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Birch Bay, WA Weather

Light Rain · 88% precip

CW3375 Ferndale · 9 mi away · 38 min ago

Now

Wind
6 mph S
Humidity
95%
Dew point
52°
Pressure
30.09"
Precip chance
88%

Precipitation timing

Precipitation likely beginning around 1 AM, heaviest toward 4 AM, easing overnight, around 0.42".

Today

Rain before 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 54. South southeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Next 24 hours

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7-day forecast

Today

54°
Light Rain21 mph SSE88%

Rain before 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 54. South southeast wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

48°
Mostly Cloudy3 to 17 mph SSE12%
5% thundergusts to 22 mphsnow level 4,908 ft

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South southeast wind 3 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Climate for this date

54° forecast high — 1° above normal

Normal high
53°
Normal low
39°
Record high
62°1999
Record low
22°2003

Bellingham INTL AP · 21 km away · records 1949–present · normals 1991–2020

Sunrise

3:07 PM

dawn 2:33 PM

Sunset

12:44 AM

dusk 1:18 AM

Daylight

9h 37m

noon 7:55 PM

Moon

Waning Crescent

8% lit

Model comparison

Daily highs and lows from independent forecast models. The National Weather Service forecast above is what this site reports; these are shown so you can see when the models disagree.

Daily high and low temperature by forecast model
ModelFriSatSunMonTue
National Weather Servicecanonical
54° / —°
58° / 48°
53° / 49°
52° / 42°
56° / 46°
Open-Meteo (ECMWF/GFS)
54° / 48°
59° / 45°
53° / 43°
51° / 40°
51° / 45°

Highs differing from the NWS forecast by 5° or more are highlighted.

About Birch Bay’s weather

Birch Bay, on a shallow south-facing bay north of Ferndale, has one of the mildest and driest microclimates in Whatcom County thanks to the rain shadow of Vancouver Island.