Franklin Farm, Virginia Weather
Franklin Farm, 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 Franklin Farm, Fairfax County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Franklin Farm. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Franklin Farm is published on the Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) page, 6 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 Franklin Farm 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 Franklin Farm: Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 22 km · Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) 28 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) 32 km · Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) 44 km · Maryland Airport (K2W5) 45 km
Conditions reported at KIAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franklin Farm specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Franklin Farm, Virginia
Franklin Farm unfolds across rolling terrain, a verdant expanse where the soft curves of the land meet the broad, often luminous sky. It lies 3.2 miles north-west of Fair Oaks, VA (from Fair Oaks, VA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-north-east of Centreville. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a spring shower and the fainter, sweeter perfume of distant blooming trees, a testament to the temperate climate. Mature oaks and maples, their branches reaching out like ancient arms, punctuate the fields, their leaves rustling with a sound that seems to echo the quiet industry of the soil. In the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low, casting long shadows that stretch and distort the familiar contours of the landscape, giving even the most ordinary rise and fall of the ground a profound, almost biblical, dignity. The history of Franklin Farm is deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of Fairfax County, a legacy that still whispers through its open spaces. For generations, this land was cultivated, yielding crops that fed families and sustained a burgeoning regional economy. While the dominant agricultural pulse has softened in the face of suburban growth, echoes of that past persist in the enduring patterns of fields and hedgerows, and in the quiet resilience of its residents. The nearby waterways, though perhaps less a focus of daily life now, once served as vital arteries for trade and transport, their gentle currents carrying the whispers of the county's evolving narrative. Franklin Farm, in its enduring embrace of both past and present, offers a quiet contemplation of the enduring beauty found in a landscape shaped by both nature and human endeavor.
Live animated radar for Franklin Farm 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 | Franklin Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.904236°N, 77.402102°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20171, 22033 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Franklin Farm, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franklin Farm, 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 Franklin Farm includes coordinates 38.904236°N, 77.402102°W, situated in Fairfax County. ZIP code 20171, 22033. 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.
