Weather in Fruit Cove

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 1:46 am (EDT)

Now · clear 70 °F

Feels like: 72 °F
Low / high: 70 / 78 °F
Rain: 12%
Wind: 12 mph NNE

→ 30.07 inHg · steady

Today in Fruit Cove: light drizzle, 70 °F to 78 °F, with a 12% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the north-northeast (12 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 72 °F to 77 °F and a 18% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Saturday 31, at 78 °F. Next likely rain: Sunday 1 (55%).

Measured now at the airport

Jacksonville (KNIP), 8.8 mi away · 53 min ago

Visibility9.0 mi

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature71 °F

Wind12 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

78° 70°
Today
77° 72°
Fri 30
78° 73°
Sat 31
74° 72°
Sun 1
75° 70°
Mon 2
77° 68°
Tue 3
78° 68°
Wed 4
77° 68°
Thu 5
74° 64°
Fri 6
72° 60°
Sat 7
72° 60°
Sun 8
68° 59°
Mon 9
69° 61°
Tue 10
74° 60°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	High tides	Model
Today · 29	Light drizzle	70 / 78 °F	12%	20 mph NNE	3:07 am · 3:43 pm	HRRR + NBM
Fri 30	Overcast	72 / 77 °F	18% · 0.02 in	19 mph NNE	4:02 am · 4:40 pm	NBM
Sat 31	Light drizzle	73 / 78 °F	15%	19 mph ENE	5:00 am · 5:40 pm	NBM
Sun 1	Drizzle	72 / 74 °F	55% · 1.61 in	18 mph ENE	5:03 am · 5:45 pm	NBM
Mon 2	Heavy drizzle	70 / 75 °F	51% · 0.47 in	19 mph NE	6:10 am · 6:50 pm	NBM
Tue 3	Light drizzle	68 / 77 °F	12%	17 mph NE	7:18 am · 7:53 pm	NBM
Wed 4	Clear sky	68 / 78 °F	15%	13 mph E	8:21 am · 8:49 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Light drizzle	68 / 77 °F	23% · 0.02 in	12 mph SSW	9:17 am · 9:41 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Drizzle	64 / 74 °F	15%	9 mph WSW	10:07 am · 10:28 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Light drizzle	60 / 72 °F	5%	9 mph NW	10:53 am · 11:12 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Overcast	60 / 72 °F	7%	9 mph NNE	11:36 am · 11:54 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Mon 9	Overcast	59 / 68 °F	10%	9 mph N	12:16 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Overcast	61 / 69 °F	14%	8 mph N	12:35 am · 12:55 pm	ECMWF
Wed 11	Overcast	60 / 74 °F	14%	5 mph NNW	1:14 am · 1:33 pm	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Thursday 29 8:00 pm; then NBM until Sunday 8 8:00 pm; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 10:00 am; 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	Clear	Clear	Clear	Mainly clear	Light drizzle	Light drizzle	Mainly clear	Mainly clear
Temperature	70°	71°	71°	73°	75°	77°	74°	73°
Chance of rain	1%	0%	1%	4%	12%	9%	2%	3%
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 NE	12 NNE	11 NNE	11 NNE	14 NNE	13 NE	13 NNE	20 NNE
Humidity	88%	89%	92%	89%	85%	79%	84%	89%
UV	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0
Model	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	NBM

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain today: 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	76°	77°	81°	80°	80°	80°	80°
AIFS	78°	78°	80°	78°	76°	76°	80°
GFS	81°	82°	83°	82°	81°	89°	88°
ICON	77°	78°	76°	76°	73°	76°	78°
HRRR	78°	79°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	76°	77°	78°	74°	75°	77°	78°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	medium	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0.04 in	0	0.01 in	0.06 in	0.26 in	0.02 in	0
AIFS	0.09 in	0.11 in	0.13 in	0.10 in	0.29 in	0.80 in	0.46 in
GFS	0.07 in	0.01 in	0.03 in	0.39 in	0.29 in	0.01 in	0.18 in
ICON	0	0	0.09 in	0.08 in	0.60 in	0.23 in	0.20 in
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0.02 in	0.02 in	0	1.61 in	0.47 in	0	0
Confidence	medium	high	medium	medium	high	low	low

