Bellingham, WA 98229 Weather

Whatcom County8:27 PM PDT48.70°N, 122.41°W

Current conditions

Clear
46°
Clear
Feels like 46°
High 60° Wednesday·Low 44° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity93%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.04 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover10%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:38 AM
Sunset6:12 PM

Observed at Bellingham, Bellingham International Airport · 37 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Northeast wind around 1 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 56 in the afternoon. Southwest wind around 1 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East southeast wind around 2 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 9 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 49°
  2. 9 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  3. 10 PM Mostly Clear 47°
  4. 11 PM Mostly Clear 47°
  5. Wed12 AM Clear 47°
  6. 1 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  7. 2 AM Clear 46°
  8. 3 AM Clear 46°
  9. 4 AM Clear 45°
  10. 5 AM Clear 45°
  11. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  12. 7 AM Sunny 44°
  13. 8 AM Sunny 44°
  14. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  15. 10 AM Sunny 50°
  16. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  17. 12 PM Sunny 56°
  18. 1 PM Sunny 58°
  19. 2 PM Sunny 59°
  20. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 58°
  21. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 59°
  22. 5 PM Partly Sunny 56°
  23. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 54°
  24. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 52°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear44°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny44°60°
  3. ThuOct 22 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy41°53°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny28%41°52°
  5. SatOct 24 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain35%42°51°
  6. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Sunny20%42°55°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny17%41°56°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain15%55°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy48°61°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy44°58°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

43
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueModerate
  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate

Bellingham, WA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:38 AM
Sunset 6:12 PM
Daylight 10 h 34 min (−3 min 25 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:57 PM Moonset 1:10 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 41°
Record high73° (1918)
Record low20° (1949)
Wettest1.62 in (2003)
Month to date0.44 in (normal 2.87 in)

Clearbrook, records since 1903. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in SEW, issued 5 hrs ago

Synopsis

Dry with warmer than normal daytime temps will linger through Wednesday. A weak system Thursday will bring increased clouds, near normal temperatures and a few light showers. Dry and continued near normal temperatures Friday, followed by a chance of a weak system over the weekend.

Short Term

Dry with near-normal to slightly cooler than normal overnight lows tonight. Lighter winds into Wednesday morning will allow for more early morning patchy fog formation in sheltered locations. Morning shallow stratus/fog should lift and scatter late morning with another warm October day. A weak upper level system continues to be expected to brush the area Thursday. The main impact will be more cloud cover and near normal temperatures. High resolution ensembles like the REFS showing very limited, shortlived showers mainly in the Olympics and north Cascades Thursday afternoon and evening.

Long Term

Ensembles in fair alignment with the overall pattern Friday becoming more zonal but dry Friday. For the weekend, ensemble clusters in good agreement with the overall pattern indicating an upper level trough moving across the NE Pacific and Gulf of Alaska Friday night, then shearing into a more consolidated trough moving into British Columbia Saturday and a trailing upper level low over the eastern Pacific. The grand ensemble showing good agreement on the overall idea of this upper level trough moving south and east through British Columbia itself or along west along the BC into Western Washington Saturday night into Sunday. Nearly half (48%) of the ensemble members favor the more direct approach with a more consolidated trough. The remaining 52% show either slower more northerly track or even offshore track for the trough. The more consolidated track would result in a more organized, but likely weak system moving through the area Saturday night into Sunday, where the northerly/offshore scenarios would likely result in more limited precipitation brushing the area Sunday or even delayed into Monday. The overall pattern early next week looks fairly evenly split with 49% of the grand ensemble showing some degree of ridging early in the week, and 51% some degree of troughing.

Aviation

An upper level low continues to spin off CA with dry and stable conditions across western WA. The flow aloft is southwesterly. Patchy, shallow, fog will likely develop in the interior Wednesday morning for a brief period of LIFR conditions. Fog will scatter out by 18-20z for a return of VFR conditions. 33

KSEA...VFR conditions continue this afternoon and evening. A brief period of shallow/patchy fog is possible early Wednesday morning for LIFR conditions. Otherwise, VFR expected by the afternoon. N wind to 10 kt, becoming NE 5 kt overnight, then light and variable Wednesday morning. Winds Wednesday afternoon will be more W to NW around 5 kt. 33

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