Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 60.4°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, tied 7th warmest of 65 (with 2020).

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 60.4°F; Warmest since 2024; 7th warmest of 65
Precipitation: 33.60 in; Wettest since 2020; 22nd wettest of 64

A normal 1 January to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.9°F, between 56.5°F and 60.6°F in eight years of ten and 33.51 in of precipitation, between 25.80 in and 40.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 60.4°F in 2026; the highest is 62.2°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 56.5 to 60.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1960 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	60.4	7	70.9	11	50	8	33.60	22	0
2025	60.1	14	70.4	17	49.7	12	26.01	56	0
2024	62.2	1	72.7	2	51.7	1	29.18	46	0
2023	61.8	2	73.1	1	50.4	4	26.05	55	0
2022	59.6	20	70.4	17	48.7	19	32.19	31	0
2021	60.3	9	70.8	13	49.8	11	29.34	44	0
2020	60.4	7	70.6	15	50.3	5	36.66	13	0
2019	60.6	6	71.3	7	49.9	9	30.35	41	0
2018	60	16	69.8	24	50.2	6	50.63	3	0
2017	60.8	4	71.1	10	50.5	2	35.36	17	0
2016	60.2	11	70.5	16	49.9	9	30.95	36	0
2015	57.4	37	67.7	50	47.1	29	31.49	34	0
2014	55.7	61	66.1	63	45.4	49	37.64	12	0
2013	58.7	24	68.6	37	48.9	17	33.02	28	0
2012	61.5	3	72.5	3	50.5	2	25.29	59	0
2011	59.7	19	69.9	23	49.5	13	34.28	20	0
2010	60.7	5	71.2	8	50.1	7	33.42	24	0
2009	58.8	23	68.9	35	48.6	20	33.27	25	0
2008	59	22	69.5	27	48.5	22	38.24	9	0
2007	60	16	70.9	11	49.1	16	19.04	64	0
2006	60.1	14	70.8	13	49.4	15	36.39	16	0
2005	59.2	21	69.5	27	48.9	17	36.54	14	0
2004	58.2	27	68.2	45	48.2	24	30.53	40	0
2003	56.1	56	65.5	65	46.8	31	51.33	1	0
2002	60.2	11	71.8	5	48.6	20	25.81	57	0
2001	57.4	37	68.5	38	46.2	37	33.25	26	0
2000	57.8	33	68.4	42	47.1	29	33.12	27	0
1999	58	30	69.5	27	46.5	33	38.24	9	0
1998	60.3	9	71.2	8	49.5	13	34.66	19	0
1997	57	44	68.5	38	45.5	46	26.38	53	0
1996	56.1	56	66.3	61	45.8	43	46.74	4	0
1995	58.7	24	70	20	47.5	27	28.08	49	0
1994	57.6	35	69	33	46.3	34	39.40	7	0
1993	58.2	27	69.6	26	46.8	31	35.12	18	0
1992	56.5	52	67.5	54	45.4	49	33.59	23	0
1991	60.2	11	72	4	48.3	23	25.75	58	0
1990	59.8	18	71.4	6	48.2	24	31.69	33	0
1989	58	30	68.5	38	47.4	28	36.51	15	0
1988	57.3	40	69.1	32	45.5	46	32.88	29	0
1987	57.8	33	69.5	27	46.2	37	32.06	32	0
1986	58.2	27	70	20	46.3	34	20.14	63	0
1985	57.6	35	70	20	45.2	55	23.47	61	0
1984	54.9	65	66.1	63	43.7	63	37.98	11	0
1983	57.1	42	69	33	45.2	55	29.47	43	0
1982	57.3	40	68.5	38	46.1	39	31.23	35	0
1981	57	44	68.8	36	45.2	55	26.78	52	0
1980	58	30	70.1	19	46	41	27.14	51	0
1979	55.8	60	66.3	61	45.4	49	50.83	2	0
1978	56.2	54	67	57	45.4	49	30.84	38	0
1977	57.4	37	69.8	24	44.9	58	23.18	62	0
1976	56.1	56	68.4	42	43.7	63	30.57	39	0
1975	56.6	49	67	57	46.3	34	45.33	5	0
1974	56.8	46	67.7	50	45.9	42	30.19	42	0
1973	58.6	26	69.4	31	47.8	26	34.05	21	0
1972	56.6	49	67.7	50	45.6	44	43.43	6	0
1971	56.6	49	67.9	48	45.4	49	38.25	8	0
1970	55.2	64	67.6	53	42.9	65	26.28	54	0
1969	56.8	46	68.1	46	45.5	46	29.29	45	0
1968	56.2	54	68.4	42	44	62	30.93	37	0
1967	56.1	56	67.5	54	44.7	59	29.03	47	0
1966	55.5	62	66.4	60	44.5	60	32.76	30	0
1965	57.1	42	68.1	46	46.1	39	27.87	50	0
1964	56.7	48	67.9	48	45.6	44	28.86	48	0
1963	56.3	53	67.3	56	45.3	54			0
1962	55.5	62	66.7	59	44.4	61	24.06	60	12
1960									208

