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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
Mon 14
Oct		12:00

E
E

 8 / 11 mph 87 / 97°F 78% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
86%
Expect 0.07 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.07 In
15:00

SE
SE

 9 / 12 mph 89 / 100°F 76% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 10 / 13 mph 88 / 97°F 78% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 42%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
35%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 15 mph 84 / 92°F 78% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 37%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
44%
Expect 0.04 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.04 In
Tue 15
Oct		00:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 15 mph 82 / 89°F 77% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
51%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
03:00

E
E

 12 / 17 mph 81 / 86°F 77% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 7%
Mid level cloud: 54%
High level cloud: 25%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
74%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 12 / 19 mph 80 / 85°F 78% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
Expect 0.08 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.08 In
09:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 19 mph 84 / 90°F 79% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 15%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.09 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.09 In
12:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 20 mph 87 / 96°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 46%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
58%
Expect 0.19 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.19 In
15:00

ESE
ESE

 11 / 21 mph 88 / 100°F 82% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 35%
High level cloud: 74%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
70%
Expect 0.22 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.22 In
18:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 24 mph 86 / 96°F 82% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
Expect 0.18 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.18 In
21:00

ESE
ESE

 17 / 30 mph 83 / 92°F 81% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 45%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
63%
Expect 0.16 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.16 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Diego Garcia:

The next 7 day outlook for Diego Garcia shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 31°C, with a high for the week of 32°C expected on the afternoon of Sunday 20th. The mean minimum temperature will be 27°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 18th at 26°C. Expect the coming week to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Predictions are Tuesday 18th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 25.0mm. 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