Current weather · Oct 1, 10:50 AM GMT+13

Tairua, New Zealand

49 mi from Tauranga, New Zealand

60°

ClearFeels like 57° · Humidity 71%MET Norway forecast for this hourForecast by MET Norway
High
64°
Low
47°
Precip today
0.00 in
Sunrise
6:53 AM
Sunset
7:20 PM

Hour by hour

MET Norway, hourly to about 60 hours, then every six hours

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Thu 10 AM60°57°51°71%—WSW7 mph3%30.46 inHg—
Thu 11 AM63°61°49°61%—WSW7 mph60%30.46 inHg—
Thu 12 PM63°62°49°58%—WSW7 mph81%30.45 inHg—
Thu 1 PM63°62°49°59%—WSW8 mph88%30.44 inHg—
Thu 2 PM63°61°50°63%—WSW7 mph88%30.42 inHg—
Thu 3 PM63°62°51°63%—SW9 mph65%30.40 inHg—
Thu 4 PM64°62°50°61%—SW10 mph39%30.39 inHg—
Thu 5 PM63°61°50°62%—SW10 mph56%30.39 inHg—
Thu 6 PM60°57°51°72%—SW9 mph41%30.40 inHg—
Thu 7 PM58°54°50°75%—SW9 mph16%30.42 inHg—
Thu 8 PM56°51°50°81%—WSW10 mph6%30.44 inHg—
Thu 9 PM53°48°49°86%—WSW9 mph2%30.46 inHg—
Thu 10 PM51°46°48°91%—WSW7 mph2%30.47 inHg—
Thu 11 PM50°45°48°92%—WSW8 mph4%30.47 inHg—
Fri 12 AM49°43°47°92%—WSW8 mph2%30.47 inHg—
Fri 1 AM48°43°46°91%—WSW8 mph1%30.47 inHg—
Fri 2 AM48°42°45°91%—WSW8 mph2%30.46 inHg—
Fri 3 AM47°42°45°90%—W8 mph5%30.46 inHg—
Fri 4 AM47°42°44°89%—W7 mph6%30.45 inHg—
Fri 5 AM47°41°44°90%—W7 mph13%30.45 inHg—
Fri 6 AM46°41°44°91%—W7 mph23%30.45 inHg—
Fri 7 AM46°40°44°91%—WNW7 mph26%30.46 inHg—
Fri 8 AM51°46°47°85%—WNW9 mph31%30.47 inHg—
Fri 9 AM55°50°47°73%—W11 mph52%30.47 inHg—
Fri 10 AM58°54°46°63%—WSW11 mph31%30.46 inHg—
Fri 11 AM60°56°46°61%—WSW11 mph51%30.45 inHg—
Fri 12 PM62°60°47°58%—WSW11 mph59%30.44 inHg—
Fri 1 PM62°60°48°61%—WSW12 mph64%30.42 inHg—
Fri 2 PM62°60°49°61%—WSW11 mph72%30.40 inHg—
Fri 3 PM63°61°48°58%—WSW12 mph62%30.38 inHg—
Fri 4 PM62°60°49°64%—WSW12 mph76%30.37 inHg—
Fri 5 PM60°56°49°66%—WSW13 mph69%30.36 inHg—
Fri 6 PM59°54°48°67%—WSW13 mph23%30.36 inHg—
Fri 7 PM56°51°47°71%—WSW11 mph13%30.37 inHg—
Fri 8 PM54°48°47°77%—W11 mph13%30.38 inHg—
Fri 9 PM52°46°48°86%—W10 mph3%30.40 inHg—
Fri 10 PM51°45°48°90%—W10 mph12%30.41 inHg—
Fri 11 PM51°45°48°88%—WSW10 mph21%30.40 inHg—
Sat 12 AM51°46°47°87%—W11 mph29%30.39 inHg—
Sat 1 AM51°45°48°87%—W11 mph29%30.38 inHg—
Sat 2 AM51°45°48°90%—W11 mph30%30.38 inHg—
Sat 3 AM51°45°48°89%—WSW11 mph26%30.37 inHg—
Sat 4 AM51°45°47°87%—WSW11 mph27%30.35 inHg—
Sat 5 AM51°45°47°87%—W10 mph16%30.34 inHg—
Sat 6 AM51°45°47°89%—WNW10 mph19%30.34 inHg—
Sat 7 AM49°44°47°91%—WNW9 mph29%30.35 inHg—
Sat 8 AM54°49°50°85%—W11 mph36%30.35 inHg—
Sat 9 AM58°54°51°76%—WSW12 mph41%30.35 inHg—

The next 16 days

MET Norway forecast updated Oct 1, 8:17 AM GMT+13 to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodayOct 164°47°Partly cloudy—wind 10 mph
  2. FriOct 263°51°Partly cloudy—wind 13 mph
  3. SatOct 365°56°Partly cloudy—0.03 inwind 14 mph
  4. SunOct 457°51°Cloudy—0.03 inwind 12 mph
  5. MonOct 558°51°Partly cloudy—wind 7 mph
  6. TueOct 660°49°Cloudy—wind 5 mph
  7. WedOct 761°47°Partly cloudy—wind 4 mph
  8. ThuOct 864°52°Partly cloudy—wind 6 mph
  9. FriOct 962°53°Cloudy—0.02 inwind 7 mph
  10. SatOct 1062°51°Cloudy—0.04 inwind 7 mph
  11. SunOct 11~66°49°Model mean0.06 in
  12. MonOct 12~67°53°Model mean0.07 in
  13. TueOct 13~65°52°Model mean0.03 in
  14. WedOct 14~66°54°Model mean0.02 in
  15. ThuOct 15~67°54°Model mean0.03 in
  16. FriOct 16~69°49°Model mean

Right now

MET Norway forecast for this hour
  • Feels like57°
  • WindWSW 7 mph
  • Humidity71%
  • Dew point51°
  • Pressure30.46 inHg
  • UV index3 · Moderateclear-sky peak 6 today
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
  • Moonrise—Moonset 9:06 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous80% lit

The models, side by side

GFS Oct 1, 1:00 AM GMT+13 · GEFS Oct 1, 1:00 AM GMT+13 · ECMWF Oct 1, 1:00 AM GMT+13 · ECMWF AI Oct 1, 1:00 AM GMT+13

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

32°50°68°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

DayNWS gridGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 164° 47°63° 44°63° 45°61° 43°~60° 47°0.01 in
Fri Oct 263° 51°62° 42°60° 45°58° 43°~58° 48°
Sat Oct 365° 56°0.03 in64° 48°0.22 in61° 50°0.09 in61° 47°0.06 in~60° 52°0.19 in
Sun Oct 457° 51°0.03 in55° 42°56° 47°0.06 in54° 49°0.42 in~55° 50°0.38 in
Mon Oct 558° 51°60° 41°59° 44°~56° 47°0.05 in~55° 49°0.05 in
Tue Oct 660° 49°65° 42°60° 46°58° 48°~58° 50°0.10 in
Wed Oct 761° 47°66° 42°61° 46°0.02 in~48° 47°0.03 in~62° 51°0.04 in
Thu Oct 864° 52°68° 44°62° 49°0.11 in~62° 49°0.02 in~61° 53°0.04 in
Fri Oct 962° 53°0.02 in66° 47°62° 51°0.19 in~62° 51°0.09 in~60° 56°0.18 in
Sat Oct 1062° 51°0.04 in64° 48°62° 52°0.11 in~63° 48°0.02 in~62° 58°0.85 in
Sun Oct 11—~69° 47°~53° 53°~65° 42°~65° 59°0.19 in
Mon Oct 12—~68° 51°—~68° 51°0.10 in~64° 56°0.12 in
Tue Oct 13—~69° 48°—~63° 53°0.07 in~63° 55°0.02 in
Wed Oct 14—~67° 52°—~64° 51°0.09 in~65° 56°0.04 in
Thu Oct 15—~69° 52°—~67° 51°0.03 in~64° 57°0.07 in
Fri Oct 16—~69° 49°—~52° 52°~60° 60°

