Weather in Cascadia, Oregon
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cascadia, OR
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
54
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
60%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:31 PM
Cascadia, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
4p
63°
5p
60°
13%
6p
58°
7p
55°
8p
55°
9p
53°
10p
52°
11p
52°
12a
51°
1a
49°
2a
49°
3a
48°
4a
47°
5a
45°
6a
47°
7a
49°
8a
50°
9a
52°
10a
54°
11a
56°
12p
58°
1p
59°
2p
60°
3p
Cascadia, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle66%54°46°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain40%60°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—67°43°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—67°43°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—71°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy—78°50°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—76°50°
Cascadia, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Cascadia, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
299° · veering 44°
Direction
WNW
299°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 7
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
Cascadia, OR
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 74.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Cascadia, OR
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:09 PM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
8:31 PM
Civil dusk
4:06 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cascadia, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:04 PM
- Moonset
- 2:53 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Cascadia, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Cascadia at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 13°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).