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Weather in Bay City, Oregon

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bay City, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 1:03 AM
52
°
Overcast
Feels like
45°
Humidity
71%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
Bay City, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
13%
6p
53°
19%
7p
52°
36%
8p
53°
21%
9p
52°
12%
10p
52°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
49°
2a
49°
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
47°
6a
47°
7a
49°
10%
8a
51°
11%
9a
52°
16%
10a
53°
27%
11a
51°
43%
12p
52°
45%
1p
53°
52%
2p
52°
62%
3p
52°
61%
4p
52°
57%
5p
L 45°H 53°
Bay City, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    44%
    53°48°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Snow
    51%
    57°42°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    59°45°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    59°46°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    59°44°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Foggy
    66°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    61°46°
Bay City, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
316° · veering 9°
Direction
NW
316°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 12
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
avg 12 · pk 27 @ 12:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the nw-bound air across the harbor.
Bay City, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.5
+0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.14 inHg
Now
1020.5
mb
3h
+0.3
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
+3.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181021
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Bay City, OR
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.9 μg/m³
PM 10
13.9 μg/m³
NO₂
0.2 μg/m³
Ozone
76.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.7 Low
Bay City, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:10 PM
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Daylight
14h 57m
Sunset
8:40 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Bay City, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:46 PM
Moonset
4:25 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Bay City, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bay City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 19 (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).

ZIP codes in Bay City

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.