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayGoodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight: 4 dark, clear hours without a bright moon, from 9:00 PM. Rated good.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
ThursdayGood8:48 PM to 5:24 AM8 of 84 h from 9:00 PM77%Poor7 h9 mph
FridayFair8:49 PM to 5:22 AM2 of 82 h from 9:00 PM67%Poor6 h11 mph
SaturdayPoor8:50 PM to 5:20 AM0 of 8None57%8 h12 mph
SundayExcellent8:51 PM to 5:19 AM4 of 84 h from 9:00 PM47%Good4 mph
MondayPoor8:52 PM to 5:17 AM0 of 8None36%4 mph
TuesdayPoor8:53 PM to 5:15 AM0 of 8None26%4 h3 mph
WednesdayGood8:55 PM to 5:14 AM4 of 84 h from 1:00 AM17%Poor4 h1 mph
ThursdayGood8:56 PM to 5:12 AM4 of 84 h from 9:00 PM10%Fair4 h2 mph
FridayGood8:57 PM to 5:10 AM4 of 84 h from 9:00 PM5%Fair3 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Thu6:27 AM to 6:37 AM6:37 AM to 7:27 AM6:46 PM to 7:36 PM7:36 PM to 7:46 PM
Fri6:26 AM to 6:36 AM6:36 AM to 7:26 AM6:47 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:47 PM
Sat6:24 AM to 6:34 AM6:34 AM to 7:24 AM6:48 PM to 7:38 PM7:38 PM to 7:48 PM
Sun6:23 AM to 6:33 AM6:33 AM to 7:23 AM6:48 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:49 PM
Mon6:21 AM to 6:31 AM6:31 AM to 7:22 AM6:49 PM to 7:40 PM7:40 PM to 7:50 PM
Tue6:20 AM to 6:30 AM6:30 AM to 7:20 AM6:50 PM to 7:41 PM7:41 PM to 7:51 PM
Wed6:18 AM to 6:28 AM6:28 AM to 7:19 AM6:51 PM to 7:41 PM7:41 PM to 7:52 PM
NESWSRSSMS
  • SR Sunrise 6:53 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 7:20 PM, 265° W
  • MR Moonrise not on this date
  • MS Moonset 9:06 AM, 303° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 80% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Thu 10 AM to 9 PM 11 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 7 PM to Mon 1 AM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 1 PM to Tue 1 AM 12 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 1 PM to 7 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 1 PM to 7 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 1 PM to 7 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 1 PM to 7 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 1 PM to 3 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
Thu12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
ThursdayDry0.00 in58%10 mph10 d
FridayDry0.00 in58%13 mph9 d
SaturdayDry0.03 in54%14 mph8 d
SundayDry0.03 in60%12 mph7 d
MondayDry0.00 in64%7 mph6 d
TuesdayDry0.00 in57%5 mph5 d
WednesdayDry0.00 in60%4 mph4 d
ThursdayDry0.01 in71%6 mph3 d
FridayDry0.02 in63%7 mph2 d
SaturdayDry0.04 in74%7 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Friday, rated fair.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Thu Poor3:20 AM to 5:20 AM3:50 PM to 5:50 PM8:36 AM to 9:36 AM 80%6:53 AM, 7:20 PM
Fri Fair4:21 AM to 6:21 AM4:52 PM to 6:52 PM12:11 AM to 1:11 AM9:29 AM to 10:29 AM 71%6:52 AM, 7:21 PM
Sat Fair5:24 AM to 7:24 AM5:55 PM to 7:55 PM1:17 AM to 2:17 AM10:31 AM to 11:31 AM 61%6:50 AM, 7:22 PM
Sun Fair6:26 AM to 8:26 AM6:56 PM to 8:56 PM2:15 AM to 3:15 AM11:40 AM to 12:40 PM 50%6:49 AM, 7:23 PM
Mon Fair7:25 AM to 9:25 AM7:53 PM to 9:53 PM3:03 AM to 4:03 AM12:53 PM to 1:53 PM 40%6:47 AM, 7:24 PM
Tue Poor8:19 AM to 10:19 AM8:45 PM to 10:45 PM3:41 AM to 4:41 AM2:05 PM to 3:05 PM 30%6:46 AM, 7:25 PM
Wed Poor9:10 AM to 11:10 AM9:34 PM to 11:34 PM4:14 AM to 5:14 AM3:15 PM to 4:15 PM 21%6:44 AM, 7:25 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index · Solunar tables for Tairua, by month

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

Written here from the MET Norway forecast
  1. Today64° · WSW 7–9 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 18°C. Westsouthwest wind 11 to 15 km/h.

