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Avarua 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Avarua

Cook Island

Long range weather outlook for Avarua includes 14 day forecast summary:

For Avarua in the coming two weeks the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 24°C, with a high for the two weeks of 27°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 19th. The mean minimum temperature will be 21°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 22nd at 21°C. Expect the following 14 days ahead to have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. It looks like Thursday 18th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 75.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate. The strongest wind will be experienced on the morning of Thursday 18th, coming from a easterly direction, and reaching around 33mph.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 17
Sep
02:00

ESE
ESE

19 / 24 mph 72 / 76°F 69% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
05:00

ESE
ESE

19 / 26 mph 72 / 72°F 68% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

ESE
ESE

25 / 33 mph 74 / 76°F 70% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

ESE
ESE

24 / 28 mph 74 / 78°F 71% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

26 / 30 mph 76 / 79°F 72% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

ESE
ESE

28 / 32 mph 76 / 78°F 73% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

ESE
ESE

32 / 38 mph 74 / 77°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

ESE
ESE

36 / 44 mph 73 / 77°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Thu 18
Sep
20:00

NE
NE

21 / 24 mph 75 / 79°F 87% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 85%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
23:00

NNE
NNE

17 / 22 mph 73 / 77°F 92% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 48%
Mid level cloud: 63%
High level cloud: 30%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
74%
Expect 0.5 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.5 In
Fri 19
Sep
02:00

NNE
NNE

7 / 10 mph 72 / 76°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
28%
Expect 0.2 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.2 In
05:00

N
N

21 / 38 mph 71 / 71°F 86% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 81%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

NNW
NNW

21 / 38 mph 73 / 76°F 84% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 84%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
85%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

NW
NW

23 / 29 mph 77 / 80°F 80% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
4%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

NW
NW

22 / 26 mph 80 / 83°F 79% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
40%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

WNW
WNW

21 / 24 mph 79 / 82°F 77% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
56%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

WNW
WNW

19 / 24 mph 75 / 79°F 74% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 90%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
91%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

WNW
WNW

18 / 29 mph 74 / 77°F 72% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 20
Sep
02:00

W
W

18 / 26 mph 74 / 77°F 73% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
66%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
05:00

W
W

16 / 26 mph 73 / 77°F 71% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
71%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

WSW
WSW

14 / 20 mph 75 / 77°F 72% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 66%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
65%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

WSW
WSW

14 / 17 mph 77 / 79°F 75% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

SW
SW

13 / 15 mph 78 / 80°F 77% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 30%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
30%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

SSW
SSW

12 / 14 mph 78 / 80°F 77% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 40%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

S
S

13 / 14 mph 75 / 79°F 77% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 52%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

S
S

12 / 14 mph 74 / 78°F 72% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
89%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 21
Sep
02:00

S
S

13 / 21 mph 71 / 71°F 70% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 88%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
05:00

S
S

16 / 24 mph 70 / 70°F 75% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 84%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

S
S

15 / 21 mph 72 / 76°F 74% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 80%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

S
S

15 / 17 mph 75 / 77°F 73% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
24%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

S
S

13 / 15 mph 76 / 78°F 69% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 42%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

S
S

11 / 13 mph 76 / 78°F 66% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

S
S

14 / 16 mph 73 / 77°F 72% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
87%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

S
S

13 / 15 mph 72 / 76°F 71% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
64%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 22
Sep
02:00

SSW
SSW

12 / 16 mph 69 / 69°F 69% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
87%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
05:00

SSW
SSW

10 / 13 mph 69 / 69°F 66% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

SSW
SSW

10 / 13 mph 70 / 69°F 65% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 83%
Mid level cloud: 36%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

SSW
SSW

11 / 13 mph 72 / 76°F 64% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 29%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

S
S

10 / 12 mph 74 / 76°F 63% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 43%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
59%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

S
S

10 / 11 mph 73 / 76°F 62% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

S
S

8 / 11 mph 70 / 71°F 63% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

S
S

8 / 10 mph 70 / 70°F 63% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Tue 23
Sep
02:00

