Nanaimo Hourly Weather
13°
Overcast
Feels like 13°
+3.5° vs normal — warmer than normal
Perfect
Outdoor comfort right now
It is 13°C and overcast in Nanaimo. Nothing wet on the radar for the next 24 hours. Tomorrow: partly cloudy, high 19°C.
- Pressure steady slowly 1021 hPa
- Wind 5 km/h NNW
- Humidity 96%
- Cloud 100%
- UV peak 5
- Rain chance 1%
Next 48 hours
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Now
22
4am
1%
12
5am
1%
12
6am
1%
13
7am
1%
14
8am
1%
14
9am
1%
15
10am
1%
16
11am
1%
17
12pm
1%
16
1pm
1%
16
2pm
1%
16
3pm
1%
16
4pm
1%
15
5pm
1%
15
6pm
1%
15
7pm
1%
14
8pm
1%
13
9pm
1%
13
10pm
1%
13
11pm
1%
13
12am
Sun
1%
12
1am
1%
12
2am
1%
11
3am
1%
11
4am
1%
10
5am
1%
10
6am
1%
10
7am
1%
9
8am
9
9am
8
10am
1%
9
11am
10
12pm
11
1pm
11
2pm
11
3pm
10
4pm
8
5pm
7
6pm
5
7pm
4
8pm
4
9pm
4
10pm
4
11pm
4
12am
Mon
4
1am
4
2am
4
Conditions in detail
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Feels like
13°
About what it looks like
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Dew point
13°
Comfortable
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Wind
5 km/h
Gusting 0 km/h from NNW
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Pressure
1022 hPa
Steady slowly
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Visibility
17 km
Clear
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UV index
0
Peaks at 5 today
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Cloud cover
100%
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Precipitation today
0.0 mm
None expected
Air quality
US AQI
47
Good
- PM2.5 12 µg/m³
- PM10 12 µg/m³
- Ozone 27 µg/m³
- NO₂ 17 µg/m³
Next 14 days
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Best time to…
Scored hour by hour across the next two days.
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Walk the dog
100Sat 3am–2am
Mild, no downpours, no ice
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Ride a bike
100Sat 3am–2am
Wind matters more than temperature
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Garden work
100Sun 8am–6pm
Mild and dry, sun optional
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Go for a run
99Sat 3am–2am
Cool, calm and dry
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Stargazing
98Sat 7pm–7am
Clear, dark and calm
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Golden-hour photos
92Sat 8am–8am
Scattered cloud catches the light
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Line-dry laundry
90Sun 8am–6pm
Dry air plus a working breeze
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Patio or BBQ
82Sat 4am–2am
Warm, dry, and not too breezy
Sun & moon
Sunrise
7:18 am
Sunset
6:49 pm
- Day length11h 31m
- Golden hour5:54 pm–6:49 pm
Last quarter
54% illuminated
Full moon in 23 days
Stargazing tonight
Decent · 62/100
Clearest around 12am at 2% cloud.
Almanac
20 years of records for Oct 3 (±3 days)
Today is warmer than normal (+3.5° on the high, +2.9° on the low).
- Normal high15°
- Normal low10°
- Record high 23° 2022
- Record low 5° 2018
- Typical rainfall2.7 mm
- Odds of a wet day34%
Hour-by-hour forecast for Nanaimo
Every hour for the next 48 hours, local time.
