Newport News, Virginia weather · now
Cloudy
- Feels
- 82°
- High / Low
- 93° / 75°
- Wind
- 25 mph WSW
- Humidity
- 74%
Precipitation · next 12 hrs
Peak 30% · 11 PM
Current weather and 7-day forecast for Newport News, Virginia, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect slight chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 93° with a low near 75°. 1 active weather alert in effect.
What to wear today
Loose, light, and water nearby
93°F — wear breathable fabrics and stay hydrated.
Next 24 hours
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12 PM
82°
3%
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2 PM
91°
13%
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4 PM
92°
13%
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6 PM
90°
23%
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8 PM
85°
23%
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10 PM
82°
23%
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12 AM
80°
30%
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2 AM
78°
17%
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4 AM
77°
17%
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6 AM
77°
3%
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8 AM
76°
4%
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10 AM
81°
2%
Live radar
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Today 8/11
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% 93° · 75° - 12 PM
82° Mostly Sunny 3% - 1 PM
86° Mostly Sunny 3% - 2 PM
91° Mostly Sunny 13% - 3 PM
92° Mostly Sunny 13% - 4 PM
92° Partly Sunny 13% - 5 PM
91° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 6 PM
90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 7 PM
88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 8 PM
85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 9 PM
84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 10 PM
82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23% - 11 PM
81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
- 12 PM
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Wed 8/12
Mostly Sunny 16% 90° · 75° - 12 AM
80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 1 AM
79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 2 AM
78° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17% - 3 AM
78° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17% - 4 AM
77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 17% - 5 AM
77° Partly Cloudy 4% - 6 AM
77° Sunny 3% - 7 AM
77° Sunny 3% - 8 AM
76° Sunny 4% - 9 AM
78° Mostly Sunny 2% - 10 AM
81° Sunny 2% - 11 AM
82° Sunny 2% - 12 PM
84° Mostly Sunny 2% - 1 PM
87° Mostly Sunny 5% - 2 PM
88° Mostly Sunny 14% - 3 PM
88° Mostly Sunny 14% - 4 PM
89° Mostly Sunny 12% - 5 PM
88° Sunny 13% - 6 PM
87° Partly Cloudy 13% - 7 PM
86° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16% - 8 PM
82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16% - 9 PM
81° Partly Cloudy 11% - 10 PM
80° Partly Cloudy 2% - 11 PM
79° Partly Cloudy 2%
- 12 AM
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Thu 8/13
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43% 93° · 78° - 12 AM
79° Partly Cloudy 6% - 1 AM
78° Partly Cloudy 3% - 2 AM
78° Partly Cloudy 6% - 3 AM
77° Mostly Clear 5% - 4 AM
77° Partly Cloudy 1% - 5 AM
77° Partly Cloudy 1% - 6 AM
75° Sunny 1% - 7 AM
77° Sunny 1% - 8 AM
77° Mostly Sunny 1% - 9 AM
79° Mostly Sunny 1% - 10 AM
81° Sunny 1% - 11 AM
84° Sunny 1% - 12 PM
87° Mostly Sunny 1% - 1 PM
89° Mostly Sunny 1% - 2 PM
91° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18% - 3 PM
93° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18% - 4 PM
93° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18% - 5 PM
92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18% - 6 PM
91° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18% - 7 PM
88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18% - 8 PM
86° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43% - 9 PM
84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43% - 10 PM
83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 43% - 11 PM
82° Chance Rain Showers 43%
- 12 AM
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Fri 8/14
Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% 90° · 75° - 12 AM
81° Chance Rain Showers 43% - 1 AM
80° Chance Rain Showers 43% - 2 AM
80° Partly Cloudy 10% - 3 AM
80° Partly Cloudy 10% - 4 AM
80° Mostly Cloudy 10% - 5 AM
80° Mostly Cloudy 10% - 6 AM
79° Partly Sunny 10% - 7 AM
79° Partly Sunny 10% - 8 AM
80° Partly Sunny 12% - 9 AM
81° Partly Sunny 12% - 10 AM
82° Partly Sunny 12% - 11 AM
84° Partly Sunny 12% - 12 PM
86° Partly Sunny 12% - 1 PM
87° Partly Sunny 12% - 2 PM
88° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 3 PM
89° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 4 PM
89° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 5 PM
88° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 6 PM
86° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 7 PM
84° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57% - 8 PM
82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28% - 9 PM
81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28% - 10 PM
80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28% - 11 PM
80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
- 12 AM
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Sat 8/15
Mostly Sunny 14% 84° · 72° - 12 AM
80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28% - 1 AM
79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28% - 2 AM
