Weather in Orange Beach

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 5:43 am (CDT)

Now · clear 61 °F

Feels like: 57 °F
Low / high: 60 / 80 °F
Rain: 3%
Wind: 8 mph NE

→ 30.12 inHg · steady

Today in Orange Beach: overcast, 60 °F to 80 °F, with a 3% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the northeast (8 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 66 °F to 80 °F and a 0% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Thursday 29, at 80 °F. Next likely rain: Saturday 31 (32%).

Measured now at the airport

Gulf Shores/Edwards (KJKA), 5.2 mi away · 16 min ago

Visibility9.9 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature59 °F

Wind5 mph from the north-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

80° 60°
Today
80° 66°
Fri 30
79° 69°
Sat 31
77° 68°
Sun 1
77° 66°
Mon 2
78° 68°
Tue 3
78° 66°
Wed 4
75° 61°
Thu 5
72° 56°
Fri 6
71° 53°
Sat 7
71° 53°
Sun 8
77° 56°
Mon 9
73° 56°
Tue 10
69° 50°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Overcast	60 / 80 °F	3%	10 mph ENE	1.7 ft	11:58 pm	HRRR
Fri 30	Overcast	66 / 80 °F	0%	12 mph ENE	2.2 ft	—	NBM
Sat 31	Heavy drizzle	69 / 79 °F	32% · 0.25 in	14 mph E	2.2 ft	12:55 am	NBM
Sun 1	Rain	68 / 77 °F	58% · 0.55 in	16 mph E	2.8 ft	1:58 am	NBM
Mon 2	Light drizzle	66 / 77 °F	15%	15 mph E	2.6 ft	2:04 am	NBM
Tue 3	Overcast	68 / 78 °F	12%	17 mph ESE	3.4 ft	5:20 am	NBM
Wed 4	Showers	66 / 78 °F	41% · 0.32 in	15 mph SSE	3.3 ft	6:56 am · 7:28 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Light showers	61 / 75 °F	34% · 0.56 in	13 mph NW	3.8 ft	8:03 am · 7:47 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Clear sky	56 / 72 °F	5%	10 mph NNW	2.4 ft	8:09 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Partly cloudy	53 / 71 °F	4%	8 mph N	1.7 ft	8:24 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Partly cloudy	53 / 71 °F	5% · 0.05 in	9 mph E	1.3 ft	7:53 pm	NBM
Mon 9	Overcast	56 / 77 °F	8%	9 mph S	2.4 ft	8:05 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	56 / 73 °F	13% · 0.05 in	7 mph NNW	2.4 ft	8:32 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Partly cloudy	50 / 69 °F	7%	6 mph N	1.1 ft	9:04 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	Partly cloudy	Mainly clear	Clear	Partly cloudy	Mainly clear	Overcast	Overcast	Partly cloudy
Temperature	62°	62°	61°	69°	78°	79°	74°	69°
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)	6 NE	8 ENE	8 ENE	9 ENE	8 E	7 SE	2 SE	4 NNW
Humidity	59%	59%	65%	67%	55%	54%	64%	74%
UV	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0
Model	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain on Saturday 31: take it with some caution.

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	81°	82°	78°	74°	80°	77°	72°
AIFS	81°	80°	79°	74°	78°	78°	78°
GFS	83°	82°	80°	73°	78°	78°	80°
ICON	79°	77°	78°	72°	76°	78°	76°
HRRR	80°	81°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	80°	80°	79°	77°	77°	78°	78°
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	0.15 in	1.54 in	0.00 in	0	2.12 in
AIFS	0	0	0.15 in	0.35 in	0	0	0.06 in
GFS	0	0	0	0.24 in	0	0.01 in	0.28 in
ICON	0	0	0.04 in	0.12 in	0	0	0.05 in
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0	0	0.25 in	0.55 in	0	0	0.31 in
Confidence	high	high	medium	medium	high	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	717	818	920	1122	1020	1234	1225
AIFS	8	9	9	12	12	11	8
GFS	921	1319	1320	1122	1319	1525	1524
ICON	817	817	818	1021	1225	1026	1022
HRRR	1020	1321	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	916	1219	1421	1625	1523	1725	1524
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	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%	45%	69%	21%	34%	73%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	10%	62%	77%	16%	35%	56%
NBM (NOAA)	3%	0%	32%	58%	15%	12%	41%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	0%	1%	23%	28%	4%	6%	21%

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, wetter and a slightly warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Above +3.6 °F	Well above +150%	A bit above +1.4 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit below −1.6 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.7 °F	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +0.9 °F	A bit above +26%	Normal +0.4 °F	69° / 63°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal −0.5 °F	A bit above +36%	A bit above +0.5 °F	66° / 61°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit below −0.9 °F	Above +74%	Normal +0.4 °F	64° / 59°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Normal +0.5 °F	Above +52%	—
December	A bit below −1.3 °F	A bit above +28%	—
January	A bit below −1.6 °F	A bit above +31%	—
February	A bit below −1.8 °F	Above +54%	—
March	A bit below −1.1 °F	Above +55%	—

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.

Orange Beach climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Orange Beach is from October to November and from March to May: highs of 71 °F to 83 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from June to September, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 18 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Orange Beach, about 6 every 10 years; 7 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Sally, in September 2020.

