Weather in Ordway, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Ordway, CO
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
89
°
Overcast
Feels like
81°
Humidity
11%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
Ordway, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
90°
5p
89°
6p
88°
7p
80°
8p
74°
9p
71°
10p
67°
11p
64°
12a
63°
1a
62°
2a
60°
3a
58°
4a
56°
5a
54°
6a
57°
7a
67°
8a
74°
9a
79°
10a
83°
11a
85°
12p
87°
1p
88°
2p
89°
3p
89°
4p
Ordway, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast13%91°53°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—88°55°
- MondayMay 18Overcast30%78°42°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle18%66°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle62%68°48°
- ThursdayMay 21Showers62%71°53°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle32%73°50°
Ordway, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Ordway, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SE
137° · veering 89°
Direction
SE
137°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
27
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
Ordway, CO
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 9.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 19.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 122.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 2.0 Low
Ordway, CO
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:14 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
7:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:30 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ordway, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:07 AM
- Moonset
- 1:14 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Ordway, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Ordway at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 5 (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.