Weather in St. Helens, Oregon
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St. Helens, OR
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
55
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
66%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
St. Helens, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
45%
4p
55°
34%
5p
54°
6p
53°
12%
7p
53°
8p
52°
11%
9p
53°
10p
53°
11p
50°
12a
49°
1a
47°
2a
46°
3a
45°
4a
44°
5a
43°
6a
45°
7a
48°
8a
50°
9a
52°
12%
10a
52°
46%
11a
51°
60%
12p
52°
54%
1p
51°
52%
2p
54°
42%
3p
St. Helens, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Rain66%56°45°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—62°42°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—69°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—65°44°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—72°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Mostly Clear—79°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—75°47°
St. Helens, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
St. Helens, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
318° · veering 131°
Direction
NW
318°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 6
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
St. Helens, OR
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.9 Low
St. Helens, OR
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:04 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
8:37 PM
Civil dusk
4:13 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
St. Helens, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:59 AM
- Moonset
- 3:00 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
St. Helens, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
St. Helens at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 21 (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).