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Will it rain today in Santa Maria (Sal)?

Should you take an umbrella in Santa Maria (Sal)? 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

No rain expected in Santa Maria (Sal) for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry.

Rain now0 mm/hdry
Next rain–none in the next 2 days
Today0 mm0 wet hours
Tomorrow0 mm0 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

Dry: no rain in the forecast. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
08:00–11:0000dry
11:00–14:0000dry
14:00–17:0000dry
17:00–20:0000dry
20:00–23:0000dry

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

Dry: no rain in the forecast.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:0000dry
02:00–05:0000dry
05:00–08:0000dry
08:00–11:0000dry
11:00–14:0000dry
14:00–17:0000dry
17:00–20:0000dry
20:00–23:0000dry

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

Rain map around Santa Maria (Sal)

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 Santa Maria (Sal)

How much it rains in Santa Maria (Sal), month by month

Santa Maria (Sal) gets about 245 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is September (50 mm), the driest June (4 mm); a normal October brings 26 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 Santa Maria (Sal)?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: No rain expected in Santa Maria (Sal) for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry. 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 Santa Maria (Sal)?
About 245 mm a year on average (2001–2025). September is the wettest month with 50 mm, June the driest with 4 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 Santa Maria (Sal).

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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 Santa Maria (Sal) 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.