Weather in Seadrift

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:05 pm (CDT)

Now · overcast 75 °F

Feels like: 81 °F
Low / high: 70 / 81 °F
Rain: 33% · 0.02 in
Wind: 7 mph ESE

→ 30.07 inHg · steady

Today in Seadrift: drizzle, 70 °F to 81 °F, with a 33% chance of rain (0.02 in) and a light breeze from the east-southeast (7 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 69 °F to 82 °F and a 12% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Sunday 1, at 83 °F. Next likely rain: Friday 30 (24%).

Temperatures for the next 14 days

81° 70°
Today
82° 69°
Thu 29
80° 69°
Fri 30
83° 70°
Sat 31
83° 70°
Sun 1
83° 71°
Mon 2
80° 66°
Tue 3
78° 61°
Wed 4
76° 59°
Thu 5
75° 59°
Fri 6
77° 61°
Sat 7
77° 55°
Sun 8
68° 52°
Mon 9
68° 51°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 28	Drizzle	70 / 81 °F	33% · 0.02 in	14 mph E	1.3 ft	HRRR
Thu 29	Overcast	69 / 82 °F	12%	12 mph E	1.6 ft	HRRR + NBM
Fri 30	Light drizzle	69 / 80 °F	24% · 0.06 in	11 mph E	1.4 ft	NBM
Sat 31	Light drizzle	70 / 83 °F	24% · 0.06 in	7 mph E	1.1 ft	NBM
Sun 1	Light drizzle	70 / 83 °F	2%	8 mph E	0.9 ft	NBM
Mon 2	Light drizzle	71 / 83 °F	6%	13 mph SSE	1.5 ft	NBM
Tue 3	Thunderstorm	66 / 80 °F	43% · 0.23 in	15 mph SSW	2.0 ft	NBM
Wed 4	Showers	61 / 78 °F	18% · 0.03 in	12 mph NW	1.1 ft	NBM
Thu 5	Clear sky	59 / 76 °F	2%	11 mph NNW	1.7 ft	NBM
Fri 6	Clear sky	59 / 75 °F	6% · 0.02 in	10 mph NNE	1.0 ft	NBM
Sat 7	Mainly clear	61 / 77 °F	13% · 0.09 in	11 mph E	1.0 ft	NBM
Sun 8	Overcast	55 / 77 °F	18% · 0.12 in	12 mph ESE	0.7 ft	NBM + ECMWF
Mon 9	Overcast	52 / 68 °F	24%	5 mph NNE	0.7 ft	ECMWF
Tue 10	Clear sky	51 / 68 °F	16%	6 mph N	0.5 ft	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Thursday 29 2:00 pm; then NBM until Sunday 8 1:00 pm; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 9:00 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.

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	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	Light drizzle	Drizzle	Overcast	Overcast
Temperature	72°	71°	71°	73°	81°	79°	75°	73°
Chance of rain	1%	3%	3%	15%	11%	30%	12%	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)	6 ENE	3 NNE	3 NE	3 NE	5 ENE	11 ESE	6 ESE	6 ESE
Humidity	96%	94%	97%	100%	77%	80%	88%	84%
UV	0	0	0	1	4	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 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	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	80°	81°	79°	82°	82°	82°	82°
AIFS	80°	81°	76°	82°	83°	83°	82°
GFS	81°	80°	81°	81°	81°	80°	80°
ICON	78°	80°	80°	85°	81°	80°	79°
HRRR	81°	82°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	81°	82°	80°	83°	83°	83°	80°
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	0.09 in	0	0.05 in	0.11 in	0.05 in	0.07 in	1.16 in
AIFS	0.20 in	0.02 in	0.23 in	0.10 in	0.05 in	0.07 in	0.65 in
GFS	0.04 in	0	0.15 in	0.22 in	0	0	0.57 in
ICON	0.33 in	0	0	0	0	0	0.76 in
HRRR	0.02 in	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0.27 in	0.05 in	0.06 in	0.06 in	0	0	0.22 in
Confidence	medium	high	high	high	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	1019	1222	1123	816	824	1430	1834
AIFS	11	11	9	7	7	12	13
GFS	1418	1420	1420	1015	1113	1323	2027
ICON	1018	1120	1017	714	1018	713	1019
HRRR	1419	1219	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	1217	1217	1116	711	811	1320	1521
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	99%	12%	47%	60%	41%	37%	69%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	99%	4%	52%	49%	3%	27%	45%
NBM (NOAA)	33%	12%	24%	24%	2%	6%	43%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	4%	1%	21%	17%	9%	12%	26%

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	A bit above +1.8 °F	Above +83%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit below −2.2 °F	Normal	74° / 61°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Normal +0.7 °F	Above +53%	74° / 63°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit below −1.4 °F	Above +54%	69° / 58°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit below −2.3 °F	A bit above +36%	67° / 55°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	Normal +0.4 °F	A bit above +28%
December	A bit below −0.9 °F	A bit above +26%
January	A bit below −0.9 °F	A bit above +25%
February	A bit below −1.8 °F	A bit above +21%
March	A bit below −0.9 °F	Normal

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).

Seadrift climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Seadrift is from March to May and in November: highs of 74 °F to 85 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from July to September, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 14 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Seadrift, about 5 every 10 years; 4 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Beryl, in July 2024.

