Weather in Philadelphia

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 4:55 pm (EDT)

Now · overcast 66 °F

Feels like: 62 °F
Low / high: 45 / 67 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 6 mph S

→ 30.36 inHg · steady

Today in Philadelphia: overcast, 45 °F to 67 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a light breeze from the south (6 mph). Tomorrow, partly cloudy, 45 °F to 71 °F and a 2% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Friday 30, at 72 °F. No significant rain expected over the next 7 days.

Measured now at the airport

Philadelphia (KPHL), 6.4 mi away · 1 h 1 min ago

Visibility9.9 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature67 °F

Wind6 mph from the south

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

67° 45°
Today
71° 45°
Thu 29
72° 54°
Fri 30
64° 45°
Sat 31
67° 46°
Sun 1
69° 48°
Mon 2
69° 51°
Tue 3
69° 52°
Wed 4
68° 54°
Thu 5
66° 56°
Fri 6
62° 50°
Sat 7
54° 42°
Sun 8
57° 37°
Mon 9
58° 38°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	45 / 67 °F	0%	6 mph E	3:06 am · 3:20 pm	HRRR
Thu 29	Partly cloudy	45 / 71 °F	2%	6 mph SW	3:57 am · 4:12 pm	HRRR + NBM
Fri 30	Partly cloudy	54 / 72 °F	2%	9 mph WNW	4:53 am · 5:10 pm	NBM
Sat 31	Overcast	45 / 64 °F	0%	5 mph NNW	5:53 am · 6:13 pm	NBM
Sun 1	Overcast	46 / 67 °F	2%	3 mph SSW	5:56 am · 6:18 pm	NBM
Mon 2	Mainly clear	48 / 69 °F	7%	4 mph SSW	7:00 am · 7:23 pm	NBM
Tue 3	Overcast	51 / 69 °F	9%	6 mph E	8:02 am · 8:26 pm	NBM
Wed 4	Mainly clear	52 / 69 °F	11%	8 mph E	9:01 am · 9:23 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Clear sky	54 / 68 °F	37% · 0.35 in	9 mph SE	9:56 am · 10:16 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Heavy drizzle	56 / 66 °F	37% · 0.61 in	9 mph SW	10:45 am · 11:05 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Heavy drizzle	50 / 62 °F	20% · 0.09 in	8 mph NW	11:31 am · 11:51 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Overcast	42 / 54 °F	12% · 0.03 in	7 mph NNW	12:14 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Mon 9	Clear sky	37 / 57 °F	13%	6 mph NNW	12:36 am · 12:55 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Overcast	38 / 58 °F	13%	5 mph NE	1:20 am · 1:35 pm	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Thursday 29 11:00 am; then NBM until Sunday 8 8:00 am; 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	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	Overcast	Partly cloudy
Temperature	49°	48°	45°	51°	62°	66°	63°	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)	0 NW	3 NNE	2 NNE	6 NNE	4 ENE	4 SE	4 S	3 SSE
Humidity	83%	76%	83%	80%	53%	43%	44%	75%
UV	0	0	0	1	4	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	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	64°	69°	70°	60°	66°	69°	71°
AIFS	65°	70°	73°	61°	64°	68°	71°
GFS	67°	70°	71°	61°	66°	63°	69°
ICON	67°	69°	74°	63°	65°	72°	72°
HRRR	67°	68°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	67°	71°	72°	64°	67°	69°	69°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
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
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	513	717	1023	716	718	420	819
AIFS	5	7	11	6	4	6	6
GFS	712	821	1423	821	713	614	615
ICON	512	717	921	617	616	717	1023
HRRR	616	913	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	47	611	917	510	36	48	613
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	3%	4%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	23%	42%
NBM (NOAA)	0%	2%	2%	0%	2%	7%	9%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%

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: warmer and a bit wetter.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well above +7.9 °F	Above +69%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal +0.7 °F	Normal	55° / 41°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +2.3 °F	Normal	54° / 41°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +2.5 °F	A bit above +35%	51° / 40°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +2.0 °F	A bit above +27%	49° / 38°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	A bit above +1.3 °F	A bit above +26%
December	A bit above +2.3 °F	A bit above +31%
January	Above +3.2 °F	A bit above +41%
February	A bit above +2.0 °F	A bit above +33%
March	A bit above +2.5 °F	A bit above +26%

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.

Philadelphia climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Philadelphia is from August to September and from May to June: highs of 76 °F to 87 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from July to September, peaking in July. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 8 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Philadelphia, about 3 every 10 years. The most recent: Elsa, in July 2021.

