National Weather Service Forecast for: Portsmouth VA
Issued by: National Weather Service Wakefield, VA
Updated: 12:47 am EST Dec 18, 2025
 
Overnight

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind.
Mostly Cloudy

Thursday

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Mostly Cloudy

Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Rain before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am.  Low around 55. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Rain Likely
then Showers
Friday

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm.  Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers
Likely and
Breezy
Friday
Night
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light northwest  after midnight.
Mostly Clear

Saturday

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 50.
Sunny

Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Mostly Clear

Sunday

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.
Mostly Sunny

Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Mostly Clear

Lo 38 °F Hi 62 °F Lo 55 °F Hi 63 °F Lo 32 °F Hi 50 °F Lo 39 °F Hi 58 °F Lo 30 °F

 

Overnight
 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Calm wind.
Thursday
 
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night
 
Rain before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Low around 55. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
 
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light northwest after midnight.
Saturday
 
Sunny, with a high near 50.
Saturday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Sunday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.
Sunday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Monday
 
Sunny, with a high near 42.
Monday Night
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Tuesday
 
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.
Tuesday Night
 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Wednesday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Portsmouth VA.