Weather in Lae

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 9:55 am (GMT+10)

Now · clear sky 83 °F

Feels like: 93 °F
Low / high: 75 / 84 °F
Rain: 43% · 0.02 in
Wind: 4 mph ESE

→ 30.00 inHg · steady UV 13 · extreme

Today in Lae: light drizzle, 75 °F to 84 °F, with a 43% chance of rain (0.02 in) and a light breeze from the east-southeast (4 mph). Tomorrow, drizzle, 74 °F to 87 °F and a 37% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Friday 30, at 87 °F. Next likely rain: Saturday 31 (93%).

Temperatures for the next 14 days

84° 75°
Today
87° 74°
Fri 30
82° 76°
Sat 31
83° 76°
Sun 1
83° 76°
Mon 2
82° 75°
Tue 3
84° 74°
Wed 4
84° 76°
Thu 5
85° 75°
Fri 6
85° 75°
Sat 7
84° 76°
Sun 8
84° 76°
Mon 9
82° 76°
Tue 10
84° 75°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Light drizzle	75 / 84 °F	43% · 0.02 in	8 mph SE	0.9 ft	3:50 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Drizzle	74 / 87 °F	37% · 0.03 in	12 mph SSE	0.7 ft	4:03 pm	ECMWF
Sat 31	Light rain	76 / 82 °F	93% · 0.45 in	10 mph SE	1.0 ft	4:16 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Light showers	76 / 83 °F	84% · 0.33 in	10 mph SE	0.9 ft	4:28 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Heavy drizzle	76 / 83 °F	86% · 0.19 in	10 mph SSE	0.5 ft	4:37 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Heavy drizzle	75 / 82 °F	87% · 0.26 in	10 mph SE	0.5 ft	4:35 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Light drizzle	74 / 84 °F	87% · 0.10 in	10 mph SE	0.9 ft	3:58 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Drizzle	76 / 84 °F	95% · 0.26 in	10 mph SE	1.1 ft	12:55 am · 2:49 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Drizzle	75 / 85 °F	84% · 0.21 in	5 mph S	1.0 ft	2:16 am · 2:18 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Drizzle	75 / 85 °F	67% · 0.26 in	9 mph SSE	0.7 ft	3:13 am · 2:13 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light drizzle	76 / 84 °F	68% · 0.09 in	10 mph SE	—	2:20 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Drizzle	76 / 84 °F	70% · 0.23 in	10 mph SE	—	2:33 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Heavy drizzle	76 / 82 °F	76% · 0.50 in	10 mph SE	—	2:51 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Drizzle	75 / 84 °F	81% · 0.20 in	10 mph ESE	—	3:12 pm	ECMWF

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	Light drizzle	Light drizzle	Mainly clear	Mainly clear	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy
Temperature	78°	76°	75°	82°	83°	82°	82°	80°
Chance of rain	39%	39%	11%	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)	1 S	4 WNW	7 WNW	1 SE	7 SE	8 SE	8 SE	3 SE
Humidity	87%	92%	92%	74%	73%	78%	78%	80%
UV	0	0	0	6	13	5	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Low confidence

They don't agree on temperature on Saturday 31: it may change, so check again closer to the day.

What 4 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	84°	87°	82°	83°	83°	82°	84°
AIFS	83°	86°	82°	83°	82°	82°	82°
GFS	87°	91°	92°	89°	88°	88°	89°
ICON	88°	93°	87°	88°	89°	87°	88°
Confidence	high	medium	low	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0.02 in	0.03 in	0.45 in	0.33 in	0.19 in	0.26 in	0.10 in
AIFS	0	0.01 in	0.33 in	0.20 in	0.32 in	0.29 in	0.23 in
GFS	0	0	0.06 in	0.15 in	0.09 in	0.01 in	0.01 in
ICON	0	0	0.36 in	0.54 in	0.15 in	0.12 in	0.11 in
Confidence	high	high	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	817	1220	1020	1017	1019	1019	1020
AIFS	7	6	5	6	6	7	8
GFS	911	911	1014	1012	910	911	911
ICON	817	817	715	817	818	918	918
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	43%	37%	93%	84%	86%	87%	87%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	3%	1%	7%	71%	68%	61%	19%

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 and a bit drier.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	A bit above +0.9 °F	A bit below −47%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal +0.7 °F	A bit below −37%	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Normal +0.5 °F	A bit below −27%	77° / 65°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal +0.7 °F	Normal	78° / 66°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +1.1 °F	A bit below −25%	78° / 66°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	A bit above +1.3 °F	Below −52%
December	A bit above +1.4 °F	Normal
January	A bit above +1.8 °F	Normal
February	A bit above +2.2 °F	A bit above +20%
March	A bit above +2.3 °F	A bit above +32%

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. The long-range sea temperature isn't usable at this spot (the model's grid cell falls on land).

Lae climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Lae is from May to October: highs of 83 °F to 87 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 5 hours of sunshine a day.