42° 26°

JanJ
45° 27°

FebF
53° 34°

MarM
65° 43°

AprA
76° 54°

MayM
84° 63°

JunJ
89° 68°

JulJ
87° 67°

AugA
80° 60°

SepS
69° 48°

OctO
57° 38°

NovN
47° 31°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	42°	26°	3.26 in	7	3.1	–
FebruaryFeb	45°	27°	2.77 in	7	4.6	–
MarchMar	53°	34°	4.04 in	9	5.1	–
AprilApr	65°	43°	3.43 in	8	5.9	–
MayMay	76°	54°	3.51 in	10	6.6	–
JuneJun	84°	63°	3.99 in	11	6.8	1
JulyJul	89°	68°	4.28 in	11	7.2	3
AugustAug	87°	67°	4.19 in	10	6.6	2
SeptemberSep	80°	60°	4.02 in	8	5.9	2
OctoberOct	69°	48°	3.35 in	7	4.8	–
NovemberNov	57°	38°	3.01 in	7	4.0	–
DecemberDec	47°	31°	3.92 in	8	2.8	–

Month	Cyclones
Jan	–
Feb	–
Mar	–
Apr	–
May	–
Jun	1
Jul	3
Aug	2
Sep	2
Oct	–
Nov	–
Dec	–

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

A normal year brings 43.77 in of rain on about 104 days and about 1,950 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

Now66 °Ffeels like 62 °F

Tomorrow45 / 71 °F

It's 66 °F now (feels like 62 °F). Today, 45 °F to 67 °F; tomorrow, 45 °F to 71 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Thu 29 2%
Fri 30 2%
Sat 31 0%
Sun 1 2%
Mon 2 7%
Tue 3 9%

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

No rain in the last 7 days.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity40%

Dew point41 °F

Humidity is 40% now and the dew point is 41 °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

Now30 migood

Clouds98%

Visibility is good now (30 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 peak4moderate

Thu 29: 3 · Fri 30: 3 · Sat 31: 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

30.2030.40 30.07

Steady now (0.00 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.25 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityModerate · 64

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
Tue 27	Mainly clear	50 / 66 °F	7 mph NNE
Mon 26	Clear sky	43 / 70 °F	6 mph WNW
Sun 25	Clear sky	37 / 65 °F	5 mph NW
Sat 24	Partly cloudy	37 / 62 °F	6 mph NNW
Fri 23	Overcast	47 / 61 °F	9 mph NE
Thu 22	Overcast	45 / 68 °F	9 mph NNW
Wed 21	Overcast	47 / 65 °F	10 mph N

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Clear sky	49 / 69 °F	0	10 mph N
Mon 19	Clear sky	39 / 65 °F	0	6 mph N
Sun 18	Clear sky	39 / 58 °F	0	10 mph N
Sat 17	Light drizzle	44 / 62 °F	0.11 in	13 mph NNW
Fri 16	Light rain	58 / 75 °F	0.33 in	11 mph SSW
Thu 15	Light drizzle	56 / 71 °F	0.02 in	9 mph NE
Wed 14	Light drizzle	66 / 78 °F	0.04 in	10 mph WSW
Tue 13	Clear sky	55 / 78 °F	0	11 mph SW
Mon 12	Drizzle	55 / 72 °F	0.12 in	10 mph NNW
Sun 11	Rain	59 / 63 °F	2.14 in	15 mph ENE
Sat 10	Overcast	50 / 71 °F	0	7 mph ENE
Fri 9	Overcast	50 / 74 °F	0	9 mph WNW
Thu 8	Mainly clear	55 / 76 °F	0	11 mph W
Wed 7	Clear sky	45 / 68 °F	0	8 mph SSW
Tue 6	Clear sky	47 / 62 °F	0	8 mph NW
Mon 5	Overcast	56 / 70 °F	0	12 mph WNW
Sun 4	Drizzle	59 / 62 °F	0.14 in	9 mph ENE
Sat 3	Overcast	59 / 71 °F	0	9 mph NNE
Fri 2	Light rain	66 / 84 °F	0.17 in	9 mph SW
Thu 1	Overcast	63 / 80 °F	0	7 mph SSW
Wed 30	Overcast	63 / 75 °F	0	5 mph SW
Tue 29	Overcast	61 / 71 °F	0	6 mph NW
Mon 28	Drizzle	60 / 67 °F	0.20 in	12 mph N

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 PhiladelphiaQuestions

What's the weather like today in Philadelphia?

Overcast, from 45 °F to 67 °F, with a light breeze from the south (6 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Philadelphia?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 2% (0.00 in): partly cloudy.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 45 °F and a high of 72 °F; the warmest day, Friday 30.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 4 (moderate). Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.36 inHg and steady: +0.03 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Philadelphia?

The best time to visit Philadelphia is from August to September and from May to June: highs of 76 °F to 87 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Philadelphia in October?

In October, Philadelphia normally sees highs of 69 °F and lows of 48 °F, with about 7 rainy days (3.35 in for the month) and 5 hours of sunshine a day. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Philadelphia?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 89 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 26 °F. The wettest is July (4.28 in) and the driest, February.

When is hurricane season in Philadelphia?

Hurricane season: from July to September, peaking in July. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 8 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Philadelphia, about 3 every 10 years. The most recent: Elsa, in July 2021.

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Weather near Philadelphia

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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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 5.6 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 4:55 pm (local time).

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Month	Cyclones
Jan	–
Feb	–
Mar	–
Apr	–
May	–
Jun	1
Jul	3
Aug	2
Sep	2
Oct	–
Nov	–
Dec	–

Month	Cyclones
Jan	–
Feb	–
Mar	–
Apr	–
May	–
Jun	1
Jul	3
Aug	2
Sep	2
Oct	–
Nov	–
Dec	–

Month	Cyclones
Jan	–
Feb	–
Mar	–
Apr	–
May	–
Jun	1
Jul	3
Aug	2
Sep	2
Oct	–
Nov	–
Dec	–