Parks/District of Columbia/Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, District of Columbia

National Historic Site in District of Columbia

61° 65°/60°

Light rain· Feels like 61°·Light air 3 mph SE

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow evening, from about 7 PM (52%).

Now. Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is 61° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 60°, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%) and Saturday (70%).

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

29Air quality

90%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

61feels61

12%

Today

Oct 15

6560

47%

Fri

Oct 16

8360

80%

15mph

Sat

Oct 17

5550

70%

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

5839

Mon

Oct 19

6142

12%

13mph

Tue

Oct 20

6646

11%

13mph

Wed

Oct 21

6650

12mph

61°

65°60°

83°60°

55°50°

58°39°

61°42°

66°46°

66°50°

As of 11:00 PM in Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, District of Columbia.

Air quality

The air at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 1 mile off.

29Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good14.9 mi
Ozone22Good8 ppb12.6 mi
Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.2 ppb12.6 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb12.6 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm12.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

GoodModerate

56YesterdayOct 14
44TodayOct 15
33FriOct 16
17SatOct 17
28SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.02in
Last 3 days: 0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 PM.

Park

Designation: National Historic Site
Area: 4,570 sq ft
Height at its point: 81 ft
County: -
State: District of Columbia
Latitude: 38.9109° N
Longitude: 77.0243° W

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Citizen station FW1341FW1341

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/68 ft/13 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

WashingtonNDBC-WASD2

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Washington 1.0 WDC-DC-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/84 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

National ArboretumNARD2