S
S

8 / 11 mph 69 / 69°F 65% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 70%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
05:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 9 mph 69 / 69°F 66% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 36%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
08:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 10 mph 72 / 69°F 66% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 38%
Mid level cloud: 35%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
50%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
11:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 9 mph 70 / 70°F 67% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 85%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
14:00

SSE
SSE

6 / 8 mph 71 / 70°F 68% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
17:00

SSE
SSE

7 / 10 mph 73 / 76°F 68% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
71%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
20:00

SSE
SSE

8 / 11 mph 70 / 70°F 67% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
60%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
23:00

S
S

7 / 11 mph 69 / 69°F 66% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 24
Sep
02:00

SE
SE

16 / 33 mph 71 / 71°F 76% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 82%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
0.0 In
08:00

ESE
ESE

19 / 39 mph 72 / 76°F 83% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

18 / 38 mph 75 / 78°F 80% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 11%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
90%
0.0 In
20:00

SE
SE

19 / 39 mph 72 / 76°F 76% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
0.0 In
Thu 25
Sep
02:00

SE
SE

14 / 30 mph 70 / 70°F 69% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
08:00

ESE
ESE

15 / 32 mph 70 / 70°F 71% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
79%
0.0 In
14:00

SE
SE

15 / 30 mph 76 / 80°F 82% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
0.0 In
20:00

SE
SE

16 / 34 mph 73 / 77°F 71% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 79%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
78%
0.0 In
Fri 26
Sep
02:00

ESE
ESE

14 / 29 mph 73 / 77°F 82% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
84%
0.0 In
08:00

SE
SE

14 / 30 mph 72 / 76°F 67% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 57%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
0.0 In
14:00

E
E

16 / 34 mph 77 / 81°F 81% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
0.0 In
20:00

ESE
ESE

17 / 36 mph 73 / 77°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 59%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
0.0 In
Sat 27
Sep
02:00

E
E

14 / 29 mph 74 / 78°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 76%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
0.0 In
08:00

E
E

14 / 30 mph 74 / 78°F 81% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 71%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
0.0 In
14:00

ENE
ENE

12 / 24 mph 78 / 82°F 79% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 70%
Mid level cloud: 52%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
88%
0.1 In
20:00

ENE
ENE

15 / 30 mph 76 / 80°F 81% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
80%
0.0 In
Sun 28
Sep
02:00

E
E

11 / 23 mph 73 / 77°F 76% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 30%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
64%
0.0 In
08:00

NE
NE

12 / 26 mph 76 / 79°F 82% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

11 / 22 mph 76 / 79°F 75% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
43%
0.0 In
20:00

NNE
NNE

11 / 23 mph 77 / 82°F 84% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
42%
0.0 In
Mon 29
Sep
02:00

ESE
ESE

14 / 29 mph 73 / 77°F 74% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 28%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
31%
0.0 In
08:00

N
N

8 / 16 mph 76 / 80°F 83% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

15 / 31 mph 76 / 79°F 71% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 51%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
52%
0.0 In
20:00

E
E

6 / 12 mph 78 / 82°F 79% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 55%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
0.0 In
Tue 30
Sep
02:00

E
E

16 / 34 mph 74 / 77°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 68%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.0 In
08:00

E
E

9 / 20 mph 76 / 80°F 83% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
0.0 In
14:00

E
E

11 / 24 mph 77 / 80°F 67% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
0.0 In
20:00

E
E

11 / 23 mph 78 / 82°F 86% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
0.0 In
Wed 01
Oct
02:00

E
E

11 / 23 mph 75 / 78°F 79% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
75%
0.0 In
08:00

ENE
ENE

16 / 33 mph 76 / 80°F 83% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 50%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
53%
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

13 / 26 mph 79 / 83°F 81% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 69%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.0 In
20:00

ENE
ENE

14 / 30 mph 78 / 82°F 79% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
34%
0.0 In
Thu 02
Oct
02:00

ESE
ESE

15 / 31 mph 74 / 78°F 83% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
2%
0.0 In
08:00

ENE
ENE

11 / 23 mph 75 / 79°F 75% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
0.0 In
14:00

ESE
ESE

14 / 29 mph 79 / 84°F 83% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 67%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
0.0 In
20:00

E
E

13 / 26 mph 77 / 80°F 76% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 24%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
25%
0.0 In

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