Olympia, WA Weather

Thurston County3:29 AM PDT47.04°N, 122.90°WElevation 95 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
44°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 44°
High 54°·Low 42° tonight
WindSSW 2 mph
Humidity94%
Dew point42°
Cloud cover41%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:43 AM
Sunset6:10 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 2 mph.

  • Saturday

    Rain likely after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Saturday Night

    Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 44°
  2. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 43°
  3. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  4. 6 AM Mostly Cloudy 42°
  5. 7 AM Mostly Cloudy 42°
  6. 8 AM Cloudy 42°
  7. 9 AM Cloudy 43°
  8. 10 AM Cloudy 44°
  9. 11 AM Chance Light Rain 46°27%
  10. 12 PM Chance Light Rain 48°27%
  11. 1 PM Chance Light Rain 50°27%
  12. 2 PM Chance Light Rain 52°27%
  13. 3 PM Chance Light Rain 53°27%
  14. 4 PM Chance Light Rain 53°27%
  15. 5 PM Light Rain Likely 54°62%
  16. 6 PM Light Rain Likely 51°62%
  17. 7 PM Light Rain Likely 48°62%
  18. 8 PM Light Rain Likely 46°62%
  19. 9 PM Light Rain Likely 45°62%
  20. 10 PM Light Rain Likely 44°62%
  21. 11 PM Light Rain Likely 43°58%
  22. Sun12 AM Light Rain Likely 42°58%
  23. 1 AM Light Rain Likely 41°58%
  24. 2 AM Light Rain Likely 41°58%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy45°
  2. ThuOct 22 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°59°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°58°
  4. TodayOct 24 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely62%39°54°
  5. SunOct 25 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain48%38°58°
  6. MonOct 26 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain34%38°58°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Light Rain Slight Chance Light Rain25%37°58°
  8. WedOct 28 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain25%57°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy42°63°
  10. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny40°63°

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

61
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • SatGood (39)
  • SunGood (22)
  • MonGood (22)

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, 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 7:43 AM
Sunset 6:10 PM
Daylight 10 h 26 min (−3 min 10 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 96% lit
Moonrise 5:04 PM Moonset 6:02 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 39°
Month to date0.02 in (normal 3.38 in)

Olympia Area, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in SEW, issued 6 hrs ago

Update

No changes made in this evening's update. The previous discussion remains below along with an updated aviation section:

Synopsis

Mostly clear conditions are present this afternoon outside of some scattered clouds throughout Puget Sound. An area of low pressure will be dropping south from the British Columbia coast late Saturday night into Sunday for a round of light rain. Drier conditions resume by the middle of next week as the low offshore progresses inland and east.

Short Term

Mostly clear skies this afternoon and evening will give way to mostly cloudy skies overnight. With low pressure and cooler temperatures approaching, overnight lows will dip into the mid 30s in the Cascades and adjacent foothills with low 40s throughout Puget Sound. A frontal system dropping south from B.C will introduce rain along the coast tomorrow afternoon, spreading inland overnight into Sunday morning. The bulk of the rain will be focused along the Olympic Peninsula and generally west of the Cascades. Up to three quarters of an inch of rain is expected along the coast and windward slopes of the Olympics with only a few hundredths to a tenth of an inch in the Puget Sound region.

Showers will taper off late Sunday morning, leaving cloudy skies and highs in the mid to upper 50s.

Long Term

The pattern is becoming more consolidated in the models for early next week. It is suggestive of broad troughing remaining offshore through the middle of the week, which will keep cooler and cloudier conditions in the forecast. A weak impulse moving through will generate some slight chance PoPs for the area Tuesday afternoon through late Tuesday night. Significant rain is not expected beyond another few hundredths of an inch. Colder overnight lows will accompany this system and bring temperatures overnight back down the upper 30s and low 40s. Wednesday through Friday look to be more on the drier side as the low and associated weak front move inland, leaving the area in an onshore flow regime. Afternoon highs will consistently be in the mid to upper 50s through the week.

The 8-14 day hazards outlook still suggests a 20-40% chance of heavier rain, stronger winds and possibly mountain snow in the October 31 to November 6 timeframe. Stay tuned to the forecast as more details on emerge on a possibly more active pattern.

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