Fairfax Station, Virginia Weather
Fairfax Station, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Fairfax Station, Fairfax County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fairfax Station. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fairfax Station is published on the Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) page, 16 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 Fairfax Station 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 Fairfax Station: Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 19 km · Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) 20 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) 26 km · Maryland Airport (K2W5) 32 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 33 km
Conditions reported at KDAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfax Station specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fairfax Station, Virginia
Fairfax Station rests amidst a rolling landscape where the land itself seems to sigh with the slow passage of seasons. It lies 2.9 miles west of Burke, VA (from Burke, VA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-south-east of Centreville. The terrain, a gentle rise and fall of verdant hills, is softened by the dense emerald of mature woodlands, their canopies a rich, textured quilt against the vast, often blue, Virginia sky. Streams, ribbon-like and cool, meander through the valleys, their banks often fringed with ferns and the quiet persistence of wild rhododendron. The air here carries a particular clarity, especially in the early mornings when a pearlescent mist clings to the hollows, a tangible breath before the sun asserts its golden dominion. There's a hushed anticipation in the stillness, a sense that nature holds its breath, waiting for the day to unfold its quiet drama. The history of Fairfax Station is deeply entwined with the very soil it occupies, a legacy of agricultural endeavor and wartime passage. Once a vital stop along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, it bore witness to the movement of troops and supplies during the Civil War, the echoes of those hurried journeys lingering in the very air. Today, the economic pulse of Fairfax Station beats with a blend of established businesses and the quiet hum of residential life, a community that draws its character from a thoughtful balance between preserving its past and embracing the present. The distinctive marker of the old railroad station, though a ghost of its former bustling self, still stands as a sentinel, a quiet reminder of the currents that once flowed through this place. This locality, with its enduring connection to both nature and history, offers a profound sense of rootedness, a feeling that life here unfolds with a measured, deliberate grace.
Live animated radar for Fairfax Station 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 | Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.800947°N, 77.325541°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22039 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfax Station, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfax Station, 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 Fairfax Station includes coordinates 38.800947°N, 77.325541°W, situated in Fairfax County. ZIP code 22039. 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.
