.3°C | 0.3°C | 67 mm | 7.4 | 11 h 49 | 23 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.2°C | 6.3°C | 103 mm | 8.7 | 13 h 11 | 50 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.8°C | 12.4°C | 118 mm | 10 | 14 h 20 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.9°C | 17.7°C | 105 mm | 7.7 | 14 h 57 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.1°C | 20°C | 102 mm | 7 | 14 h 42 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30.5°C | 19.1°C | 88 mm | 5.6 | 13 h 43 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26.3°C | 14.6°C | 95 mm | 6 | 12 h 24 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| October | 19.6°C | 8.2°C | 76 mm | 6.8 | 11 h 05 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| November | 12°C | 1.9°C | 62 mm | 6.1 | 9 h 57 | 30 | Strong coverage |
| December | 5.1°C | -3.8°C | 51 mm | 5.6 | 9 h 23 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C24 Jan 1950 | -30.0°C17 Jan 1977 | 76 mm29 Jan 2001 | 133 mm2001 · driest 2 mm in 1986 | 78 |
| February | 27.8°C29 Feb 1972 | -28.3°C9 Feb 1979 | 89 mm25 Feb 2011 | 133 mm1997 · driest 2 mm in 1991 | 77 |
| March | 33.3°C22 Mar 2026 | -23.9°C2 Mar 1980 | 63 mm18 Mar 2021 | 217 mm1973 · driest 8 mm in 1956 | 78 |
| April | 34.4°C27 Apr 2001 | -6.7°C3 Apr 2018 | 100 mm29 Apr 1956 | 200 mm1994 · driest 23 mm in 2018 | 78 |
| May | 35.6°C25 May 1978 | 0.0°C10 May 1966 | 83 mm11 May 2010 | 225 mm1991 · driest 12 mm in 2005 | 77 |
| June | 41.7°C29 Jun 2012 | 7.2°C5 Jun 1993 | 117 mm24 Jun 1949 | 306 mm1949 · driest 6 mm in 1959 | 78 |
| July | 43.3°C14 Jul 1954 | 6.1°C13 Jul 1967 | 112 mm28 Jul 1957 | 430 mm1981 · driest 13 mm in 1994 | 78 |
| August | 44.4°C16 Aug 2007 | 8.3°C21 Aug 1950 | 83 mm28 Aug 2004 | 270 mm1995 · driest 6 mm in 2025 | 77 |
| September | 40.0°C2 Sep 2011 | 1.7°C30 Sep 1949 | 125 mm1 Sep 2003 | 343 mm1993 · driest 8 mm in 1956 | 78 |
| October | 35.0°C2 Oct 2019 | -5.6°C20 Oct 1960 | 84 mm13 Oct 1969 | 254 mm1969 · driest 4 mm in 1964 | 78 |
| November | 28.3°C2 Nov 2016 | -18.9°C30 Nov 1964 | 71 mm17 Nov 1958 | 246 mm1985 · driest 5 mm in 2008 | 78 |
| December | 23.9°C4 Dec 2012 | -27.8°C22 Dec 1989 | 65 mm3 Dec 1982 | 177 mm2015 · driest 4 mm in 1976 | 77 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | <1 |
| April | 5 | <1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 28 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was May (scoring 84); on 2011–2025 it is September (84). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 17% | 4% | 12% | -0.9–6.0°C |
| February | 2% | 18% | 5% | 15% | 0.4–8.7°C |
| March | 11% | 25% | 8% | 26% | 7.7–14.6°C |
| April | 30% | 30% | 11% | 35% | 15.4–21.3°C |
| May | 57% | 29% | 12% | 35% | 21.5–26.7°C |
| June | 73% | 25% | 11% | 25% | 27.1–31.4°C |
| July | 75% | 25% | 10% | 23% | 29.7–33.7°C |
| August | 80% | 20% | 9% | 17% | 28.1–32.3°C |
| September | 74% | 21% | 9% | 18% | 24.2–28.7°C |
| October | 44% | 21% | 8% | 21% | 18.0–22.4°C |
| November | 12% | 22% | 7% | 21% | 8.5–15.1°C |
| December | <1% | 19% | 5% | 16% | 2.2–8.4°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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