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1227	1124	1226	1322	1228	1129	1024
AIFS	12	10	11	13	12	14	9
GFS	1324	1323	1323	1323	1121	913	817
ICON	1428	1223	1120	1223	1223	1323	920
HRRR	1426	1225	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	2128	1924	1926	1826	1925	1724	1320
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)	68%	51%	57%	43%	47%	39%	31%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	77%	45%	39%	97%	61%	23%	35%
NBM (NOAA)	12%	18%	15%	55%	51%	12%	15%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	1%	6%	10%	25%	24%	6%	7%

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 wetter.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Above +4.1 °F	Above +95%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit below −1.8 °F	A bit above +35%	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Normal +0.2 °F	A bit above +42%	71° / 58°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal −0.2 °F	Well above +133%	70° / 57°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Normal −0.5 °F	Well above +161%	67° / 56°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	A bit above +0.9 °F	Above +95%
December	Normal −0.5 °F	Above +71%
January	A bit below −1.4 °F	Above +86%
February	A bit below −1.4 °F	Well above +106%
March	A bit below −1.1 °F	Above +77%

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.

Fruit Cove climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Fruit Cove is from March to May and in November: highs of 73 °F to 85 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from August to October. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 18 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Fruit Cove, about 6 every 10 years; 3 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Debby, in August 2024.

65° 46°

JanJ
68° 49°

FebF
73° 53°

MarM
79° 59°

AprA
85° 65°

MayM
89° 71°

JunJ
91° 73°

JulJ
90° 73°

AugA
87° 72°

SepS
80° 64°

OctO
73° 56°

NovN
67° 50°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	65°	46°	2.87 in	8	5.3	62°	1.9 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	68°	49°	3.14 in	7	5.5	61°	1.9 ft	–
MarchMar	73°	53°	3.23 in	8	7.0	63°	2.0 ft	–
AprilApr	79°	59°	2.68 in	7	8.1	68°	2.0 ft	–
MayMay	85°	65°	3.48 in	9	9.1	75°	1.9 ft	1
JuneJun	89°	71°	6.50 in	19	7.7	80°	1.6 ft	2
JulyJul	91°	73°	6.04 in	21	8.3	82°	1.5 ft	–
AugustAug	90°	73°	7.04 in	21	7.4	82°	1.6 ft	5
SeptemberSep	87°	72°	7.02 in	15	6.0	82°	2.2 ft	5
OctoberOct	80°	64°	3.46 in	9	6.0	77°	2.3 ft	4
NovemberNov	73°	56°	1.95 in	6	5.6	70°	2.4 ft	1
DecemberDec	67°	50°	2.65 in	6	4.8	65°	2.0 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	62°	1.9 ft	–
Feb	61°	1.9 ft	–
Mar	63°	2.0 ft	–
Apr	68°	2.0 ft	–
May	75°	1.9 ft	1
Jun	80°	1.6 ft	2
Jul	82°	1.5 ft	–
Aug	82°	1.6 ft	5
Sep	82°	2.2 ft	5
Oct	77°	2.3 ft	4
Nov	70°	2.4 ft	1
Dec	65°	2.0 ft	–

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

A normal year brings 50.05 in of rain on about 134 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

Now70 °Ffeels like 72 °F

Tomorrow72 / 77 °F

It's 70 °F now (feels like 72 °F). Today, 70 °F to 78 °F; tomorrow, 72 °F to 77 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 12%
Fri 30 18% 0.02 in
Sat 31 15%
Sun 1 55% 1.61 in
Mon 2 51% 0.47 in
Tue 3 12%
Wed 4 15%

