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Fairfax County is in severe drought: NOAA's Palmer reading for September was -3.2. Fairfax County has warmed the most of Virginia's 132 counties since 1970, about 0.7° per decade.
That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Fairfax County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.
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Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.
Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.
| Month | Usual high / low | Usual rain | Warmest | Coldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° / 26° | 3.0 in | 45.3° 1932 | 21.4° 1918 |
| February | 47° / 28° | 2.6 in | 44.7° 2017 | 23.0° 1934 |
| March | 55° / 35° | 3.6 in | 54.5° 1921 | 32.7° 1960 |
| April | 67° / 44° | 3.3 in | 60.9° 2017 | 48.0° 1907 |
| May | 75° / 54° | 4.2 in | 70.3° 2004 | 57.2° 1967 |
| June | 83° / 63° | 4.2 in | 77.3° 1943 | 65.1° 1907 |
| July | 88° / 68° | 4.4 in | 81.5° 2020 | 71.4° 1895 |
| August | 86° / 66° | 3.6 in | 79.6° 2016 | 69.1° 1927 |
| September | 79° / 59° | 4.2 in | 74.4° 1930 | 62.0° 1917 |
| October | 68° / 47° | 3.7 in | 63.8° 2007 | 49.9° 1895 |
| November | 57° / 37° | 3.0 in | 52.2° 1985 | 39.0° 1901 |
| December | 47° / 30° | 3.5 in | 49.6° 2015 | 24.8° 1989 |
Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.