Weather in Winchester, Idaho
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Winchester, ID
Sunday, May 17 at 2:57 AM
40
°
Snow
Feels like
32°
Humidity
71%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:11 AM
Sunset
8:13 PM
Winchester, ID
Hour by hour · 24h
50°
7p
48°
8p
46°
9p
43°
13%
10p
42°
11p
43°
12a
43°
1a
43°
2a
42°
3a
41°
4a
39°
5a
39°
6a
42°
7a
44°
8a
46°
9a
47°
10a
48°
11a
50°
12p
52°
1p
53°
2p
54°
3p
53°
4p
51°
5p
49°
6p
Winchester, ID
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Snow44%46°34°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Snow26%48°32°
- MondayMay 18Overcast12%53°34°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—60°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—56°38°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—64°41°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—69°46°
Winchester, ID
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Winchester, ID
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
254° · steady
Direction
WSW
254°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 10
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
Winchester, ID
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 81.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Winchester, ID
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:38 AM
Sunrise
5:11 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
8:13 PM
Civil dusk
3:50 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Winchester, ID
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:12 PM
- Moonset
- 3:58 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Winchester, ID
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Winchester at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 25°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 23 (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).