Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka Weather

Northern Province16:43 +05309.67°N, 80.01°EElevation 7 m

Current conditions

Heavy rain
28°
Heavy rain
Feels like 32°
High 30°·Low 25°
WindENE 16 km/h
Humidity81%
Dew point24°
Pressure1,009 hPa
Cloud cover99%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise05:59
Sunset17:51

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    Heavy rain. High 30°. Precipitation 16.4 mm for the day.

  • Wednesday Night

    Rain. Low 25°. Precipitation 16.4 mm for the day.

  • Thursday

    Heavy rain. High 29°. Precipitation 24.5 mm for the day.

MET Norway forecast updated 23 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Heavy rain 28°4.9
  2. 17:30 Heavy rain 26°2.3
  3. 18:30 Rain 26°0.3
  4. 19:30 Rain 26°0.3
  5. 20:30 Light rain 26°0.2
  6. 21:30 Cloudy 26°
  7. 22:30 Cloudy 26°
  8. 23:30 Partly cloudy 26°
  9. Thu00:30 Cloudy 26°
  10. 01:30 Cloudy 26°
  11. 02:30 Cloudy 26°
  12. 03:30 Partly cloudy 26°
  13. 04:30 Partly cloudy 26°
  14. 05:30 Partly cloudy 25°
  15. 06:30 Partly cloudy 25°
  16. 07:30 Light showers 27°
  17. 08:30 Rain 28°0.3
  18. 09:30 Heavy rain 29°1.4
  19. 10:30 Heavy rain 29°4.2
  20. 11:30 Rain 27°0.9
  21. 12:30 Showers 28°0.4
  22. 13:30 Light rain 29°
  23. 14:30 Rain 29°0.4
  24. 15:30 Heavy rain 29°5.0

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Heavy rain Heavy rain16.4 mm25°30°
  2. ThuOct 22 Heavy rain Heavy rain24.5 mm25°29°
  3. FriOct 23 Heavy rain Heavy rain24.2 mm25°29°
  4. SatOct 24 Heavy rain Heavy rain17.6 mm26°30°
  5. SunOct 25 Rain Rain15.3 mm25°29°
  6. MonOct 26 Heavy rain Heavy rain16.5 mm25°28°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy26°30°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy3.1 mm27°30°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.9 mm27°30°

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 05:59
Sunset 17:51
Daylight 11 h 52 min (−0 min 30 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 76% lit
Moonrise 14:20 Moonset 01:41
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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