Olympia, WA 98502 Weather

Thurston County11:37 PM PDT47.10°N, 123.06°W

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
44°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 44°
High 60° Friday·Low 37° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity100%
Dew point44°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover59%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:41 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 37, with temperatures rising to around 39 overnight. South southwest wind around 2 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 58 in the afternoon. East wind around 2 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 1 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 44°
  2. Fri12 AM Partly Cloudy 43°
  3. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  4. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  5. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  6. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 40°
  7. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 39°
  8. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 38°
  9. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 37°
  10. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 37°
  11. 9 AM Sunny 39°
  12. 10 AM Sunny 45°
  13. 11 AM Sunny 51°
  14. 12 PM Sunny 54°
  15. 1 PM Sunny 57°
  16. 2 PM Sunny 59°
  17. 3 PM Sunny 59°
  18. 4 PM Sunny 60°
  19. 5 PM Sunny 58°
  20. 6 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  21. 7 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  22. 8 PM Mostly Clear 46°
  23. 9 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  24. 10 PM Mostly Clear 42°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny13%37°61°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny33°60°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain Mostly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain57%38°58°
  4. SunOct 25 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely58%39°59°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain34%37°60°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny12%37°60°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain17%36°60°
  8. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny42°61°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny41°60°
  10. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny40°59°

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

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Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • ThuGood (39)
  • FriGood (28)
  • SatGood (28)

Shelton, 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 7:41 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 32 min (−3 min 11 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 90% lit
Moonrise 4:31 PM Moonset 3:37 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low58° / 39°
Record high71° (1998)
Record low26° (1981)
Wettest1.43 in (2014)
Yesterday70° / 33°
Month to date0.01 in (normal 2.99 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 1 hr ago

Synopsis

Generally dry and mild conditions are expected through the end of the week, with light precipitation possible over the weekend as low pressure moves south from the British Columbia coast. Weak ridging and drier conditions are forecast through the last week of the month, but a return to a more active weather regime is possible as of the first week of November.

Short Term

The dissipating front has left mostly cloudy skies across western Washington this afternoon, with highs in the mid 50s and low 60s. Skies will be clearer on Friday and with slightly cooler temperatures. A low pressure system will be moving into Washington waters Saturday for a chance of showers throughout the day. Morning lows on Saturday will be in the upper 30s to low 40s. Mountain valley locations could be in the low 30s for possible frost and freezes. More of the precipitation will be focused along the Olympic Peninsula with amounts of only a few hundredths of an inch inland through Puget Sound.

Long Term

Some shower activity will linger into Sunday but will remain mostly cloudy. Only a few hundredths of an inch are in the forecast for Sunday but generally conditions look to become drier trending into Sunday afternoon. Some of the ensemble guidance takes the aforementioned low pressure system inland into Oregon early in the week, which would keep conditions on the cooler and cloudier side, other solutions bring in weak high pressure. The majority of the week will be dry. However, there are extended range solutions indicating that the end of the month and into the first week of November may signal a switch to a more active pattern. The probabilistic week two hazards have portions of the CWA highlighted for slight risks of heavy rain, possible mountain snow and some breezier conditions for the immediate coast. Stay tuned to the forecast as details evolve.

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Aviation

Mostly VFR this evening. With winds remaining light, we'll see another round of MVFR to IFR/localized LIFR conditions as low stratus and fog expand over the region early Friday morning, particularly south of the Puget Sound and over the Kitsap Peninsula. Flight conditions are expected to improve to VFR across western Washington Friday afternoon under clear skies.

Surface winds ease this evening and shift southeasterly early Friday morning, switching back to northerly Friday afternoon.

KSEA...VFR with occasionally breezy NW winds 10-15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Winds will ease later this evening and become light overnight, but return to northerly Friday morning. Confidence is increasing over MVFR ceilings developing over the terminal overnight, with a 35-40% chance of cigs below 3000 feet and a 30% chance of cigs below 2000 feet between 12z-18z Friday morning. VFR conditions expected to return by the afternoon.

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