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Diego Garcia Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Diego Garcia

British Indian Ocean Territory

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 10
Dec		00:00

SSE
SSE

 5 / 7 mph 83 / 90°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
03:00

SSE
SSE

 7 / 10 mph 81 / 87°F 80% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 19%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.06 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.06 In
06:00

SSE
SSE

 8 / 11 mph 80 / 85°F 79% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
09:00

SSE
SSE

 9 / 11 mph 85 / 90°F 77% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
12:00

SE
SE

 8 / 10 mph 88 / 98°F 76% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
47%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

SE
SE

 8 / 9 mph 90 / 101°F 74% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
18:00

SE
SE

 7 / 9 mph 88 / 96°F 73% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

SE
SE

 6 / 7 mph 84 / 91°F 74% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Thu 11
Dec		00:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 8 mph 82 / 88°F 76% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 45%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
45%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

ESE
ESE

 5 / 7 mph 80 / 86°F 77% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 29%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 9 mph 79 / 84°F 79% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
19%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 6 / 7 mph 86 / 89°F 76% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 4 mph 89 / 95°F 73% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 3 / 3 mph 89 / 98°F 72% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

SE
SE

 3 / 3 mph 89 / 94°F 71% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
49%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

E
E

 4 / 4 mph 83 / 89°F 72% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Diego Garcia:

Reviewing the forecast for Diego Garcia Over the next 7 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 32°C, with a high for the week of 34°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 15th. The mean minimum temperature will be 26°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Tuesday 16th at 26°C. The week will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. The current forecast indicates Tuesday 16th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 13.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure