Weather in Ledyard, Iowa
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Ledyard, IA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:53 PM
80
°
Overcast
Feels like
73°
Humidity
18%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:35 PM
Ledyard, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
19%
6p
71°
20%
7p
71°
19%
8p
70°
9p
67°
10p
66°
11p
65°
12a
63°
1a
62°
2a
60°
3a
58°
4a
55°
5a
53°
6a
54°
7a
60°
8a
65°
9a
71°
10a
77°
11a
81°
12p
85°
1p
87°
2p
90°
3p
86°
4p
89°
5p
Ledyard, IA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—82°52°
- SundayMay 17Thunderstorm44%71°60°
- MondayMay 18Showers97%68°57°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle97%56°46°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—61°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—64°46°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle12%56°52°
Ledyard, IA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Ledyard, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNE
030° · backing 21°
Direction
NNE
030°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
Ledyard, IA
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 6.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 9.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 112.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Ledyard, IA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:19 AM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
8:35 PM
Civil dusk
2:09 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ledyard, IA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:11 AM
- Moonset
- 12:50 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Ledyard, IA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Ledyard at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 7 (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 16, 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).