Weather in Ponderay, Idaho
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Ponderay, ID
Sunday, May 17 at 4:02 AM
42
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
36°
Humidity
79%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:04 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
Ponderay, ID
Hour by hour · 24h
50°
9p
49°
10p
48°
12%
11p
47°
13%
12a
47°
1a
46°
2a
44°
3a
42°
4a
42°
5a
42°
6a
44°
7a
46°
8a
49°
9a
50°
10a
51°
11a
51°
12p
52°
13%
1p
54°
11%
2p
53°
3p
54°
4p
51°
5p
47°
23%
6p
48°
18%
7p
47°
18%
8p
Ponderay, ID
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle40%50°38°
- SundayMay 17Overcast16%61°35°
- MondayMay 18Overcast17%62°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Heavy Drizzle18%62°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—66°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast17%73°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast20%76°46°
Ponderay, ID
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Ponderay, ID
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
209° · veering 15°
Direction
SSW
209°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
17
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
Ponderay, ID
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Ponderay, ID
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:28 AM
Sunrise
5:04 AM
Daylight
15h 16m
Sunset
8:20 PM
Civil dusk
3:59 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ponderay, ID
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:00 PM
- Moonset
- 4:08 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Ponderay, ID
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Ponderay at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 21°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 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
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).