Weather in Placerville, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Placerville, CO
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
71
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
59°
Humidity
15%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
Placerville, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
5p
72°
6p
70°
7p
67°
8p
62°
9p
58°
10p
55°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
49°
2a
48°
3a
47°
4a
47°
5a
47°
6a
51°
7a
58°
8a
64°
9a
69°
10a
70°
11a
73°
12p
73°
1p
74°
2p
74°
3p
74°
4p
Placerville, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—75°50°
- SundayMay 17Overcast31%67°47°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs100%50°31°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—58°29°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast13%64°37°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle17%61°41°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—66°37°
Placerville, CO
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Placerville, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
238° · veering 34°
Direction
WSW
238°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
25
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 9
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Placerville, CO
Air quality
74
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 1.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 125.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 2.8 Low
Placerville, CO
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:32 AM
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
8:16 PM
Civil dusk
2:47 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Placerville, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:26 AM
- Moonset
- 1:31 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Placerville, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Placerville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 4 (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.