Weather in Fort Defiance, Arizona
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Fort Defiance, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
12%
Wind
22 mph
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Sunset
8:15 PM
Fort Defiance, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
5p
75°
6p
73°
7p
69°
8p
62°
9p
59°
10p
55°
11p
53°
12a
53°
1a
51°
2a
51°
3a
50°
4a
47°
5a
48°
6a
49°
7a
58°
8a
67°
9a
70°
10a
72°
11a
74°
12p
76°
1p
78°
2p
78°
3p
79°
4p
Fort Defiance, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—77°49°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—73°41°
- MondayMay 18Overcast30%61°40°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—67°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—71°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—72°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—74°45°
Fort Defiance, AZ
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Fort Defiance, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
234° · steady
Direction
SW
234°
Sustained
22
mph
Gust
26
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 12
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
Fort Defiance, AZ
Air quality
74
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 2.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 4.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 131.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.2 Moderate
Fort Defiance, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:43 AM
Sunrise
6:09 AM
Daylight
14h 06m
Sunset
8:15 PM
Civil dusk
2:44 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fort Defiance, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:37 AM
- Moonset
- 1:30 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fort Defiance, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
Fort Defiance at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 76°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 21 (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
Peak growing season
As of May 16, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.