Big Heat (and storms?) Week into July 4th Weekend

[JakkelWx]

98/77/113 HI good lord

[Terpeast]

12 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

It'll be criminal for IAD to not hit 100° if BWI and DCA do.

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised that IAD has been running 2-3 degrees cooler than surrounding obs.

[nj2va]

96/77 (112 HI) at home.

84/76 (95 HI) at DCL.

[MDphotog]

My weather station is showing 98.6 with a dewpoint of 83.8 for a feels like of 128....I think my station has heat stroke.  It's bad out there, but not that bad.

[MN Transplant]

95.4 so far at home. The flyovers have begun and apparently I’m on the flight path!

[TSSN+]

Don’t think it’s getting as hot around here today at least. In Westminster right now and it’s getting decently cloudy. 

[Eskimo Joe]

Westminster and Baltimore Inner Harbor both at 99°. The Baltimore City mesonet site is up to 96°.

[frd]

Some clouds showing up and temps still rising 

 

 

Current conditions at

Wilmington Airport (KILG)

Lat: 39.67°NLon: 75.61°WElev: 72ft.

Fair

99°F

37°C

Humidity	46%
Wind Speed	N 5 mph
Barometer	30.03 in (1016.6 mb)
Dewpoint	75°F (24°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Heat Index	112°F (44°C)
Last update	3 Jul 11:51 am EDT

 

[MN Transplant]

Noon obs:

DCA: 97

BWI: 97 (has been to 98)

IAD: 93

[dailylurker]

So close to record heat and here comes worthless clouds lol

[Eskimo Joe]

2 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

So close to record heat and here comes worthless clouds lol

IAD is about to be clouded over if you believe the visible satellite. 

[ThePhotoGuy]

96.8 with a heat index of 107

[Eskimo Joe]

Wilmington (ILG) hits 100°

[NorthArlington101]

Too bad this weather is so awful. Would like to be making the "best" of all the festivities this weekend. At least my apartment seems to be kinda in the flight path. 99.

[yoda]

If you believe the 5 min obs at DCA... 99

[Terpeast]

After racing to 99 by noon, it settled a bit with partly cloudy skies. Some clouds will slow the temperature rise, but I still think we'll hit 100-102 in most spots.

[IronTy]

Drove down to Lowe's near DCL this morning and my car thermometer read 87F around the lake.  Got back up to the cabin and it was down to 81F.  Some clouds moved through and it's not bad outside as long as you're not in the sun.  

[Eskimo Joe]

Baltimore Inner Harbor hits 101°
CC: @donsutherland1

[JakkelWx]

100/76/115

[Mrs.J]

98/78/116

Was out doing some errands. Stopped by our CSA to get our weekly allotment. The older Ms. J is home for the weekend and we both said it did not feel as bad as yesterday. I guess we are just somewhat used to it. Still would not be out for long. 

[WEATHER53]

1pm and 98F 

[Eskimo Joe]

Goldsboro mesonet site hits 100° air temp

[Eskimo Joe]

Warrenton (HWY) and the Baltimore City mesonet site both hit 100°

[Terpeast]

Just hit 100 imby at 1:30 pm

[nj2va]

1 hour ago, MN Transplant said:

95.4 so far at home. The flyovers have begun and apparently I’m on the flight path!

So cool!

[Eskimo Joe]

BWI hits 100° for 10 min. Count it.

[EC609]

100 on the hour at DCA.

[Eskimo Joe]

Westminster (DMW) and Frederick (FDK) both hit 100°.

[EC609]

Any thoughts as to why KIAD is running so much behind the other sites this week?

[yoda]

On 6/28/2026 at 11:38 AM, NorthArlington101 said:

I’ll take the under on 100s - one day the streak will break but I’ll just assume we can’t do it til we can.

 

On 6/28/2026 at 11:39 AM, Eskimo Joe said:

Same. This thing has been hyped so much that we almost need it to verify to save face.