Weather in Seward, Alaska
The salmon run thickens. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Seward, AK
Sunday, May 17 at 3:54 AM
39
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
33°
Humidity
93%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Sunset
10:32 PM
Seward, AK
Hour by hour · 24h
42°
18%
7p
42°
13%
8p
40°
9p
38°
10p
37°
11p
36°
12a
36°
1a
36°
2a
36°
3a
34°
4a
32°
5a
32°
11%
6a
35°
12%
7a
38°
8a
42°
9a
42°
10a
43°
11a
43°
18%
12p
43°
25%
1p
44°
25%
2p
45°
21%
3p
45°
18%
4p
44°
19%
5p
43°
20%
6p
Seward, AK
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Snow100%42°37°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Snow100%41°37°
- MondayMay 18Snow100%41°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Heavy Snow100%42°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast76%48°32°
- ThursdayMay 21Heavy Snow100%42°29°
- FridayMay 22Heavy Snow99%42°37°
Seward, AK
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Seward, AK
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
163° · backing 8°
Direction
SSE
163°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
39
mph
Peak 24h
40
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Seward, AK
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 3.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 5.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.5 Low
Seward, AK
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:12 PM
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Daylight
17h 17m
Sunset
10:32 PM
Civil dusk
7:38 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Seward, AK
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:27 PM
- Moonset
- 8:13 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Seward, AK
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
The salmon run thickens
cultural
Seward at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: August 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).