  2. Tonight47° · WSW 7–9 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 8°C. Westsouthwest wind 11 to 15 km/h.

  3. Friday63° · W 7–13 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 17°C. West wind 11 to 21 km/h.

  4. Friday Night51° · W 10–13 mph

    Mostly clear. Low near 10°C. West wind 16 to 21 km/h.

  5. Saturday65° · WSW 9–14 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 18°C. Westsouthwest wind 14 to 22 km/h.

  6. Saturday Night56° · SW 9–12 mph

    Light rain. Low near 14°C. Southwest wind 15 to 20 km/h. Precipitation around 1.5 mm.

  7. Sunday57° · SE 11–12 mph

    Cloudy. High near 14°C. Southeast wind 18 to 19 km/h.

  8. Sunday Night51° · SE 2–4 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 11°C. Southeast wind 4 to 7 km/h.

  9. Monday58° · SSE 6–7 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 15°C. Southsoutheast wind 10 to 11 km/h.

  10. Monday Night51° · SE 1–4 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 10°C. Southeast wind 2 to 6 km/h.

  11. Tuesday60° · SE 2–5 mph

    Cloudy. High near 16°C. Southeast wind 4 to 8 km/h.

  12. Tuesday Night49° · NW 2–3 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 9°C. Northwest wind 3 to 5 km/h.

  13. Wednesday61° · SSE 2–4 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 16°C. Southsoutheast wind 4 to 7 km/h.

  14. Wednesday Night47° · NW 1–1 mph

    Partly cloudy. Low near 8°C. Northwest wind 1 to 2 km/h.

  15. Thursday64° · SSE 3–6 mph

    Partly cloudy. High near 18°C. Southsoutheast wind 5 to 10 km/h.

  16. Thursday Night52° · WNW 1–2 mph

    Cloudy. Low near 11°C. Westnorthwest wind 1 to 4 km/h.

  17. Friday62° · SE 3–7 mph

    Cloudy. High near 17°C. Southeast wind 5 to 11 km/h.

  18. Friday Night53° · SE 1–2 mph

    Light rain showers. Low near 12°C. Southeast wind 2 to 4 km/h. Precipitation around 0.6 mm.

  19. Saturday62° · SSE 4–7 mph

    Cloudy. High near 17°C. Southsoutheast wind 6 to 12 km/h.

Climate

Climate of Tairua: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

MET Norway · 12 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Pressure min30.39 inHg30.36 inHg30.27 inHg30.33 inHg30.41 inHg30.37 inHg30.34 inHg30.35 inHg30.39 inHg30.40 inHg

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Thu6:27 AM6:53 AM7:20 PM7:46 PM12 h 27 min Waning gibbous · 80% lit
Fri6:26 AM6:52 AM7:21 PM7:47 PM12 h 29 min Waning gibbous · 71% lit
Sat6:24 AM6:50 AM7:22 PM7:48 PM12 h 32 min Waning gibbous · 61% lit
Sun6:23 AM6:49 AM7:23 PM7:49 PM12 h 34 min Last quarter · 50% lit
Mon6:21 AM6:47 AM7:24 PM7:50 PM12 h 37 min Waning crescent · 40% lit
Tue6:20 AM6:46 AM7:25 PM7:51 PM12 h 39 min Waning crescent · 30% lit
Wed6:18 AM6:44 AM7:25 PM7:52 PM12 h 41 min Waning crescent · 21% lit
Thu6:17 AM6:43 AM7:26 PM7:53 PM12 h 43 min Waning crescent · 13% lit
Fri6:15 AM6:41 AM7:27 PM7:54 PM12 h 46 min Waning crescent · 7% lit
Sat6:14 AM6:40 AM7:28 PM7:54 PM12 h 48 min Waning crescent · 2% lit

Forecast from MET Norway’s Locationforecast (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, CC BY 4.0), built on the ECMWF model and refined by MET, updated through the day; the written periods are composed here from its hourly data. Global model lines from NOAA’s GFS and ECMWF’s open data where they are ingested. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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