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Weather in Forest Grove, Oregon

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

Forest Grove, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 2:10 AM
51
°
Overcast
Feels like
46°
Humidity
68%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
Forest Grove, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
7p
55°
8p
55°
9p
53°
10p
52°
11p
50°
12a
48°
1a
46°
2a
44°
3a
43°
4a
42°
5a
41°
6a
42°
7a
48°
8a
52°
9a
53°
10a
53°
22%
11a
54°
23%
12p
53°
23%
1p
54°
22%
2p
55°
15%
3p
56°
25%
4p
55°
34%
5p
53°
34%
6p
L 41°H 57°
Forest Grove, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    50%
    57°44°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Drizzle
    63°40°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    68°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    69°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    73°41°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Clear
    80°49°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    77°46°
Forest Grove, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
313° · veering 144°
Direction
NW
313°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 7 · pk 21 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 144° from the nw.
Forest Grove, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.7
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 29.99 inHg
Now
1015.7
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
+1.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141017
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Forest Grove, OR
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
4.6 μg/m³
PM 10
8.0 μg/m³
NO₂
0.8 μg/m³
Ozone
67.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.3 Low
Forest Grove, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:07 PM
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:37 PM
Civil dusk
4:13 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Forest Grove, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:42 PM
Moonset
4:21 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Forest Grove, 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 →

Forest Grove at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°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 Forest Grove

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.