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Will it rain today in Nassau?

Should you take an umbrella in Nassau? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Nassau right now: light rain. Today’s total: 1.4 mm over 6 wet hours. Tomorrow: 6.6 mm of rain.

Rain now0.1 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today1.4 mm6 wet hours
Tomorrow6.6 mm12 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

1.4 mm of rain, 6 wet hours, up to 0.1 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
05:00–08:000.30.1dry
08:00–11:000.10dry
11:00–14:000.40.1light · rain
14:00–17:000.40.1light · rain
17:00–20:000.10dry
20:00–23:000.20.1dry

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

6.6 mm of rain, 12 wet hours, up to 0.9 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:000.20.1dry
02:00–05:000.40.2light · rain
05:00–08:000.10dry
08:00–11:000.20.1dry
11:00–14:000.30.1dry
14:00–17:001.60.5light · rain
17:00–20:002.60.9light · rain
20:00–23:001.20.4light · rain

Times in local time (America/Nassau). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Nassau

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Nassau

How much it rains in Nassau, month by month

Nassau gets about 1,136 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is September (164 mm), the driest February (33 mm); a normal October brings 119 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Nassau?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Nassau right now: light rain. Today’s total: 1.4 mm over 6 wet hours. Tomorrow: 6.6 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Nassau?
About 1,136 mm a year on average (2001–2025). September is the wettest month with 164 mm, February the driest with 33 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Nassau.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Nassau and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.