Weather in Florence, Oregon
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Florence, OR
Saturday, May 16 at 11:53 PM
56
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
49°
Humidity
64%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
Florence, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
59°
4p
58°
5p
57°
6p
56°
7p
55°
8p
55°
9p
55°
10p
53°
11p
51°
12a
49°
1a
49°
2a
49°
3a
45°
4a
44°
5a
45°
6a
47°
7a
51°
8a
54°
9a
56°
10a
57°
11a
58°
12p
58°
1p
58°
2p
58°
3p
Florence, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast22%57°50°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle35%59°46°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—59°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—61°44°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—61°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Mostly Clear—65°47°
- FridayMay 22Partly Cloudy—62°48°
Florence, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Florence, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
325° · veering 22°
Direction
NW
325°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 10
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
Florence, OR
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 6.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 11.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 82.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.2 Moderate
Florence, OR
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:17 PM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
4:11 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Florence, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:12 PM
- Moonset
- 2:59 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Florence, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Florence at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 10 (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).