Weather in Rocky Ford, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rocky Ford, CO
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
88
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
79°
Humidity
11%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
Rocky Ford, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
90°
5p
89°
6p
86°
7p
79°
8p
73°
9p
70°
10p
66°
11p
62°
12a
59°
1a
58°
2a
56°
3a
55°
4a
54°
5a
53°
6a
57°
7a
65°
8a
73°
9a
78°
10a
82°
11a
85°
12p
87°
1p
88°
2p
89°
3p
89°
4p
Rocky Ford, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast10%91°52°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—88°54°
- MondayMay 18Overcast18%80°43°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle12%68°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle63%70°53°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle63%72°54°
- FridayMay 22Overcast32%74°51°
Rocky Ford, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Rocky Ford, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SE
146° · veering 114°
Direction
SE
146°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 6
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
Rocky Ford, CO
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 7.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 15.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 121.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.8 Low
Rocky Ford, CO
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:15 AM
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
7:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:29 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rocky Ford, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:08 AM
- Moonset
- 1:13 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Rocky Ford, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Rocky Ford at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F above 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.