Weather in Sparta, Michigan
Roses open along the stoops. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sparta, MI
Saturday, May 16 at 11:39 PM
75
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
73°
Humidity
55%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
6:17 AM
Sunset
9:00 PM
Sparta, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
7p
59°
8p
55°
9p
51°
10p
48°
11p
46°
12a
43°
1a
42°
2a
41°
3a
41°
4a
42°
5a
43°
6a
45°
7a
46°
8a
49°
9a
51°
14%
10a
59°
11a
63°
12p
66°
1p
68°
2p
69°
3p
70°
4p
71°
5p
71°
6p
Sparta, MI
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle72%79°56°
- SundayMay 17Overcast28%81°59°
- MondayMay 18Light Showers57%78°66°
- TuesdayMay 19Drizzle68%74°55°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast39%59°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—61°37°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—66°41°
Sparta, MI
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Sparta, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
239° · veering 69°
Direction
WSW
239°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 9
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
Sparta, MI
Air quality
65
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 8.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 9.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 117.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.7 Low
Sparta, MI
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:46 AM
Sunrise
6:17 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
9:00 PM
Civil dusk
1:34 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sparta, MI
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:38 AM
- Moonset
- 12:13 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Sparta, MI
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open along the stoops
weather
Sparta at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 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 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).