Weather in Bellefontaine

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 5:20 am (CDT)

Now · clear 58 °F

Feels like: 55 °F
Low / high: 57 / 80 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 8 mph NNE

→ 30.14 inHg · steady

Today in Bellefontaine: overcast, 57 °F to 80 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the north-northeast (8 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 65 °F to 80 °F and a 1% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Friday 30, at 80 °F. Next likely rain: Saturday 31 (28%).

Measured now at the airport

Mobile/Downtown (KBFM), 8.7 mi away · 27 min ago

Visibility9.9 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature55 °F

Wind6 mph from the northwest

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

80° 57°
Today
80° 65°
Fri 30
79° 68°
Sat 31
76° 67°
Sun 1
77° 65°
Mon 2
79° 67°
Tue 3
77° 66°
Wed 4
75° 61°
Thu 5
71° 56°
Fri 6
70° 53°
Sat 7
70° 53°
Sun 8
75° 56°
Mon 9
71° 56°
Tue 10
68° 50°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Overcast	57 / 80 °F	0%	9 mph NE	1.0 ft	1:07 am	HRRR
Fri 30	Overcast	65 / 80 °F	1%	9 mph ENE	1.4 ft	2:01 am	NBM
Sat 31	Drizzle	68 / 79 °F	28% · 0.15 in	10 mph E	1.3 ft	2:58 am	NBM
Sun 1	Rain	67 / 76 °F	53% · 0.39 in	12 mph ENE	1.4 ft	2:56 am	NBM
Mon 2	Light drizzle	65 / 77 °F	8%	11 mph E	1.4 ft	3:53 am	NBM
Tue 3	Overcast	67 / 79 °F	15% · 0.04 in	14 mph ESE	2.2 ft	4:47 am · 11:35 pm	NBM
Wed 4	Showers	66 / 77 °F	39% · 0.41 in	13 mph SSE	3.5 ft	10:20 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Light drizzle	61 / 75 °F	27% · 0.61 in	11 mph NW	3.7 ft	9:26 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Clear sky	56 / 71 °F	6% · 0.06 in	9 mph NW	1.6 ft	9:00 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Overcast	53 / 70 °F	6% · 0.01 in	7 mph N	0.9 ft	9:11 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Overcast	53 / 70 °F	6%	8 mph ENE	0.8 ft	9:37 pm	NBM
Mon 9	Light drizzle	56 / 75 °F	8% · 0.04 in	11 mph SSW	1.0 ft	10:11 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	56 / 71 °F	18% · 0.00 in	8 mph NNW	0.9 ft	10:49 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Overcast	50 / 68 °F	10%	7 mph N	0.9 ft	11:29 pm	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Friday 30 12:00 am; then NBM until Monday 9 1:00 am; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 9:00 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	Mainly clear	Clear	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Overcast
Temperature	65°	58°	58°	64°	75°	80°	73°	68°
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)	9 ENE	7 NNE	8 NNE	8 NE	7 NE	6 NE	4 SSE	4 NW
Humidity	62%	77%	75%	72%	60%	49%	67%	73%
UV	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0
Model	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR

Do the models agree?

High confidence

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

What 6 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	80°	80°	79°	72°	78°	77°	74°
AIFS	79°	78°	78°	74°	77°	76°	77°
GFS	81°	81°	81°	70°	77°	78°	78°
ICON	78°	78°	78°	72°	76°	77°	76°
HRRR	80°	82°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	80°	80°	79°	76°	77°	79°	77°
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	0.07 in	1.24 in	0.01 in	0	1.17 in
AIFS	0	0	0.16 in	0.57 in	0.03 in	0	0.08 in
GFS	0	0	0.04 in	0.39 in	0	0.04 in	0.47 in
ICON	0	0	0	0.34 in	0	0	0.02 in
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0	0	0.15 in	0.39 in	0	0.04 in	0.38 in
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	716	818	920	1019	1119	1535	1630
AIFS	8	9	9	12	13	11	9
GFS	817	1019	1125	1125	1021	1325	1225
ICON	617	616	616	717	1025	721	820
HRRR	916	918	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	812	915	1016	1218	1117	1422	1321
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)	0%	2%	45%	55%	29%	57%	65%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	11%	61%	75%	23%	39%	52%
NBM (NOAA)	0%	1%	28%	53%	8%	15%	39%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	0%	0%	23%	30%	3%	6%	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, a bit wetter and a slightly warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Above +4.1 °F	Well above +158%	A bit above +1.4 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit below −1.8 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.7 °F	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +0.9 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.5 °F	68° / 58°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal −0.5 °F	A bit above +36%	Normal +0.4 °F	65° / 56°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit below −1.1 °F	Above +62%	Normal −0.2 °F	62° / 54°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Normal +0.5 °F	A bit above +48%	—
December	A bit below −1.3 °F	Normal	—
January	A bit below −1.6 °F	A bit above +21%	—
February	A bit below −1.8 °F	A bit above +45%	—
March	A bit below −1.1 °F	A bit above +48%	—

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.

Bellefontaine climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Bellefontaine is from October to November and from March to May: highs of 71 °F to 84 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from June to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 16 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Bellefontaine, about 5 every 10 years; 8 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Zeta, in October 2020.

