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Your forecast, explained.

Arlington, VA

Friday, October 9

73° — Mostly Cloudy

Changed since yesterday

Tuesday 74°→77° Wednesday 62°→70°

Next five days

FriSatSunMonTue
High75°73°68°74°79°
Low54°59°63°62°60°
Precip0%65%99%28%14%

Highs tinted vs today's normal (71°): 8° below 8° above

The scorecard · this week

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No graded days yet this week.

Worth knowing today

Columbus Day in Arlington now looks mostly dry, with rain odds down to 28% from 67% this morning, as Isaias's remnants push offshore Monday morning and skies turn partly sunny for a high near 74. Sunday still carries the soaking, with rain and thunderstorms at 99% and an isolated tornado or two possible.
holiday · rain · isaias
Yesterday came in 4 degrees warmer than called for in Arlington, 81 against 77, and today's 75 is still running above the 70.8 average for October 9th (records since 1851).
verification · warm
Sunday's rain should mostly fall between 3 AM and 7 PM, with the typical run totaling 1.1 inches and the range running 0.6 to 1.8; tropical moisture streaming north is what loads it up.
rain · sunday
Rainfall, running total (inches) · next 3 days · a blend of models
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1 in2 in0123Sat 12 AMSat 12 PMSun 12 AMSun 12 PMMon 12 AMMon 12 PMINCHES

median run, running total  ·  middle 80% of 82 runs  ·  threads = individual runs  ·  dashed = reference amounts

Thursday still splits wide, anywhere from 53 to 86, with the outcome hinging on how fast late next week's strongest cold front arrives; Wednesday already climbed to 70 from 62 on the warm side.
spread · cold front
Forecast high temperature (°F) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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50°70°90°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

82 model runs, colored by temperature  ·  middle of the pack  ·  official forecast

⚡ Updated 18:07z — Columbus Day rain 67%→28% · Written 2026-10-09 · grounded in station records · tomorrow morning: what today's forecast said, next to what happened.

Today in station history (7 stats, records back decades)
StatValueYear(s)
record high for day 93.9 2007
record low for day 34 1889
average high for day 70.8 —
average low for day 51.6 —
warmest low for day 73.9 2017
coldest high for day 48 1917
largest temp swing for day 37.9 1905

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