Weather in La Couarde-sur-Mer

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 5:30 am (CET)

Now · overcast 51 °F

Feels like: 45 °F
Low / high: 51 / 61 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 12 mph ENE

→ 30.29 inHg · steady

Today in La Couarde-sur-Mer: overcast, 51 °F to 61 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a moderate breeze from the east-northeast (12 mph). Tomorrow, fog, 48 °F to 61 °F and a 0% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Friday 30, at 61 °F. No significant rain expected over the next 7 days.

Measured now at the airport

La Rochelle–Île de Ré (LFBH), 11 mi away · 33 min ago

Visibility6.2 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature46 °F

Wind12 mph from the northeast

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

61° 51°
Today
61° 48°
Fri 30
57° 48°
Sat 31
56° 47°
Sun 1
58° 48°
Mon 2
54° 49°
Tue 3
52° 48°
Wed 4
56° 46°
Thu 5
57° 50°
Fri 6
60° 55°
Sat 7
62° 56°
Sun 8
61° 59°
Mon 9
61° 58°
Tue 10
59° 58°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Overcast	51 / 61 °F	0%	16 mph ENE	7.3 ft	6:23 am · 6:58 pm	AROME
Fri 30	Fog	48 / 61 °F	0%	13 mph ENE	3.7 ft	7:16 am · 7:59 pm	AROME
Sat 31	Overcast	48 / 57 °F	0%	14 mph ENE	4.4 ft	8:23 am · 9:12 pm	AROME + ICON-EU
Sun 1	Overcast	47 / 56 °F	0%	14 mph NE	4.2 ft	9:45 am · 10:44 pm	ICON-EU
Mon 2	Overcast	48 / 58 °F	0%	16 mph NE	3.5 ft	11:23 am	ICON-EU + ECMWF
Tue 3	Overcast	49 / 54 °F	4%	19 mph NE	2.6 ft	12:09 am · 12:39 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Partly cloudy	48 / 52 °F	2%	19 mph ENE	3.1 ft	1:12 am · 1:36 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Overcast	46 / 56 °F	4%	17 mph ENE	3.1 ft	2:02 am · 2:23 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Overcast	50 / 57 °F	8%	16 mph E	2.4 ft	2:43 am · 3:02 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Overcast	55 / 60 °F	9%	17 mph SE	2.2 ft	3:18 am · 3:35 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Overcast	56 / 62 °F	13%	18 mph SE	2.5 ft	3:50 am · 4:04 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Drizzle	59 / 61 °F	25% · 0.26 in	21 mph S	3.1 ft	4:19 am · 4:32 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Drizzle	58 / 61 °F	29% · 0.32 in	18 mph S	2.8 ft	4:47 am · 5:00 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Light drizzle	58 / 59 °F	27% · 0.07 in	20 mph WSW	3.4 ft	5:16 am · 5:30 pm	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: AROME until Saturday 31 5:00 am; then ICON-EU until Monday 2 8:00 pm; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 4:00 pm; then GFS.

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Partly cloudy
Temperature	53°	52°	51°	51°	55°	60°	59°	56°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	12 ENE	13 E	11 NE	14 ENE	15 E	14 ENE	13 E	12 ENE
Humidity	80%	81%	80%	80%	68%	57%	62%	69%
UV	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Model	AROME	AROME	AROME	AROME	AROME	AROME	AROME	AROME

Do the models agree?

High confidence

The models agree for the next few days: the forecast is fairly solid.

What 7 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	59°	60°	59°	59°	56°	54°	52°
AIFS	57°	57°	55°	55°	54°	52°	51°
GFS	60°	62°	61°	61°	59°	55°	52°
ICON	58°	57°	57°	56°	57°	54°	47°
ARPEGE	60°	61°	60°	59°	—	—	—
AROME	61°	61°	—	—	—	—	—
ICON-EU	57°	57°	57°	56°	58°	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ICON	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARPEGE	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
AROME	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
ICON-EU	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1521	1521	1622	1920	1829	1933	1930
AIFS	14	12	15	15	18	18	17
GFS	1825	1723	1826	1930	2334	2431	2529
ICON	1321	1117	1320	1220	1220	1626	1626
ARPEGE	1523	1521	1521	1926	—	—	—
AROME	1624	1320	—	—	—	—	—
ICON-EU	1421	1219	1422	1423	1524	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	medium	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	4%	2%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: normal temperatures, normal rain and a slightly cooler sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well below −5.4 °F	Below −86%	Below −2.0 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal +0.4 °F	Normal	A bit below −1.6 °F	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +2.3 °F	A bit above +22%	A bit below −0.9 °F	56° / 52°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +2.0 °F	A bit above +33%	Normal −0.2 °F	55° / 51°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal	Normal +0.2 °F	54° / 51°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	A bit above +2.0 °F	A bit above +22%	A bit above +1.4 °F
December	Above +3.1 °F	A bit above +20%	Above +1.8 °F
January	A bit above +2.3 °F	Normal	Above +2.2 °F
February	A bit above +2.3 °F	Normal	Above +2.2 °F
March	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal	Above +2.0 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

La Couarde-sur-Mer climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit La Couarde-sur-Mer is from June to August: highs of 73 °F to 77 °F, about 6 rainy days a month and 9 hours of sunshine a day.

