Right now
30°C / 86°F
Partly cloudy · wind 11 km/h · 45% RH
Soil (6 cm)
23°C / 74°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
—
unavailable
Frost window
—
unavailable
Sun
06:43 – 19:27
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/New_York
Tue
Overcast
30° / 16°
dry
Wed
Overcast
33° / 19°
dry
Thu
Showers
31° / 23°
7.6 mm
Fri
Showers
28° / 20°
5.1 mm
Sat
Overcast
29° / 18°
dry
Sun
Drizzle
23° / 20°
6.3 mm
Mon
Drizzle
30° / 21°
0.6 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyGardening in DC: Early Fall Planting & Harvest — September 8–14. Fishing DC Waters in Early September: Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, and Sunfish. Fall Foraging in Washington, DC: September.
Gardening
Gardening in DC: Early Fall Planting & Harvest — September 8–14
Sow & harvest now
- Lettuce & Mesclun
- Spinach
- Arugula
- Radish
Fishing
Fishing DC Waters in Early September: Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, and Sunfish
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Channel Catfish
- Bluegill and Pumpkinseed Sunfish
- Common Carp
Foraging
Fall Foraging in Washington, DC: September
In season now
- Black Walnut
- Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Wild Grape (Vitis spp.)
Your ecological region
Northeast Atlantic Coast & Piedmont
The urban Atlantic seaboard from Boston to Richmond: oak-hickory forests, estuaries and a long, humid growing season.
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