61° 42°

JanJ
65° 45°

FebF
71° 51°

MarM
78° 57°

AprA
84° 65°

MayM
89° 71°

JunJ
91° 73°

JulJ
91° 73°

AugA
87° 69°

SepS
80° 59°

OctO
71° 49°

NovN
64° 44°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	61°	42°	5.03 in	10	4.6	60°	3.1 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	65°	45°	5.11 in	9	5.1	61°	2.8 ft	–
MarchMar	71°	51°	5.50 in	9	6.4	64°	2.7 ft	–
AprilApr	78°	57°	5.18 in	8	7.4	70°	2.6 ft	–
MayMay	84°	65°	5.19 in	9	8.7	77°	2.2 ft	–
JuneJun	89°	71°	7.87 in	15	7.6	83°	2.1 ft	2
JulyJul	91°	73°	6.79 in	19	7.7	85°	1.6 ft	3
AugustAug	91°	73°	7.67 in	18	7.4	85°	1.8 ft	2
SeptemberSep	87°	69°	6.45 in	12	7.1	83°	2.1 ft	6
OctoberOct	80°	59°	3.88 in	7	6.3	77°	2.7 ft	2
NovemberNov	71°	49°	4.50 in	7	5.8	69°	2.9 ft	1
DecemberDec	64°	44°	5.03 in	10	4.4	64°	2.9 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	60°	3.1 ft	–
Feb	61°	2.8 ft	–
Mar	64°	2.7 ft	–
Apr	70°	2.6 ft	–
May	77°	2.2 ft	–
Jun	83°	2.1 ft	2
Jul	85°	1.6 ft	3
Aug	85°	1.8 ft	2
Sep	83°	2.1 ft	6
Oct	77°	2.7 ft	2
Nov	69°	2.9 ft	1
Dec	64°	2.9 ft	–

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

A normal year brings 68.20 in of rain on about 131 days and about 2,400 hours of sunshine.

Cyclones: how many tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) passed within 93 mi in each month from 1996 to 2025, according to IBTrACS (NOAA).

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

Now58 °Ffeels like 55 °F

Tomorrow65 / 80 °F

It's 58 °F now (feels like 55 °F). Today, 57 °F to 80 °F; tomorrow, 65 °F to 80 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Fri 30 1%
Sat 31 28% 0.15 in
Sun 1 53% 0.39 in
Mon 2 8%
Tue 3 15% 0.04 in
Wed 4 39% 0.41 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. The next day with likely rain is Saturday 31: 28% and 0.15 in.

No rain in the last 7 days.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity76%

Dew point51 °F

Humidity is 76% now and the dew point is 51 °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

Now12 migood

Clouds0%

Visibility is good now (12 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak6moderate

Fri 30: 4 · Sat 31: 4 · Sun 1: 4

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

30.1030.20 30.07

Steady now (−0.01 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.03 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 33

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	Max wind
Wed 28	Partly cloudy	53 / 80 °F	6 mph NE
Tue 27	Overcast	55 / 78 °F	7 mph NE
Mon 26	Overcast	57 / 78 °F	9 mph NE
Sun 25	Partly cloudy	55 / 78 °F	10 mph NE
Sat 24	Clear sky	56 / 76 °F	9 mph NE
Fri 23	Clear sky	53 / 81 °F	7 mph NE
Thu 22	Clear sky	51 / 81 °F	6 mph NNE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Clear sky	49 / 78 °F	0	6 mph NNE
Tue 20	Partly cloudy	54 / 76 °F	0	8 mph NE
Mon 19	Overcast	51 / 74 °F	0	10 mph NE
Sun 18	Clear sky	52 / 71 °F	0	12 mph NE
Sat 17	Overcast	53 / 70 °F	0	18 mph N
Fri 16	Drizzle	66 / 83 °F	0.11 in	19 mph NNW
Thu 15	Overcast	62 / 86 °F	0	6 mph E
Wed 14	Clear sky	58 / 88 °F	0	5 mph NNE
Tue 13	Clear sky	58 / 88 °F	0	5 mph W
Mon 12	Partly cloudy	60 / 89 °F	0	7 mph WNW
Sun 11	Partly cloudy	58 / 87 °F	0	7 mph W
Sat 10	Overcast	61 / 73 °F	0	17 mph NNW
Fri 9	Light rain	64 / 73 °F	0.89 in	25 mph NE
Thu 8	Overcast	69 / 83 °F	0	14 mph NE
Wed 7	Overcast	70 / 85 °F	0	10 mph NE
Tue 6	Light drizzle	72 / 82 °F	0.01 in	13 mph NE
Mon 5	Drizzle	73 / 83 °F	0.09 in	10 mph NNE
Sun 4	Showers	74 / 79 °F	2.52 in	7 mph ESE
Sat 3	Light showers	75 / 84 °F	0.60 in	10 mph E
Fri 2	Drizzle	74 / 85 °F	0.27 in	11 mph E
Thu 1	Drizzle	77 / 87 °F	0.19 in	10 mph SE
Wed 30	Light drizzle	69 / 88 °F	0.06 in	9 mph ESE
Tue 29	Mainly clear	62 / 91 °F	0	4 mph NNE

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 BellefontaineQuestions

What's the weather like today in Bellefontaine?

Overcast, from 57 °F to 80 °F, with a gentle breeze from the north-northeast (8 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Bellefontaine?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 1% (0.00 in): overcast.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 57 °F and a high of 80 °F; the warmest day, Friday 30.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 6 (moderate). Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.14 inHg and steady: −0.03 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Bellefontaine?

The best time to visit Bellefontaine is from October to November and from March to May: highs of 71 °F to 84 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Bellefontaine in October?

In October, Bellefontaine normally sees highs of 80 °F and lows of 59 °F, with about 7 rainy days (3.88 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 77 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Bellefontaine?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 91 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 42 °F. The wettest is June (7.87 in) and the driest, October.

When is hurricane season in Bellefontaine?

Hurricane season: from June to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 16 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Bellefontaine, about 5 every 10 years; 8 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Zeta, in October 2020.

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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 8.7 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 5:20 am (local time).

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