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Weather in Grants Pass, Oregon

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

Grants Pass, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 2:06 AM
58
°
Clear
Feels like
49°
Humidity
42%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:29 PM
Grants Pass, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
68°
7p
63°
8p
60°
9p
58°
10p
56°
11p
55°
12a
53°
1a
51°
2a
50°
3a
50°
4a
49°
5a
48°
6a
50°
7a
54°
8a
57°
9a
59°
10a
62°
11a
65°
12p
67°
1p
69°
2p
70°
3p
71°
4p
71°
5p
68°
6p
L 48°H 71°
Grants Pass, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    62°48°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    66°43°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Clear
    73°44°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    77°41°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    77°45°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    86°45°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Partly Cloudy
    85°48°
Grants Pass, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
349° · veering 92°
Direction
N
349°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
20
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
avg 7 · pk 20 @ 8:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 92° from the n.
Grants Pass, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
988.2
-1.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.18 inHg
Now
988.2
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 987991
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Grants Pass, OR
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
4.3 μg/m³
PM 10
6.5 μg/m³
NO₂
0.4 μg/m³
Ozone
82.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.1 Low
Grants Pass, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:19 PM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
14h 39m
Sunset
8:29 PM
Civil dusk
4:02 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Grants Pass, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:56 PM
Moonset
4:09 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Grants Pass, 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 →

Grants Pass at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 1 (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 Grants Pass

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.