Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 63.9°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2024, 15th warmest of 64.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 63.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 15th warmest of 64
Precipitation: 0.40 in; Driest since 2025; 29th driest of 64

A normal 1 to 9 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.6°F, between 55.9°F and 67.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.44 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1963: 63.9°F in 2026; the highest is 73.5°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 55.9 to 67.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1963 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
2026	63.9	15	74.9	21	52.9	16	0.40	34
2025	63.1	20	76.9	14	49.3	23	0.16	43
2024	64.3	13	74	23	54.7	11	0.13	45
2023	64.7	12	76.8	16	52.7	17	0.18	42
2022	55.7	54	65.1	61	46.2	37	1.41	13
2021	68.1	4	77.4	12	58.8	4	trace	55
2020	57.6	42	71.2	32	43.9	48	0.15	44
2019	68.6	3	77.9	8	59.2	3	0.10	46
2018	73.5	1	82.3	2	64.7	1	trace	55
2017	66.6	8	80.1	4	53.1	13	0.61	29
2016	63.3	18	70.7	34	55.9	7	0.40	34
2015	59.1	34	67.3	54	50.9	20	1.88	8
2014	59.1	34	70.1	37	48.1	32	0.49	32
2013	67.7	5	80.6	3	54.8	10	1.34	14
2012	59.7	29	69	44	50.4	22	2.53	5
2011	55.9	51	66.4	57	45.3	42	0.99	19
2010	58.2	39	68.9	46	47.4	34	0.67	27
2009	61.3	25	73.4	24	49.1	24	0.04	52
2008	59.6	30	70.2	36	49	27	0.19	41
2007	73.4	2	85.6	1	61.3	2	trace	55
2006	61.4	23	71.8	29	51	19	2.29	6
2005	67.6	6	77.6	11	57.6	5	6.62	1
2004	59.6	30	72	28	47.2	35	trace	55
2003	54.3	58	65.9	60	42.7	53	0.06	50
2002	65.4	11	77.7	10	53.1	13	trace	55
2001	56.2	48	71.1	33	41.3	57	0.08	48
2000	59	36	70.1	37	47.9	33	trace	55
1999	55.7	54	68	51	43.4	49	0.86	22
1998	59.5	32	68.4	47	50.6	21	1.49	12
1997	63.2	19	77.9	8	48.6	30	trace	55
1996	56.2	48	66.1	59	46.2	37	1.58	11
1995	66.4	9	77.4	12	55.3	8	1.19	16
1994	56.1	50	69	44	43.1	51	0.47	33
1993	55.9	51	71.4	30	40.3	60	0.33	39
1992	53.8	59	67.3	54	40.2	61	2.01	7
1991	62.1	21	75	20	49.1	24	0.34	38
1990	63.8	16	79	7	48.7	29	0.40	34
1989	56.9	45	67.7	52	46.2	37	1.27	15
1988	53.6	60	66.2	58	40.9	59	0.07	49
1987	51.7	63	64.9	62	38.6	63	1.17	17
1986	66.2	10	79.3	6	53	15	0.06	50
1985	58.5	38	70	39	47	36	0.78	25
1984	56.7	47	68.3	48	45.1	44	0.53	31
1983	61.2	26	76.9	14	45.6	40	0.01	53
1982	67.6	6	80.1	4	55.1	9	0.00	63
1981	57	43	70	39	44	47	0.35	37
1980	58.7	37	72.1	27	45.3	42	0.20	40
1979	59.2	33	69.6	42	48.8	28	6.24	2
1978	55.8	53	68.3	48	43.3	50	0.57	30
1977	56.8	46	69.2	43	44.4	45	0.83	24
1976	61.7	22	69.9	41	53.4	12	4.61	3
1975	55.2	56	68.3	48	42.1	56	0.66	28
1974	50.8	64	64.4	63	37.2	64	0.01	53
1973	63.8	16	75.1	18	52.4	18	1.76	9
1972	58.1	41	70.7	34	45.4	41	0.97	20
1971	64.1	14	72.2	26	56	6	3.01	4
1970	58.2	39	75.1	18	41.3	57	0.00	63
1969	60.9	27	72.7	25	49.1	24	0.75	26
1968	57	43	71.3	31	42.7	53	1.11	18
1967	61.4	23	74.6	22	48.2	31	0.10	46
1966	53.2	62	66.6	56	39.9	62	0.88	21
1965	55.1	57	67.7	52	42.6	55	1.76	9
1964	53.3	61	63.6	64	43.1	51	0.84	23
1963	60.6	28	76.7	17	44.4	45	trace	55

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	73.5
2007	73.4
2019	68.6
2021	68.1
2013	67.7
2005	67.6
1982	67.6
2017	66.6
1995	66.4
1986	66.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	50.8
1987	51.7
1966	53.2
1964	53.3
1988	53.6
1992	53.8
2003	54.3
1965	55.1
1975	55.2
2022	55.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	6.62
1979	6.24
1976	4.61
1971	3.01
2012	2.53
2006	2.29
1992	2.01
2015	1.88
1973	1.76
1965	1.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	0.00
1970	0.00
2021	trace
2018	trace
2007	trace
2004	trace
2002	trace
2000	trace
1997	trace
1963	trace

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.24 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.40 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 29th driest of 64 (with 2016 and 1990).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 89°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 42°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 0.24 in on Friday 2 October 2026.