Weather in Lyons, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lyons, CO
Saturday, May 16 at 11:53 PM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
23%
Wind
19 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:11 PM
Lyons, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
84°
5p
82°
6p
79°
7p
74°
8p
72°
9p
71°
10p
69°
11p
66°
12a
64°
1a
64°
2a
61°
3a
58°
4a
57°
5a
59°
6a
61°
7a
67°
8a
70°
9a
74°
10a
76°
11a
78°
12p
79°
1p
81°
2p
81°
3p
82°
4p
Lyons, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle21%76°57°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain49%69°49°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs100%49°33°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Snow81%50°29°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast73%67°38°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle53%59°44°
- FridayMay 22Overcast28%68°41°
Lyons, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Lyons, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
148° · backing 115°
Direction
SSE
148°
Sustained
19
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 9
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
Lyons, CO
Air quality
86
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 8.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 138.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.6 Low
Lyons, CO
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:14 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
8:11 PM
Civil dusk
2:42 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lyons, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:07 AM
- Moonset
- 1:26 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Lyons, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Lyons at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 17 (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
Warm-season window is open
As of May 16, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.