Geography
Reston is located at 38°57′16″N 77°20′47″W / 38.95444°N 77.34639°W / 38.95444; -77.34639 (38.954577, −77.346357).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.4 square miles (45.0 km²), of which, 17.1 square miles (44.4 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (1.21%) is water. Reston contains four artificial lakes: Lake Anne, Lake Audubon, Lake Newport, and Lake Thoreau. Another artificial lake, Lake Fairfax, is only partially on Reston property, but is technically Fairfax County park land.
| Climate data for Reston, VA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 42 (6) |
47 (8) |
56 (13) |
67 (19) |
75 (24) |
84 (29) |
88 (31) |
87 (31) |
79 (26) |
68 (20) |
58 (14) |
46 (8) |
66.4 (19.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 24 (−4) |
26 (−3) |
33 (1) |
42 (6) |
51 (11) |
61 (16) |
66 (19) |
64 (18) |
56 (13) |
44 (7) |
35 (2) |
27 (−3) |
44.1 (6.7) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 2.68 (68.1) |
2.83 (71.9) |
3.38 (85.9) |
3.47 (88.1) |
4.55 (115.6) |
3.98 (101.1) |
3.67 (93.2) |
3.53 (89.7) |
3.92 (99.6) |
3.25 (82.6) |
3.41 (86.6) |
2.96 (75.2) |
41.63 (1,057.4) |
| Source: The Weather Channel | |||||||||||||
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