| Time | Conditions | Temp | Feels | Chance | Amount | Wind | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Oct 3 | |||||||
| 3am | Overcast | 14° | 14° | 0% | — | 22 km/h | 97% |
| 4am | Partly cloudy | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 12 km/h | 94% |
| 5am | Partly cloudy | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 12 km/h (gusts 23 km/h) | 94% |
| 6am | Partly cloudy | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 13 km/h (gusts 25 km/h) | 94% |
| 7am | Partly cloudy | 12° | 12° | 1% | — | 14 km/h (gusts 26 km/h) | 94% |
| 8am | Partly cloudy | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 14 km/h (gusts 27 km/h) | 93% |
| 9am | Partly cloudy | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 15 km/h (gusts 27 km/h) | 90% |
| 10am | Partly cloudy | 15° | 15° | 1% | — | 16 km/h (gusts 27 km/h) | 86% |
| 11am | Partly cloudy | 16° | 16° | 1% | — | 17 km/h | 83% |
| 12pm | Partly cloudy | 17° | 17° | 1% | — | 16 km/h | 79% |
| 1pm | Partly cloudy | 18° | 18° | 1% | — | 16 km/h | 76% |
| 2pm | Clear sky | 18° | 18° | 1% | — | 16 km/h | 73% |
| 3pm | Clear sky | 18° | 18° | 1% | — | 16 km/h | 71% |
| 4pm | Clear sky | 19° | 19° | 1% | — | 15 km/h | 70% |
| 5pm | Clear sky | 18° | 18° | 1% | — | 15 km/h | 70% |
| 6pm | Clear sky | 18° | 18° | 1% | — | 15 km/h | 72% |
| 7pm | Clear sky | 16° | 16° | 1% | — | 14 km/h | 75% |
| 8pm | Clear sky | 16° | 16° | 1% | — | 13 km/h | 77% |
| 9pm | Clear sky | 15° | 15° | 1% | — | 13 km/h | 77% |
| 10pm | Clear sky | 15° | 15° | 1% | — | 13 km/h | 76% |
| 11pm | Clear sky | 15° | 15° | 1% | — | 13 km/h | 76% |
| Sunday Oct 4 | |||||||
| 12am | Clear sky | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 12 km/h | 76% |
| 1am | Clear sky | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 12 km/h | 76% |
| 2am | Clear sky | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 11 km/h | 77% |
| 3am | Clear sky | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 11 km/h | 78% |
| 4am | Clear sky | 14° | 14° | 1% | — | 10 km/h | 79% |
| 5am | Clear sky | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 10 km/h | 80% |
| 6am | Clear sky | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 10 km/h | 80% |
| 7am | Clear sky | 13° | 13° | 1% | — | 9 km/h | 81% |
| 8am | Clear sky | 13° | 13° | 0% | — | 9 km/h | 80% |
| 9am | Clear sky | 15° | 15° | 0% | — | 8 km/h | 78% |
| 10am | Partly cloudy | 17° | 17° | 1% | — | 9 km/h | 74% |
| 11am | Partly cloudy | 18° | 18° | 0% | — | 10 km/h | 71% |
| 12pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 11 km/h | 69% |
| 1pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 11 km/h | 68% |
| 2pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 11 km/h | 68% |
| 3pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 10 km/h | 67% |
| 4pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 8 km/h | 68% |
| 5pm | Partly cloudy | 19° | 19° | 0% | — | 7 km/h | 70% |
| 6pm | Partly cloudy | 18° | 18° | 0% | — | 5 km/h | 74% |
| 7pm | Partly cloudy | 16° | 16° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 79% |
| 8pm | Partly cloudy | 15° | 15° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 83% |
| 9pm | Partly cloudy | 14° | 14° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 86% |
| 10pm | Partly cloudy | 14° | 14° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 89% |
| 11pm | Partly cloudy | 13° | 13° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 90% |
| Monday Oct 5 | |||||||
| 12am | Partly cloudy | 12° | 12° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 90% |
| 1am | Partly cloudy | 12° | 12° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 90% |
| 2am | Partly cloudy | 11° | 11° | 0% | — | 4 km/h | 89% |
About this Nanaimo forecast
Updated 2026-10-03 10:57 UTC, and refreshed automatically every few minutes. Forecast data is provided by Visual Crossing; radar frames from RainViewer; the 20-year normals and records from the ERA5 reanalysis archive. No national weather service publishes point alerts here, so only computed watches are shown.
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