Weather in Platteville, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Platteville, CO
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
77
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
68°
Humidity
21%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
8:09 PM
Platteville, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
86°
5p
84°
6p
81°
7p
76°
8p
72°
9p
69°
10p
69°
11p
63°
12a
60°
1a
56°
2a
55°
3a
54°
4a
50°
5a
51°
6a
53°
7a
60°
8a
68°
9a
74°
10a
76°
11a
78°
12p
80°
1p
81°
2p
83°
3p
84°
4p
Platteville, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast14%77°55°
- SundayMay 17Overcast42%71°52°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs98%54°33°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle63%55°31°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast63%70°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle38%62°46°
- FridayMay 22Overcast32%72°43°
Platteville, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Platteville, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SE
140° · backing 37°
Direction
SE
140°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 8
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
Platteville, CO
Air quality
62
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 8.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 133.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.6 Low
Platteville, CO
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
8:09 PM
Civil dusk
2:41 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Platteville, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:05 AM
- Moonset
- 1:24 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Platteville, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Platteville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°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.