Alexandria, VA Weather Forecast
Alexandria city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Alexandria, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Alexandria, VA at a glance
Alexandria is home to about 155,230 people in Alexandria city, across 15 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Forest Heights, 4 miles away.
- County
- Alexandria city
- Population
- 155,230 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 10,394
- Forecast point
- 38.8193°N, 77.0837°W
How well can the network see Alexandria?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLWX (Sterling, VA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Alexandria. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Alexandria show up clearly. Alexandria is closer to its radar than 79% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDCA (Washington/Reagan-National Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Alexandria
- Forest Heights, MD4 mi
- Falls Church, VA7 mi
- Washington, DC7 mi
- Capitol Heights, MD10 mi
- Mount Rainier, MD11 mi
- District Heights, MD11 mi
- Vienna, VA11 mi
- Brentwood, MD11 mi
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