79° Partly Cloudy 11% - 3 AM
78° Partly Cloudy 11% - 4 AM
77° Partly Cloudy 11% - 5 AM
77° Partly Cloudy 11% - 6 AM
76° Mostly Sunny 11% - 7 AM
75° Mostly Sunny 11% - 8 AM
76° Mostly Sunny 14% - 9 AM
77° Mostly Sunny 14% - 10 AM
79° Mostly Sunny 14% - 11 AM
81° Mostly Sunny 14% - 12 PM
82° Mostly Sunny 14% - 1 PM
83° Mostly Sunny 14% - 2 PM
83° Mostly Sunny 13% - 3 PM
83° Mostly Sunny 13% - 4 PM
83° Mostly Sunny 13% - 5 PM
82° Mostly Sunny 13% - 6 PM
81° Partly Cloudy 13% - 7 PM
80° Partly Cloudy 13% - 8 PM
79° Partly Cloudy 10% - 9 PM
78° Partly Cloudy 10% - 10 PM
78° Partly Cloudy 10% - 11 PM
77° Partly Cloudy 10%
- 12 AM
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Sun 8/16
Mostly Sunny 30% 88° · 75° - 12 AM
76° Partly Cloudy 10% - 1 AM
75° Partly Cloudy 10% - 2 AM
74° Partly Cloudy 9% - 3 AM
74° Partly Cloudy 9% - 4 AM
73° Partly Cloudy 9% - 5 AM
73° Partly Cloudy 9% - 6 AM
73° Mostly Sunny 9% - 7 AM
73° Mostly Sunny 9% - 8 AM
74° Mostly Sunny 4% - 9 AM
76° Mostly Sunny 4% - 10 AM
79° Mostly Sunny 4% - 11 AM
81° Mostly Sunny 4% - 12 PM
83° Mostly Sunny 4% - 1 PM
85° Mostly Sunny 4% - 2 PM
86° Mostly Sunny 14% - 3 PM
87° Mostly Sunny 14% - 4 PM
88° Mostly Sunny 14% - 5 PM
87° Mostly Sunny 14% - 6 PM
86° Partly Cloudy 14% - 7 PM
85° Partly Cloudy 14% - 8 PM
83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 9 PM
82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 10 PM
80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 11 PM
79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
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Mon 8/17
Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% 93° · 76° - 12 AM
78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 1 AM
78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 2 AM
77° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 3 AM
77° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 4 AM
76° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 5 AM
76° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 6 AM
76° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 7 AM
76° Chance Rain Showers 26% - 8 AM
77° Mostly Sunny 7% - 9 AM
79° Mostly Sunny 7% - 10 AM
82° Mostly Sunny 7% - 11 AM
84° Mostly Sunny 7% - 12 PM
87° Mostly Sunny 7% - 1 PM
89° Mostly Sunny 7% - 2 PM
91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 3 PM
92° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 4 PM
92° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 5 PM
91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 6 PM
89° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 7 PM
86° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41% - 8 PM
84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 9 PM
83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 10 PM
82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% - 11 PM
81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
- 12 AM
Extended outlook days 8–16
- Tue 8/18
Cloudy 29% 84° · 76° - Wed 8/19
Drizzle 10% 90° · 72° - Thu 8/20
Cloudy 18% 85° · 74° - Fri 8/21
Partly Cloudy 14% 89° · 75° - Sat 8/22
Cloudy 22% 96° · 76° - Sun 8/23
Thunderstorms 29% 89° · 73° - Mon 8/24
Drizzle 35% 73° · 66° - Tue 8/25
Mostly Sunny 35% 76° · 68° - Wed 8/26
Drizzle 29% 76° · 71°
Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.
Best day this week
Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.
Saturday, 8/15
Mostly Sunny, 84° / 72°
- Tomorrow
90°75° - Thu
93°78° - Fri
90°75° - Sat
84°72° - Sun
88°75° - Mon
93°76°
Best time to head outside
Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.
- RunTomorrow 6 AM
warm at 73°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen moderate today
Good84 / 100 - BikeTomorrow 6 AM
comfortable at 77°F · light wind (8 mph) · no rain expected · pollen moderate today
Excellent100 / 100 - GolfTomorrow 6 AM
comfortable at 77°F · light wind (8 mph) · no rain expected · pollen moderate today
Excellent100 / 100 - PicnicTomorrow 6 AM
comfortable at 77°F · light wind (8 mph) · no rain expected · pollen moderate today
Excellent100 / 100 - Magic ShowAnytime
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How well did we do?
Average miss by lead time.
Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.
Day-by-day, 1 day out
- Fri, Aug 7spot onHigh92°92°0°Low77°77°0°
- Wed, Aug 5±2°High88°90°-2°Low76°75°+1°
Climate normals
What weather to expect in Newport News
Newport News in August typically averages 83° highs and 71° lows, with about 17 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 88°); the coldest is January (average low 31°). July is the wettest month on average.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45° | 31° | 7 |
| Feb | 49° | 34° | 14 |
| Mar | 64° | 45° | 12 |
| Apr | 73° | 55° | 9 |
| May | 77° | 61° | 14 |
| Jun | 86° | 71° | 15 |
| Jul | 88° | 75° | 22 |
| Aug | 83° | 71° | 17 |
| Sep | 78° | 68° | 16 |
| Oct | 70° | 56° | 8 |
| Nov | 62° | 48° | 10 |
| Dec | 50° | 37° | 10 |
Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.
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Detailed forecast (NWS)
- This Afternoon
- A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 100. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
- Wednesday
- Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Northwest wind around 9 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
- Thursday
- A slight chance of rain showers between 2pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
- Friday
- Showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 60%.