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Weather in Black Butte Ranch, Oregon

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Black Butte Ranch, OR
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
45
°
Clear
Feels like
35°
Humidity
55%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
61°
4p
59°
5p
55°
6p
53°
7p
50°
8p
47°
9p
45°
10p
44°
11p
43°
12a
43°
1a
42°
2a
42°
3a
40°
4a
39°
5a
39°
6a
41°
7a
44°
8a
47°
9a
50°
10a
52°
11a
53°
12p
55°
1p
56°
2p
56°
3p
L 39°H 61°
Black Butte Ranch, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Snow
    44%
    47°36°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Snow
    18%
    54°33°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    62°38°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    64°39°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    68°39°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Partly Cloudy
    77°46°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    75°47°
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
303° · veering 21°
Direction
WNW
303°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
29
mph
Peak 24h
30
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 30 @ 4:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 16 mph with gusts pulsing to 29 — flags snap, branches bend.
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
904.0
+1.8 mb in 3h · steady · 26.70 inHg
Now
904.0
mb
3h
+1.8
mb
12h
+0.1
mb
24h
+3.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 900904
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.6 μg/m³
PM 10
0.9 μg/m³
NO₂
0.2 μg/m³
Ozone
78.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.5 Low
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:05 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
8:28 PM
Civil dusk
4:02 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Black Butte Ranch, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:00 PM
Moonset
2:49 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Black Butte Ranch, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Black Butte Ranch at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 22°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 12 (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).

ZIP codes in Black Butte Ranch

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.