Today the chance of rain reaches 12%. The next day with likely rain is Sunday 1: 55% and 1.61 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.10 in; last 7 days, 0.41 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity89%

Dew point67 °F

Humidity is 89% now and the dew point is 67 °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

Now8.8 migood

Clouds2%

Visibility is good now (8.8 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak3low

Fri 30: 5 · Sat 31: 4 · Sun 1: 3

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

30.0030.1030.20 30.14

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 qualityModerate · 57

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 drizzle	67 / 78 °F	0.01 in	15 mph NNE
Tue 27	Light drizzle	65 / 75 °F	0.07 in	14 mph NNE
Mon 26	Light drizzle	66 / 74 °F	0.04 in	15 mph NNE
Sun 25	Drizzle	66 / 70 °F	0.17 in	17 mph NNE
Sat 24	Drizzle	59 / 74 °F	0.14 in	17 mph NNE
Fri 23	Mainly clear	56 / 74 °F	0	12 mph NNE
Thu 22	Clear sky	53 / 75 °F	0	9 mph N

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Clear sky	55 / 77 °F	0	11 mph N
Tue 20	Clear sky	55 / 73 °F	0	9 mph N
Mon 19	Overcast	60 / 72 °F	0	13 mph N
Sun 18	Overcast	64 / 70 °F	0	16 mph NNE
Sat 17	Light drizzle	65 / 74 °F	0.01 in	12 mph NNW
Fri 16	Light drizzle	66 / 89 °F	0.01 in	4 mph WSW
Thu 15	Overcast	67 / 87 °F	0	6 mph E
Wed 14	Overcast	66 / 86 °F	0	5 mph NE
Tue 13	Partly cloudy	64 / 86 °F	0	6 mph NNE
Mon 12	Mainly clear	66 / 86 °F	0	10 mph WNW
Sun 11	Light drizzle	71 / 83 °F	0.05 in	10 mph SW
Sat 10	Thunderstorm	74 / 82 °F	0.72 in	9 mph SSE
Fri 9	Light showers	72 / 80 °F	0.33 in	12 mph ENE
Thu 8	Light showers	73 / 77 °F	0.58 in	6 mph NE
Wed 7	Heavy drizzle	73 / 78 °F	0.43 in	10 mph NE
Tue 6	Light rain	73 / 77 °F	0.92 in	9 mph NNE
Mon 5	Light drizzle	73 / 80 °F	0.12 in	6 mph N
Sun 4	Drizzle	74 / 84 °F	0.19 in	6 mph ENE
Sat 3	Thunderstorm	73 / 91 °F	0.79 in	6 mph ESE
Fri 2	Thunderstorm	74 / 83 °F	0.91 in	6 mph ESE
Thu 1	Light drizzle	72 / 84 °F	0.07 in	8 mph E
Wed 30	Drizzle	71 / 85 °F	0.11 in	7 mph E
Tue 29	Overcast	67 / 89 °F	0	5 mph SW

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 Fruit CoveQuestions

What's the weather like today in Fruit Cove?

Light drizzle, from 70 °F to 78 °F, with a gentle breeze from the north-northeast (12 mph) and a 12% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Fruit Cove?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 18% (0.02 in): overcast.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 68 °F and a high of 78 °F; the warmest day, Saturday 31.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 3 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.07 inHg and steady: −0.04 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Fruit Cove?

The best time to visit Fruit Cove is from March to May and in November: highs of 73 °F to 85 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Fruit Cove in October?

In October, Fruit Cove normally sees highs of 80 °F and lows of 64 °F, with about 9 rainy days (3.46 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 Fruit Cove?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 91 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 46 °F. The wettest is August (7.04 in) and the driest, November.

When is hurricane season in Fruit Cove?

Hurricane season: from August to October. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 18 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Fruit Cove, about 6 every 10 years; 3 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Debby, in August 2024.

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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 10 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 1:46 am (local time).

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