Parks/District of Columbia/Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, District of Columbia

National Memorial in District of Columbia

63° 82°/60°

Light rain· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 7 mph NW

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 55% around 3 AM.

Now. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is 63° and light rain at 9 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph, gusting to 22 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%).

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

61Air quality

79%Humidity

81%Cloud

Now

9:00 PM

63feels63

31%

Today

Oct 16

8260

86%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

5550

65%

19mph

Sun

Oct 18

5740

12mph

Mon

Oct 19

5944

26%

17mph

Tue

Oct 20

6548

22%

17mph

Wed

Oct 21

6452

19%

16mph

Thu

Oct 22

6351

29%

15mph

63°

82°60°

55°50°

57°40°

59°44°

65°48°

64°52°

63°51°

As of 9:00 PM in Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, District of Columbia.

Air quality

The air at Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 2 miles off.

61Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate2.2 mi
Ozone31Good35 ppb2.2 mi
Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb2.2 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb13.7 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm2.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

GoodModerate

23YesterdayOct 15
33TodayOct 16
17SatOct 17
28SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.13in
Last 3 days: 0.15in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 87%

Visibility

How far you can see at Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.

Park

Designation: National Memorial
Area: 142,000 sq ft
Height at its point: 15 ft
County: -
State: District of Columbia
Latitude: 38.8871° N
Longitude: 77.0188° W

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

WashingtonNDBC-WASD2

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW7745FW7745

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/76 ft/61 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Washington 2.0 SSWDC-DC-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/10 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

National ArboretumNARD2