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DC-area forecast: Beautiful with a bright moon tonight. More nice days to come.

DC-area forecast: Beautiful with a bright moon tonight. More nice days to come.
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Always a human at the helm: Updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather meteorologists.

Happening now: Enjoy a beautiful evening and almost-full moon. Evening 60s sag to within a few degrees of 50 for lows.

What’s next? May closes out and June opens with excellent weather continuing into the foreseeable future. Just a slight shower chance Tuesday.

Forecast in detail

Tonight: Grab a light layer if out long, as it’ll be a seasonably cool night. The moon shines bright under mostly clear skies as lows end up within a few degrees of 50. Breezes from the north slowly settle. Confidence: Medium-High

Tomorrow (Sunday): Despite change, the sun will rise and another gorgeous day will unfold. Hard to find a cloud! Lighter north winds and highs in the 70s. Confidence: Medium-High 😎 Nice Day!

Tomorrow night: Join us wistfully looking at the full blue moon as it rises late evening. Clear skies persist and temperatures are up a touch. Lows range across the 50s. Breezes are calm. Enjoy. Confidence: Medium-High

A look ahead

We open the work week on Monday with more superb weather. Sunshine and highs in the mid-70s to around 80. Confidence: Medium

Similar Tuesday into Wednesday. We may see a cold front pass, bringing slightly cooler air in again by midweek. Highs should be near 80 on Tuesday and in the 70s on Wednesday. Confidence: Medium

On this day

DC weather history for May 30

A burst of late-spring heat in 1987 sent temperatures soaring into the upper 90s across the eastern U.S., part of a brief but intense hot spell.

Avg High80°Avg Low62°
Rec High98° 1991Rec Low44° 1884Rec Rain1.68" 1948
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Today’s daily digit was — 9/10: It’s on the cool side for the time of year, and a bit breezy. | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.

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