July Discobs 2026

[AnEndlessMaze]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Wait.... i thought we were going to have low dews for this heatwave. Dewpoint here is close to 80 lol. Yay! Smoky, hot, dry, super humid. I can't understand how anyone can love summer. Give me a 4:47 sunset and a -10 wind chill over this bs any day. And snow!! Feet of snow!

July has basically become unlivable in this region now lol

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

13 minutes ago, AnEndlessMaze said:

July has basically become unlivable in this region now lol

Yeah the smoke puts it over the top,

Just sweating and breathing terrible air 

[arlwx12]

At least the DC area air quality is not that of Detroit...

Detroit registers worst air quality in the world among major cities as wildfire smoke blankets Michigan

DETROIT, Mich. (News 10) - Heavy wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota continues to settle into Lower Michigan, causing Detroit to have the worst air quality in the world among major cities Thursday morning. Detroit’s air quality index (AQI) was rated at 684 as of 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according to IQ Air which tracks air quality ratings across the world.

Air quality is ranked in these categories:

0-50 = Good, 51-100 = Moderate, 101-150 = Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151-200 = Unhealthy, 201-300 Very unhealthy, 301+ = Hazardous

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[arlwx12]

Dulles still in the running for warm low for date.

BWI just missed.

[mappy]

93 yesterday. hazy sun this morning 

[arlwx12]

Haze showing up at DCA.

Current DC air quality listed as 62 (moderate).

NWS forecasts air quality to worsen today...

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY JULY 16 2026...

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and District
Department of Environment has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality
Alert Thursday for
the District of Columbia.

A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups.

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[SolidIcewx]

6 minutes ago, arlwx12 said:

At least the DC area air quality is not that of Detroit...

Detroit registers worst air quality in the world among major cities as wildfire smoke blankets Michigan

DETROIT, Mich. (News 10) - Heavy wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota continues to settle into Lower Michigan, causing Detroit to have the worst air quality in the world among major cities Thursday morning. Detroit’s air quality index (AQI) was rated at 684 as of 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according to IQ Air which tracks air quality ratings across the world.

Air quality is ranked in these categories:

0-50 = Good, 51-100 = Moderate, 101-150 = Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151-200 = Unhealthy, 201-300 Very unhealthy, 301+ = Hazardous

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Thats where im from before coming out this way. It is really bad up there. Got family and friends messaging me on how breathing is making their throats scratchy even after 5 mins outside. Really insane and worse than 2023.

[RickinBaltimore]

I swear you could smell the smoke this morning. And my eyes were stinging coming into work. Going to be such a fun day 

[AlexD1990]

sky is a milky grayish orange, and the smell of smoke is notable. 

[87storms]

On 7/14/2026 at 9:43 PM, pazzo83 said:

i was about to say - folks who grew up here, do any of you remember this from the 80s/90s?  I certainly do not EVER remember dealing with wildfire smoke.

Never lol, though there were a few more hazy days in the summer. Not sure I buy the improved pollution thing too much. There seems to be less of a vibrant blue sky than when I grew up, though my eyesight is not a strength of mine and there could be other reasons for it (more air traffic, cloud seeding, whatever).

[MN Transplant]

1 hour ago, arlwx12 said:

Dulles still in the running for warm low for date.

BWI just missed.

To be clear, IAD has never recorded an 80+ low for any day.  The morning low was 81.  The question is whether it falls below 80 by the end of the day.  It did drop down to 79 last evening when the winds went calm, and then rose again before midnight.