65° 47°

JanJ
69° 51°

FebF
74° 58°

MarM
80° 64°

AprA
85° 71°

MayM
89° 76°

JunJ
91° 78°

JulJ
92° 78°

AugA
89° 73°

SepS
83° 65°

OctO
74° 56°

NovN
67° 49°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	65°	47°	3.07 in	6	4.3	62°	3.5 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	69°	51°	2.16 in	4	4.1	62°	3.4 ft	–
MarchMar	74°	58°	1.73 in	5	5.1	65°	3.4 ft	–
AprilApr	80°	64°	2.12 in	5	6.3	71°	3.4 ft	–
MayMay	85°	71°	3.65 in	8	7.6	77°	3.4 ft	–
JuneJun	89°	76°	4.70 in	9	8.7	83°	3.1 ft	2
JulyJul	91°	78°	3.85 in	8	9.1	84°	2.7 ft	3
AugustAug	92°	78°	3.26 in	9	8.5	85°	2.6 ft	3
SeptemberSep	89°	73°	6.19 in	12	7.2	84°	2.8 ft	6
OctoberOct	83°	65°	4.61 in	8	6.3	79°	3.1 ft	–
NovemberNov	74°	56°	2.82 in	6	4.8	71°	3.5 ft	–
DecemberDec	67°	49°	2.56 in	6	3.9	66°	3.5 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	62°	3.5 ft	–
Feb	62°	3.4 ft	–
Mar	65°	3.4 ft	–
Apr	71°	3.4 ft	–
May	77°	3.4 ft	–
Jun	83°	3.1 ft	2
Jul	84°	2.7 ft	3
Aug	85°	2.6 ft	3
Sep	84°	2.8 ft	6
Oct	79°	3.1 ft	–
Nov	71°	3.5 ft	–
Dec	66°	3.5 ft	–

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

A normal year brings 40.73 in of rain on about 87 days and about 2,300 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

Now75 °Ffeels like 81 °F

Tomorrow69 / 82 °F

It's 75 °F now (feels like 81 °F). Today, 70 °F to 81 °F; tomorrow, 69 °F to 82 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 33% 0.02 in
Thu 29 12%
Fri 30 24% 0.06 in
Sat 31 24% 0.06 in
Sun 1 2%
Mon 2 6%
Tue 3 43% 0.23 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 33%, with 0.02 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Friday 30: 24% and 0.06 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.02 in; last 3 days, 0.06 in; last 7 days, 0.06 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity86%

Dew point71 °F

Humidity is 86% now and the dew point is 71 °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

Now9.6 migood

Clouds100%

Visibility is good now (9.6 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak4moderate

Thu 29: 5 · Fri 30: 5 · Sat 31: 6

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 29.97

Steady now (−0.01 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.07 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 41

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
Tue 27	Rain	69 / 80 °F	1.18 in	9 mph ENE
Mon 26	Light drizzle	67 / 82 °F	0.00 in	12 mph ENE
Sun 25	Overcast	70 / 82 °F	0	13 mph E
Sat 24	Mainly clear	69 / 85 °F	0	13 mph ESE
Fri 23	Clear sky	63 / 84 °F	0	10 mph E
Thu 22	Overcast	69 / 84 °F	0	10 mph ENE
Wed 21	Light drizzle	69 / 79 °F	0.07 in	13 mph NE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Overcast	63 / 83 °F	0	9 mph NE
Mon 19	Overcast	60 / 81 °F	0	10 mph ENE
Sun 18	Overcast	55 / 77 °F	0	7 mph NNE
Sat 17	Overcast	56 / 71 °F	0	18 mph N
Fri 16	Light drizzle	65 / 78 °F	0.01 in	21 mph N
Thu 15	Light drizzle	77 / 89 °F	0.02 in	10 mph SE
Wed 14	Light drizzle	80 / 89 °F	0.05 in	15 mph SSE
Tue 13	Light drizzle	81 / 90 °F	0.04 in	15 mph SSE
Mon 12	Drizzle	78 / 89 °F	0.19 in	12 mph SSE
Sun 11	Mainly clear	75 / 87 °F	0	12 mph SE
Sat 10	Mainly clear	70 / 89 °F	0	8 mph E
Fri 9	Mainly clear	69 / 89 °F	0	10 mph NE
Thu 8	Clear sky	73 / 90 °F	0	11 mph NE
Wed 7	Light drizzle	74 / 88 °F	0.02 in	9 mph NNE
Tue 6	Light drizzle	74 / 88 °F	0.01 in	12 mph NE
Mon 5	Drizzle	74 / 87 °F	0.14 in	13 mph NNE
Sun 4	Light showers	76 / 83 °F	0.38 in	14 mph NNE
Sat 3	Thunderstorm	76 / 88 °F	0.38 in	12 mph NNE
Fri 2	Drizzle	76 / 87 °F	0.22 in	12 mph NNE
Thu 1	Thunderstorm	77 / 92 °F	0.50 in	16 mph SSE
Wed 30	Drizzle	80 / 91 °F	0.10 in	15 mph SE
Tue 29	Light drizzle	79 / 91 °F	0.17 in	14 mph SE
Mon 28	Light drizzle	77 / 94 °F	0.02 in	10 mph ESE

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 SeadriftQuestions

What's the weather like today in Seadrift?

Drizzle, from 70 °F to 81 °F, with a light breeze from the east-southeast (7 mph) and a 33% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Seadrift?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 12% (0.00 in): overcast.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 66 °F and a high of 83 °F; the warmest day, Sunday 1.

What's the UV index today?

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

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.07 inHg and steady: −0.01 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Seadrift?

The best time to visit Seadrift is from March to May and in November: highs of 74 °F to 85 °F, about 7 rainy days a month and 6 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Seadrift in October?

In October, Seadrift normally sees highs of 83 °F and lows of 65 °F, with about 8 rainy days (4.61 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 79 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Seadrift?

The warmest is August, with average highs of 92 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 47 °F. The wettest is September (6.19 in) and the driest, March.

When is hurricane season in Seadrift?

Hurricane season: from July to September, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 14 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Seadrift, about 5 every 10 years; 4 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Beryl, in July 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 6.3 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 7:05 pm (local time).

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