Dulles, Virginia Weather
Dulles, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Dulles, Loudoun County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dulles. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dulles is published on the Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) page, 2 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Dulles have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Dulles: Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 27 km · Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) 36 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) 38 km · Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) 48 km · Maryland Airport (K2W5) 52 km
Conditions reported at KIAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dulles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dulles.
About Dulles, Virginia
Dulles rests on a broad, gently rolling plain, a landscape sculpted by millennia of wind and water. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Sterling, VA (from Sterling, VA: bearing 201°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Centreville. The land here, a rich loam, slopes subtly southward, a vast canvas where the sky often stretches in an unbroken arch. Fields of soybeans and corn, when the seasons turn them gold and green, form shifting mosaics against the deeper emerald of nascent forests. The air, especially on a late summer afternoon, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a scent of sun-baked soil and distant pine, a quiet perfume that settles over the expanse. Even the shadows, as they lengthen from the west, seem to possess a particular softness here, blurring the edges between field and sky. This stretch of Loudoun County, where Dulles now hums with a different kind of energy, was once a quiet agricultural heartland, its history etched in the slow growth of oak and maple. The land remembers the farmers who coaxed sustenance from its soil, their lives a testament to the enduring power of the seasons. Today, the character of Dulles is inextricably linked to the grand gateway that bears its name, a portal for travelers from across the globe, a humming nexus where technology and ambition converge. The local economy, once anchored in the earth, now thrives on innovation and global connection, a modern pulse beating within the ancient rhythm of the land. It’s a place where the hum of jets overhead often mingles with the rustle of cornstalks, a unique symphony of past and present.
Live animated radar for Dulles and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Dulles, Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.963911°N, 77.449627°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20166, 20101, 20102, 20103, 20104 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dulles, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dulles, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dulles includes coordinates 38.963911°N, 77.449627°W, situated in Loudoun County. ZIP code 20166, 20101, 20102, 20103, 20104. Telephone area code: 571, 703. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
