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Official weather alerts for Tacoma

No National Weather Service warnings, watches or advisories for Tacoma right now.

Storm Prediction Center · today's severe-storm outlook · issued 1 h ago

Tacoma is outside today's thunderstorm and severe-storm areas.

Official SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (NOAA), valid until Sat, Oct 17, 5:00 AM PDT. It shows the chance of severe storms in the area, not a warning for your street. SPC outlook

U.S. Drought Monitor · map of October 13

66% of Washington is in drought, including 4.3% in extreme or exceptional drought.

Abnormally dry94%
Moderate drought or worse66%
Severe drought or worse25%
Extreme drought or worse4.3%
Exceptional drought or worse0%

Share of the state's area. Updated every Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA). Drought builds over weeks and months: one rainy day rarely ends it.

Weather in Tacoma now

Rain forecast for Tacoma · next days

Tomorrow0.04 inLight rain52° / 63°F
Sunday0 inLittle or none46° / 57°F
Monday0 inLittle or none46° / 57°F

Automatic forecast from a computer model (MET Norway, data CC BY 4.0). Not an official alert: for watches and warnings, follow National Weather Service.

What do the inches mean?

As a rough guide: under a quarter inch in a day is light rain; 1 to 2 inches is a heavy downpour; more than 2 inches in a day is very heavy rain that can flood low-lying areas and roads.

Several rainy days in a row saturate the ground: even a modest storm can then cause flash flooding and rising rivers.

What is normal in October in Tacoma

changing season The rainy season returns with the first strong Pacific storms.

El Niño is under way, and NOAA expects it to be strong (NOAA, October 8, 2026).

In the Pacific Northwest it tends to bring a warmer, drier winter with less mountain snow.

These are general tendencies: every year is different, and your local forecast comes first.

Typical climate per NOAA and regional weather services. It describes the season, not the forecast for a given day.

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