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	62.2
2023	61.8
2012	61.5
2017	60.8
2010	60.7
2019	60.6
2026	60.4
2020	60.4
2021	60.3
1998	60.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1984	54.9
1970	55.2
1966	55.5
1962	55.5
2014	55.7
1979	55.8
2003	56.1
1996	56.1
1976	56.1
1967	56.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	51.33
1979	50.83
2018	50.63
1996	46.74
1975	45.33
1972	43.43
1994	39.40
1971	38.25
2008	38.24
1999	38.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	19.04
1986	20.14
1977	23.18
1985	23.47
1962	24.06
2012	25.29
1991	25.75
2002	25.81
2025	26.01
2023	26.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 4 July 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.99 in; 28 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	30.6°F 25th coldest of 65	3.18 in 19th wettest of 64
February	34.6°F 26th coldest of 65	2.62 in 27th wettest of 64
March	51°F 2nd warmest of 65	2.85 in 26th driest of 65
April	60.1°F 2nd warmest of 65	1.67 in 9th driest of 66
May	63.3°F 32nd coldest of 65	4.60 in 26th wettest of 65
June	73.9°F 10th warmest of 65	4.29 in 26th wettest of 66
July	78.7°F 14th warmest of 65	5.34 in 14th wettest of 65
August	77.5°F 11th warmest of 65	4.85 in 18th wettest of 65
September	71.5°F 6th warmest of 65	3.80 in 22nd wettest of 65
October so far	63.5°F 16th warmest of 64	0.40 in 27th driest of 64

Hot days and freezes

Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA has had 31 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 32nd most of 65 (with 1997 and 1964).
Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA has had 61 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2022, 53rd most of 65.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA came on Tuesday 21 April 2026, the latest since 2021, tied 31st latest of 65 (with 2014).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
4 July	Warmest day	99°F	97°F 2002, 1999	Provisional
1 July	Warmest day	97°F	96°F 2012	Provisional
20 May	Warmest day	95°F	93°F 1996	Provisional
19 May	Warmest day	96°F	92°F 1997, 1996	Provisional
18 May	Warmest day	95°F	91°F 1987	Provisional
24 April	Warmest day	86°F	85°F 2011, 1994, 1990	Provisional
21 April	Coldest night	27°F	29°F 1983	Provisional
16 April	Warmest day	92°F	91°F 2002	Provisional
15 April	Warmest day	91°F	87°F 1967	Provisional
4 April	Warmest day	87°F	85°F 2011	Provisional
1 April	Warmest day	86°F	85°F 1978	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	86°F	83°F 1968	Provisional
11 March	Warmest day	86°F	79°F 2021	Provisional
10 March	Warmest day	85°F	80°F 2016	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 33.60 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the wettest 1 January to 10 October since 2020, 22nd wettest of 64.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 99°F on Saturday 4 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 1.99 in on Sunday 28 June 2026.