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Weather Averages for
Fairfax, VA


Latitude: 38°57'N, Longitude: 77°27'W, Elevation: 290.0 ft, Distance: 3.75 mi

  Unit Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average temperature
over 33 years
°F 53 31 34 44 53 62 71 75 75 66 55 46 36
Average high temperature
over 33 years
°F 64 41 44 55 66 75 82 87 86 78 68 57 44
Average low temperature
over 33 years
°F 43 21 23 32 41 50 59 64 62 55 42 34 26
Highest recorded temperature
over 33 years
°F 104 75 78 89 91 96 100 104 104 98 89 84 78
Lowest recorded temperature
over 33 years
°F -18 -18 -14 0 17 28 36 41 37 30 15 8 -4
Average number of rainy days
over 30 years
days 117 10 9 10 10 12 10 11 10 9 8 9 10
Average number of days above 90°F
over 33 years
days 30 - - - - 1 6 12 8 3 - - -
Average precipitation
over 33 years
in 40.3 2.8 2.7 3.4 3.0 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3
Average dew point
over 33 years
°F 43 21 21 30 39 51 60 64 64 57 44 35 26
Average number of days above 70°F
over 33 years
days 171 - 1 4 11 22 29 31 31 26 13 4 1
Most recorded rainfall
over 33 years
in 55.4 6.6 5.8 7.6 7.3 10.3 8.6 7.2 10.7 11.3 9.2 7.8 6.7
Least recorded rainfall
over 33 years
in 28.9 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 - 0.2 0.4
Average number of days with thunderstorms
over 33 years
days 28 - - 1 2 4 6 6 5 2 1 1 -
Average number of days with fog
over 33 years
days 170 13 10 12 10 14 16 19 20 18 14 12 12
Average morning relative humidity
over 33 years
% 82 77 77 78 77 82 84 86 89 89 88 82 78
Average evening relative humidity
over 33 years
% 53 57 52 49 46 53 54 54 55 55 52 54 57
Average wind speed
over 33 years
mph 10.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 11.0 12.0
Average number of days below 32°F
over 33 years
days 115 26 23 17 6 - - - - - 5 15 24
Average snowfall
over 31 years
in 22.6 7.2 6.8 3.3 0.3 - - - - - - 1.1 3.9
Average number of clear days
over 31 years
days 91 7 8 7 7 7 6 8 8 9 11 7 7
Heating degree days
over 30 years
days 5006 1066 879 676 369 140 7 - - 44 319 588 918
Cooling degree days
over 30 years
days 973 - - - - 53 187 329 285 107 12 - -
Average number of cloudy days
over 31 years
days 168 17 14 16 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 15 17
Average number of partly cloudy days
over 31 years
days 106 7 6 8 9 10 12 11 11 9 8 8 7
Average number of days below 10°F
over 33 years
days 9 5 2 - - - - - - - - - 2