89° 74°

JanJ
90° 74°

FebF
88° 74°

MarM
88° 73°

AprA
86° 73°

MayM
85° 73°

JunJ
83° 72°

JulJ
84° 71°

AugA
85° 72°

SepS
87° 73°

OctO
89° 73°

NovN
89° 74°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	89°	74°	12.25 in	16	4.5	86°	0.5 ft
FebruaryFeb	90°	74°	9.72 in	15	5.1	86°	0.5 ft
MarchMar	88°	74°	12.63 in	18	4.6	85°	0.6 ft
AprilApr	88°	73°	13.33 in	13	5.0	85°	0.7 ft
MayMay	86°	73°	15.16 in	10	5.4	84°	1.2 ft
JuneJun	85°	73°	18.69 in	9	5.3	83°	1.6 ft
JulyJul	83°	72°	20.20 in	8	4.9	82°	1.9 ft
AugustAug	84°	71°	18.63 in	6	5.0	82°	1.8 ft
SeptemberSep	85°	72°	18.20 in	8	4.8	83°	1.6 ft
OctoberOct	87°	73°	15.21 in	8	5.7	84°	1.2 ft
NovemberNov	89°	73°	12.14 in	11	4.6	85°	1.0 ft
DecemberDec	89°	74°	10.89 in	14	5.1	86°	0.7 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	86°	0.5 ft
Feb	86°	0.5 ft
Mar	85°	0.6 ft
Apr	85°	0.7 ft
May	84°	1.2 ft
Jun	83°	1.6 ft
Jul	82°	1.9 ft
Aug	82°	1.8 ft
Sep	83°	1.6 ft
Oct	84°	1.2 ft
Nov	85°	1.0 ft
Dec	86°	0.7 ft

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

A normal year brings 177.06 in of rain on about 135 days and about 1,850 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

Now83 °Ffeels like 93 °F

Tomorrow74 / 87 °F

It's 83 °F now (feels like 93 °F). Today, 75 °F to 84 °F; tomorrow, 74 °F to 87 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 43% 0.02 in
Fri 30 37% 0.03 in
Sat 31 93% 0.45 in
Sun 1 84% 0.33 in
Mon 2 86% 0.19 in
Tue 3 87% 0.26 in
Wed 4 87% 0.10 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 43%, with 0.02 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Saturday 31: 93% and 0.45 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.27 in; last 3 days, 0.90 in; last 7 days, 2.04 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity69%

Dew point72 °F

Humidity is 69% now and the dew point is 72 °F. With a dew point this high, it feels muggy.

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

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds16%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

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

UV index

Now10

Today's peak13extreme

Fri 30: 14 · Sat 31: 12 · Sun 1: 12

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

29.8029.9030.00 29.85

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

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 34

Saharan dustNo

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	Light rain	76 / 80 °F	0.58 in	7 mph ESE
Tue 27	Light rain	75 / 81 °F	0.30 in	10 mph SSE
Mon 26	Light drizzle	76 / 82 °F	0.03 in	9 mph SSE
Sun 25	Rain	77 / 82 °F	0.83 in	8 mph SSE
Sat 24	Drizzle	76 / 82 °F	0.21 in	10 mph SSE
Fri 23	Light drizzle	76 / 82 °F	0.07 in	9 mph SSE
Thu 22	Light drizzle	76 / 83 °F	0.01 in	9 mph SSE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Light drizzle	76 / 82 °F	0.04 in	9 mph SSE
Tue 20	Light drizzle	75 / 82 °F	0.06 in	9 mph SE
Mon 19	Heavy drizzle	75 / 80 °F	0.39 in	12 mph SE
Sun 18	Light drizzle	73 / 83 °F	0.02 in	12 mph SE
Sat 17	Drizzle	73 / 84 °F	0.07 in	11 mph SSE
Fri 16	Drizzle	75 / 80 °F	0.09 in	9 mph SSE
Thu 15	Drizzle	76 / 81 °F	0.26 in	10 mph SE
Wed 14	Light drizzle	74 / 82 °F	0.07 in	8 mph SE
Tue 13	Light drizzle	74 / 84 °F	0.06 in	9 mph ESE
Mon 12	Light drizzle	75 / 82 °F	0.10 in	10 mph SE
Sun 11	Light rain	75 / 80 °F	0.48 in	9 mph SE
Sat 10	Drizzle	74 / 80 °F	0.26 in	8 mph SSE
Fri 9	Drizzle	74 / 80 °F	0.16 in	9 mph S
Thu 8	Light drizzle	75 / 80 °F	0.11 in	9 mph S
Wed 7	Light drizzle	76 / 80 °F	0.14 in	11 mph SSE
Tue 6	Light rain	76 / 80 °F	0.50 in	11 mph SSE
Mon 5	Light drizzle	74 / 81 °F	0.02 in	9 mph SSE
Sun 4	Light drizzle	75 / 80 °F	0.11 in	10 mph SSE
Sat 3	Drizzle	75 / 79 °F	0.18 in	9 mph SE
Fri 2	Rain	76 / 78 °F	0.52 in	10 mph SSE
Thu 1	Drizzle	76 / 80 °F	0.08 in	9 mph SE
Wed 30	Light drizzle	78 / 81 °F	0.01 in	9 mph SE
Tue 29	Light drizzle	76 / 80 °F	0.03 in	10 mph SE

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 LaeQuestions

What's the weather like today in Lae?

Light drizzle, from 75 °F to 84 °F, with a light breeze from the east-southeast (4 mph) and a 43% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Lae?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 37% (0.03 in): drizzle.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 74 °F and a high of 87 °F; the warmest day, Friday 30.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 13 (extreme). Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.00 inHg and steady: +0.00 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Lae?

The best time to visit Lae is from May to October: highs of 83 °F to 87 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 5 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Lae in October?

In October, Lae normally sees highs of 87 °F and lows of 73 °F, with about 8 rainy days (15.21 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 84 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Lae?

The warmest is February, with average highs of 90 °F, and the coldest August, with lows of 71 °F. The wettest is July (20.20 in) and the driest, February.

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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 1.9 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 9:55 am (local time).

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