49° 40°

JanJ
51° 40°

FebF
57° 44°

MarM
61° 47°

AprA
67° 53°

MayM
73° 58°

JunJ
76° 61°

JulJ
77° 61°

AugA
72° 57°

SepS
65° 53°

OctO
57° 46°

NovN
51° 42°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	49°	40°	3.22 in	10	2.0	51°	6.9 ft
FebruaryFeb	51°	40°	2.50 in	8	3.9	49°	7.3 ft
MarchMar	57°	44°	2.20 in	8	5.5	51°	5.7 ft
AprilApr	61°	47°	2.06 in	9	7.0	54°	4.6 ft
MayMay	67°	53°	1.91 in	8	8.2	59°	4.0 ft
JuneJun	73°	58°	1.63 in	7	9.0	64°	3.6 ft
JulyJul	76°	61°	1.34 in	6	9.6	67°	3.3 ft
AugustAug	77°	61°	1.65 in	6	8.8	68°	3.4 ft
SeptemberSep	72°	57°	2.22 in	7	7.4	65°	4.0 ft
OctoberOct	65°	53°	3.61 in	11	4.4	62°	4.9 ft
NovemberNov	57°	46°	4.22 in	12	2.9	58°	6.2 ft
DecemberDec	51°	42°	3.56 in	11	1.8	53°	7.2 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	51°	6.9 ft
Feb	49°	7.3 ft
Mar	51°	5.7 ft
Apr	54°	4.6 ft
May	59°	4.0 ft
Jun	64°	3.6 ft
Jul	67°	3.3 ft
Aug	68°	3.4 ft
Sep	65°	4.0 ft
Oct	62°	4.9 ft
Nov	58°	6.2 ft
Dec	53°	7.2 ft

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 30.10 in of rain on about 101 days and about 2,150 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now51 °Ffeels like 45 °F

Tomorrow48 / 61 °F

It's 51 °F now (feels like 45 °F). Today, 51 °F to 61 °F; tomorrow, 48 °F to 61 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Fri 30 0%
Sat 31 0%
Sun 1 0%
Mon 2 0%
Tue 3 4%
Wed 4 2%

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. No significant rain expected this week.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.02 in; last 7 days, 1.09 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity80%

Dew point45 °F

Humidity is 80% now and the dew point is 45 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now17 migood

Clouds100%

Visibility is good now (17 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak2low

Fri 30: 2 · Sat 31: 2 · Sun 1: 2

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady · now Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.2030.3030.4030.50 30.18

Steady now (−0.01 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.04 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 18

PollenNoneToday, at most none.

Pollen: Copernicus CAMS model (a rough guide, not a pollen trap). Levels use each type's usual thresholds.

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 28	Overcast	50 / 60 °F	0	12 mph NE
Tue 27	Overcast	57 / 63 °F	0	19 mph W
Mon 26	Light drizzle	59 / 63 °F	0.02 in	19 mph SSW
Sun 25	Heavy drizzle	58 / 63 °F	0.18 in	35 mph W
Sat 24	Drizzle	58 / 62 °F	0.22 in	33 mph W
Fri 23	Light rain	58 / 62 °F	0.32 in	46 mph W
Thu 22	Drizzle	59 / 62 °F	0.39 in	34 mph SW

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Light rain	56 / 62 °F	0.60 in	32 mph W
Tue 20	Light drizzle	53 / 61 °F	0.02 in	23 mph W
Mon 19	Overcast	51 / 59 °F	0	15 mph NE
Sun 18	Light drizzle	51 / 59 °F	0.02 in	19 mph NNE
Sat 17	Overcast	54 / 61 °F	0	23 mph NNE
Fri 16	Light drizzle	59 / 66 °F	0.04 in	23 mph NNW
Thu 15	Clear sky	64 / 68 °F	0	9 mph SE
Wed 14	Overcast	64 / 67 °F	0	9 mph ESE
Tue 13	Light drizzle	67 / 68 °F	0.06 in	14 mph W
Mon 12	Light rain	61 / 67 °F	0.35 in	17 mph SSW
Sun 11	Heavy drizzle	58 / 63 °F	0.17 in	14 mph SE
Sat 10	Drizzle	58 / 65 °F	0.12 in	26 mph NW
Fri 9	Drizzle	57 / 65 °F	0.06 in	25 mph W
Thu 8	Overcast	57 / 62 °F	0	27 mph NNW
Wed 7	Drizzle	62 / 70 °F	0.08 in	24 mph NW
Tue 6	Light drizzle	67 / 72 °F	0.06 in	12 mph ESE
Mon 5	Clear sky	65 / 75 °F	0	13 mph ENE
Sun 4	Light drizzle	64 / 74 °F	0.02 in	16 mph ENE
Sat 3	Overcast	63 / 72 °F	0	15 mph NE
Fri 2	Mainly clear	59 / 72 °F	0	13 mph NE
Thu 1	Overcast	65 / 68 °F	0	19 mph WNW
Wed 30	Heavy drizzle	69 / 74 °F	0.25 in	20 mph SW
Tue 29	Heavy drizzle	69 / 75 °F	0.09 in	22 mph SSE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in La Couarde-sur-MerQuestions

What's the weather like today in La Couarde-sur-Mer?

Overcast, from 51 °F to 61 °F, with a moderate breeze from the east-northeast (12 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in La Couarde-sur-Mer?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 0% (0.00 in): fog.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 47 °F and a high of 61 °F; the warmest day, Friday 30.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 2 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.29 inHg and steady: −0.09 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit La Couarde-sur-Mer?

The best time to visit La Couarde-sur-Mer is from June to August: highs of 73 °F to 77 °F, about 6 rainy days a month and 9 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in La Couarde-sur-Mer in October?

In October, La Couarde-sur-Mer normally sees highs of 65 °F and lows of 53 °F, with about 11 rainy days (3.61 in for the month) and 4 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 62 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in La Couarde-sur-Mer?

The warmest is August, with average highs of 77 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of 40 °F. The wettest is November (4.22 in) and the driest, July.

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Weather near La Couarde-sur-Mer

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 5.2 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 5:30 am (local time).

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