62° 44°

JanJ
65° 47°

FebF
71° 53°

MarM
77° 58°

AprA
83° 66°

MayM
88° 72°

JunJ
90° 74°

JulJ
90° 74°

AugA
87° 71°

SepS
80° 60°

OctO
71° 51°

NovN
64° 45°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	62°	44°	4.59 in	10	4.8	64°	3.2 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	65°	47°	4.74 in	8	5.3	63°	2.9 ft	–
MarchMar	71°	53°	5.33 in	8	6.7	65°	2.7 ft	–
AprilApr	77°	58°	4.75 in	8	7.4	70°	2.6 ft	–
MayMay	83°	66°	4.27 in	10	8.9	77°	2.2 ft	1
JuneJun	88°	72°	8.06 in	15	7.8	83°	2.1 ft	2
JulyJul	90°	74°	6.78 in	20	7.8	85°	1.7 ft	3
AugustAug	90°	74°	8.19 in	19	7.3	85°	1.9 ft	3
SeptemberSep	87°	71°	6.71 in	12	7.1	83°	2.2 ft	7
OctoberOct	80°	60°	4.05 in	7	6.3	78°	2.7 ft	1
NovemberNov	71°	51°	3.97 in	7	5.9	72°	2.9 ft	1
DecemberDec	64°	45°	4.59 in	10	4.5	67°	3.0 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	64°	3.2 ft	–
Feb	63°	2.9 ft	–
Mar	65°	2.7 ft	–
Apr	70°	2.6 ft	–
May	77°	2.2 ft	1
Jun	83°	2.1 ft	2
Jul	85°	1.7 ft	3
Aug	85°	1.9 ft	3
Sep	83°	2.2 ft	7
Oct	78°	2.7 ft	1
Nov	72°	2.9 ft	1
Dec	67°	3.0 ft	–

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

A normal year brings 66.03 in of rain on about 133 days and about 2,450 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

Now61 °Ffeels like 57 °F

Tomorrow66 / 80 °F

It's 61 °F now (feels like 57 °F). Today, 60 °F to 80 °F; tomorrow, 66 °F to 80 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 3%
Fri 30 0%
Sat 31 32% 0.25 in
Sun 1 58% 0.55 in
Mon 2 15%
Tue 3 12%
Wed 4 41% 0.32 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 3%. The next day with likely rain is Saturday 31: 32% and 0.25 in.

No rain in the last 7 days.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity66%

Dew point49 °F

Humidity is 66% now and the dew point is 49 °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

Now16 migood

Clouds0%

Visibility is good now (16 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 peak5moderate

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 30.18

Steady now (0.00 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 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	Overcast	55 / 80 °F	7 mph NE
Tue 27	Overcast	53 / 79 °F	7 mph NE
Mon 26	Overcast	57 / 78 °F	9 mph NE
Sun 25	Overcast	55 / 78 °F	9 mph NE
Sat 24	Clear sky	53 / 76 °F	8 mph NE
Fri 23	Clear sky	52 / 81 °F	9 mph NE
Thu 22	Clear sky	50 / 80 °F	7 mph NNE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Clear sky	48 / 78 °F	0	6 mph NNE
Tue 20	Overcast	52 / 77 °F	0	8 mph NE
Mon 19	Overcast	51 / 75 °F	0	9 mph NE
Sun 18	Clear sky	52 / 71 °F	0	11 mph NE
Sat 17	Overcast	55 / 71 °F	0	16 mph N
Fri 16	Drizzle	65 / 82 °F	0.24 in	17 mph NW
Thu 15	Mainly clear	62 / 87 °F	0	5 mph ESE
Wed 14	Clear sky	60 / 89 °F	0	5 mph NNW
Tue 13	Clear sky	60 / 89 °F	0	5 mph WNW
Mon 12	Mainly clear	63 / 91 °F	0	6 mph NW
Sun 11	Clear sky	58 / 85 °F	0	9 mph W
Sat 10	Drizzle	61 / 73 °F	0.05 in	21 mph NW
Fri 9	Heavy rain	61 / 74 °F	3.76 in	29 mph NE
Thu 8	Overcast	69 / 83 °F	0	13 mph NE
Wed 7	Overcast	69 / 86 °F	0	9 mph NE
Tue 6	Light drizzle	72 / 82 °F	0.02 in	12 mph NE
Mon 5	Light showers	72 / 80 °F	4.27 in	10 mph NNE
Sun 4	Showers	75 / 77 °F	4.72 in	5 mph E
Sat 3	Light rain	74 / 84 °F	0.49 in	8 mph E
Fri 2	Light showers	74 / 85 °F	0.56 in	10 mph E
Thu 1	Drizzle	73 / 85 °F	0.14 in	9 mph ESE
Wed 30	Mainly clear	66 / 88 °F	0	8 mph E
Tue 29	Clear sky	62 / 91 °F	0	7 mph NE

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 Orange BeachQuestions

What's the weather like today in Orange Beach?

Overcast, from 60 °F to 80 °F, with a gentle breeze from the northeast (8 mph) and a 3% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Orange Beach?

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

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 60 °F and a high of 80 °F; the warmest day, Thursday 29.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 5 (moderate). Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.12 inHg and steady: −0.04 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Orange Beach?

The best time to visit Orange Beach is from October to November and from March to May: highs of 71 °F to 83 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Orange Beach in October?

In October, Orange Beach normally sees highs of 80 °F and lows of 60 °F, with about 7 rainy days (4.05 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 78 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Orange Beach?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 90 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 44 °F. The wettest is August (8.19 in) and the driest, November.

When is hurricane season in Orange Beach?

Hurricane season: from June to September, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 18 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Orange Beach, about 6 every 10 years; 7 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Sally, in September 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 15 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 5:43 am (local time).

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