September
September · May · August
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in Arlington: typically 25.9°C by day, 12°C at night, with 78 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · August
July · August · June
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 80 — days reach only 0.5°C, 23° 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 | 0.5°C | -10.3°C | 19 mm | 3.5 | 9 h 29 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 3.2°C | -8.1°C | 23 mm | 4.1 | 10 h 32 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 10.3°C | -2.3°C | 39 mm | 5.4 | 11 h 48 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| April | 17.4°C | 3.7°C | 77 mm | 7.5 | 13 h 16 | 48 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.3°C | 10.5°C | 116 mm | 10 | 14 h 29 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.8°C | 16.5°C | 126 mm | 8.6 | 15 h 09 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| July | 30.7°C | 18.8°C | 81 mm | 8 | 14 h 54 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| August | 29.5°C | 17.3°C | 94 mm | 7.5 | 13 h 50 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| September | 25.9°C | 12°C | 78 mm | 5.8 | 12 h 25 | 80 | Strong coverage |
| October | 18.6°C | 5°C | 57 mm | 5.7 | 11 h 01 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| November | 10°C | -2.2°C | 31 mm | 3.9 | 9 h 48 | 22 | Strong coverage |
| December | 2.7°C | -7.6°C | 30 mm | 4.1 | 9 h 11 | 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 | 22.2°C24 Jan 1981 | -35.0°C12 Jan 1912 | 46 mm3 Jan 1949 | 85 mm1949 · driest 0 mm in 1981 | 131 |
| February | 26.1°C27 Feb 2024 | -35.0°C13 Feb 1905 | 55 mm22 Feb 1971 | 92 mm1971 · driest 0 mm in 1904 | 129 |
| March | 36.1°C22 Mar 2026 | -26.7°C11 Mar 1948 | 69 mm23 Mar 1987 | 185 mm1987 · driest 0 mm in 1918 | 131 |
| April | 36.7°C28 Apr 1910 | -16.1°C3 Apr 1975 | 66 mm19 Apr 1959 | 195 mm1944 · driest 6 mm in 1990 | 130 |
| May | 41.1°C30 May 1934 | -5.6°C2 May 1909 | 161 mm21 May 2024 | 314 mm2024 · driest 8 mm in 1934 | 131 |
| June | 42.2°C26 Jun 1936 | 3.3°C4 Jun 1945 | 181 mm18 Jun 2016 | 320 mm1967 · driest 11 mm in 1933 | 131 |
| July | 46.7°C25 Jul 1936 | 4.4°C2 Jul 1924 | 112 mm19 Jul 1985 | 256 mm2025 · driest 2 mm in 1974 | 132 |
| August | 46.1°C4 Aug 1918 | 3.3°C30 Aug 1915 | 135 mm27 Aug 1903 | 282 mm1903 · driest 6 mm in 1990 | 131 |
| September | 41.7°C6 Sep 1922 | -4.4°C29 Sep 1984 | 124 mm16 Sep 2006 | 347 mm1965 · driest 8 mm in 1980 | 130 |
| October | 35.6°C3 Oct 1938 | -15.0°C28 Oct 1925 | 96 mm16 Oct 1980 | 179 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 128 |
| November | 29.4°C9 Nov 2006 | -25.0°C30 Nov 1897 | 81 mm9 Nov 1977 | 178 mm1909 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 130 |
| December | 22.8°C16 Dec 2021 | -34.4°C10 Dec 1919 | 52 mm16 Dec 1984 | 111 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2002 | 130 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 4 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 4 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| April | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | <1 |
| May | 14 | 4 | <1 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 25 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 28 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 18 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 12% | 2% | 5% | -4.0–5.3°C |
| February | 1% | 14% | 3% | 9% | -1.9–8.3°C |
| March | 12% | 18% | 5% | 15% | 5.5–14.3°C |
| April | 33% | 26% | 8% | 29% | 14.7–20.4°C |
| May | 55% | 31% | 11% | 37% | 21.3–26.8°C |
| June | 69% | 30% | 12% | 35% | 26.4–31.3°C |
| July | 76% | 24% | 9% | 24% | 28.9–34.3°C |
| August | 76% | 24% | 9% | 23% | 28.0–32.6°C |
| September | 71% | 22% | 8% | 20% | 23.6–29.1°C |
| October | 47% | 17% | 6% | 14% | 16.3–22.7°C |
| November | 8% | 13% | 4% | 9% | 6.4–13.2°C |
| December | <1% | 13% | 3% | 7% | -1.4–6.2°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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