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Port Macquarie weekend weather

This weekend in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, model by model. Weekend forecasts are far enough out that the models often split — so we show you where.

Weekend

The models centre on about 18° across the weekend. Agreement is medium — plausible, but worth re-checking closer to the day. Rain chance reaches 56% on at least one model.

Tomorrow

2026-08-01 — every model, side by side
EuropeanECMWF
17°
Light drizzle
High 17°·Low ·Rain 44%
AmericanNOAA GFS
17°
Cloudy
High 17°·Low ·Rain 56%
GermanDWD ICON
17°
Fog
High 17°·Low ·Rain 25%

All 3 models land within 1° of each other for this day — that is a forecast you can plan on.

Sun

2026-08-02 — every model, side by side
EuropeanECMWF
19°
Light drizzle
High 19°·Low ·Rain 12%
AmericanNOAA GFS
19°
Partly cloudy
High 19°·Low ·Rain 4%
GermanDWD ICON
19°
Fog
High 19°·Low ·Rain 0%

All 3 models land within under a degree of each other for this day — that is a forecast you can plan on.

Where the models disagree

temperature and rain, judged separately
DayTemperatureRain
Todaymodels agree17° to 18°±27%0% to 27% chance
Tomorrow±1°17° to 17°±31%25% to 56% chance
Sunmodels agree19° to 19°±12%0% to 12% chance
Mon±1°21° to 22°±10%0% to 10% chance
Tue±3°19° to 22°±7%3% to 10% chance

The models often agree on temperature and still split on rain — and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.

Common questions

Will it rain this weekend?
At least one model puts the weekend rain chance as high as 56%. Weekend forecasts sit far enough ahead that models frequently disagree on showers — when they do, no single app can honestly tell you it will or will not rain.
How reliable is a weekend forecast?
It depends how far away the weekend is. Forecast error grows steadily with lead time, so a Saturday forecast made on Friday is far stronger than one made the previous Monday. The honest signal is model agreement: when they converge the forecast is solid, and when they spread the weekend is genuinely uncertain.

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