Newington, Virginia Weather
Newington, 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 Newington, Fairfax County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Newington. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Newington is published on the Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) page, 3 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 Newington 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 Newington: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) 18 km · Maryland Airport (K2W5) 18 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 28 km · Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 29 km · Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) 33 km
Conditions reported at KDAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Newington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Newington, Virginia
Newington rests on land that remembers the slow sculpting of water, where the earth breathes a humid, verdant scent after a summer rain. It lies 3.5 miles south of Springfield, VA (from Springfield, VA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-south-west of Alexandria. Rolling hills, softened by decades of cultivation and the gentle encroachment of mature trees, define its gentle contours. Mature oaks, their limbs thick and gnarled like ancient knuckles, stand sentinel over scattered homes and the occasional expansive lawn, their leaves rustling with a sound like a whispered secret in the afternoon breeze. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a peculiar stillness, a quiet expectancy that settles over the landscape, deepening the emerald hues of the grass and casting long, languid shadows across the winding lanes. The history of Newington is deeply entwined with the flow of commerce and the shifting tides of agricultural fortune. Once, this land was a mosaic of farms, its soil yielding crops that fed a growing nation, and the echoes of that agrarian past still resonate in the open fields that persist between residential developments. Later, the proximity to major arteries and the burgeoning industries of the wider region brought Newington into the orbit of a more modern economy, its character evolving from rural outpost to a community that balances suburban life with a lingering connection to its heritage. The faint hum of distant traffic, a constant reminder of the world beyond, is a counterpoint to the chirping of cicadas and the occasional call of a hawk circling high above, a subtle testament to the enduring wildness that persists even here.
Live animated radar for Newington 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 | Newington, Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.738448°N, 77.184982°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22079, 22122, 22153 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Newington, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newington, 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 Newington includes coordinates 38.738448°N, 77.184982°W, situated in Fairfax County. ZIP code 22079, 22122, 22153. 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.
