Weather in Tonsina, Alaska
The salmon run thickens. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tonsina, AK
Sunday, May 17 at 4:58 AM
35
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
27°
Humidity
64%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
4:45 AM
Sunset
10:28 PM
Tonsina, AK
Hour by hour · 24h
39°
65%
8p
36°
76%
9p
35°
82%
10p
35°
80%
11p
34°
74%
12a
34°
71%
1a
34°
76%
2a
34°
84%
3a
33°
88%
4a
33°
87%
5a
33°
82%
6a
34°
71%
7a
36°
49%
8a
36°
21%
9a
37°
10a
39°
11a
40°
12p
41°
18%
1p
42°
29%
2p
42°
42%
3p
41°
47%
4p
42°
36%
5p
41°
17%
6p
39°
7p
Tonsina, AK
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—41°30°
- SundayMay 17Light Snow100%42°28°
- MondayMay 18Overcast25%40°30°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle94%40°29°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow78%39°32°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Snow59%44°32°
- FridayMay 22Light Snow67%39°30°
Tonsina, AK
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Tonsina, AK
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
S
177° · steady
Direction
S
177°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 7
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
Tonsina, AK
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 87.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Tonsina, AK
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:34 AM
Sunrise
4:45 AM
Daylight
17h 43m
Sunset
10:28 PM
Civil dusk
7:41 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Tonsina, AK
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:42 AM
- Moonset
- 8:22 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Tonsina, AK
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
The salmon run thickens
cultural
Tonsina at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: August 23 (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).