Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 69.5°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the warmest 1 September to 10 October since 2023, tied 6th warmest of 64 (with 2023, 2021 and 1998).

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 69.5°F; Warmest since 2023; 6th warmest of 64
Precipitation: 4.20 in; Wettest since 2023; 30th wettest of 64

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.3°F, between 63.8°F and 70.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.21 in of precipitation, between 1.83 in and 8.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1963: 69.5°F in 2026; the highest is 72.7°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 63.8 to 70.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1962 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	69.5	6	78.7	20	60.3	3	4.20	30	0
2025	68.1	12	80	10	56.3	19	1.38	59	0
2024	67.5	18	76.9	36	58.1	10	3.40	39	0
2023	69.5	6	80.6	7	58.5	9	6.83	15	0
2022	65.8	32	76.6	40	55.1	26	4.69	25	0
2021	69.5	6	79.9	12	59.1	7	4.75	24	0
2020	65	40	75.9	44	54.1	37	2.44	49	0
2019	71.4	3	82.7	2	60.1	4	0.51	64	0
2018	72.7	1	80.2	9	65.3	1	7.37	12	0
2017	68.3	10	79.3	17	57.2	14	2.36	52	0
2016	70.4	5	79.6	13	61.2	2	2.95	45	0
2015	67.9	16	78.4	24	57.5	11	4.21	29	0
2014	65.3	37	75.3	50	55.4	24	1.43	57	0
2013	66.7	23	79.1	18	54.3	35	5.17	21	0
2012	66	30	77.1	32	54.9	31	5.24	20	0
2011	66	30	74.6	54	57.4	12	8.92	8	0
2010	68.1	12	80.3	8	56	20	6.83	15	0
2009	66.6	24	76.8	38	56.5	17	1.87	55	0
2008	67.1	20	77.3	30	56.8	16	7.37	12	0
2007	71.7	2	84.2	1	59.3	5	1.40	58	0
2006	64.6	44	74.1	57	55.2	25	9.41	5	0
2005	70.7	4	82.6	3	58.9	8	6.77	17	0
2004	66.5	27	77.1	32	55.9	21	5.80	18	0
2003	64.1	49	73.9	61	54.4	33	7.32	14	0
2002	68.1	12	79.6	13	56.5	17	3.31	40	0
2001	63	59	75.8	47	50.2	60	3.47	38	0
2000	63.3	55	74.1	57	52.5	46	4.20	30	0
1999	64.4	45	74.9	52	53.9	38	10.90	3	0
1998	69.5	6	81.6	4	57.4	12	2.74	47	0
1997	64.8	41	77.1	32	52.4	48	3.17	43	0
1996	64.3	48	73.6	62	55.1	26	9.30	6	0
1995	66.8	21	78.5	23	55	28	3.93	34	0
1994	63.9	53	76.2	42	51.6	54	3.87	35	0
1993	65.3	37	77.2	31	53.4	39	5.03	22	0
1992	63.1	58	74.2	56	52	51	7.56	11	0
1991	66.1	29	79	19	53.2	43	3.59	37	0
1990	65.8	32	78.2	25	53.4	39	1.94	54	0
1989	65.5	35	76.5	41	54.5	32	4.44	27	0
1988	63.2	56	74.7	53	51.7	53	1.87	55	0
1987	64.7	43	76	43	53.4	39	9.28	7	0
1986	67.2	19	78.6	22	55.8	22	1.10	62	0
1985	65.6	34	79.4	15	51.9	52	3.74	36	0
1984	61.6	63	74.1	57	49.1	64	2.02	53	0
1983	64.8	41	80	10	49.6	63	2.96	44	0
1982	66.8	21	78.7	20	55	28	4.22	28	0
1981	64	52	75.6	49	52.5	46	2.42	50	0
1980	67.6	17	81.1	5	54.2	36	2.90	46	0
1979	64.4	45	74.5	55	54.4	33	15.16	1	0
1978	65.5	35	78	26	53	44	1.35	60	0
1977	66.4	28	77.9	28	55	28	2.57	48	0
1976	63.7	54	75.9	44	51.5	55	8.36	10	0
1975	62.2	62	71.8	64	52.6	45	11.94	2	0
1974	62.6	61	74.1	57	51.1	58	4.03	33	0
1973	68.2	11	79.4	15	56.9	15	4.90	23	0
1972	65.2	39	77	35	53.4	39	2.37	51	0
1971	68.1	12	76.9	36	59.3	5	8.59	9	0
1970	66.6	24	81.1	5	52.2	50	1.04	63	0
1969	64.1	49	75.9	44	52.3	49	5.64	19	0
1968	64.4	45	78	26	50.9	59	3.21	42	0
1967	62.8	60	75.7	48	50	62	1.35	60	0
1966	61.2	64	72.4	63	50.1	61	10.28	4	0
1965	66.6	24	77.5	29	55.6	23	4.04	32	0
1964	63.2	56	75	51	51.5	55	4.56	26	0
1963	64.1	49	76.7	39	51.4	57	3.30	41	0
1962									10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72.7
2007	71.7
2019	71.4
2005	70.7
2016	70.4
2026	69.5
2023	69.5
2021	69.5
1998	69.5
2017	68.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1966	61.2
1984	61.6
1975	62.2
1974	62.6
1967	62.8
2001	63
1992	63.1
1988	63.2
1964	63.2
2000	63.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	15.16
1975	11.94
1999	10.90
1966	10.28
2006	9.41
1996	9.30
1987	9.28
2011	8.92
1971	8.59
1976	8.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	0.51
1970	1.04
1986	1.10
1978	1.35
1967	1.35
2025	1.38
2007	1.40
2014	1.43
2009	1.87
1988	1.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 1 September 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 22 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 4.20 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the wettest 1 September to 10 October since 2023, tied 30th wettest of 64 (with 2000).
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 94°F on Tuesday 1 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 42°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 1.15 in on Tuesday 22 September 2026.