Weather in Sweet Home, Oregon
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sweet Home, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 1:03 AM
55
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
54%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:32 PM
Sweet Home, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
10%
6p
58°
7p
58°
8p
55°
9p
54°
10p
53°
11p
53°
12a
52°
1a
50°
2a
50°
3a
47°
4a
46°
5a
44°
6a
46°
7a
50°
8a
52°
9a
54°
10a
56°
11a
58°
12p
60°
1p
61°
2p
62°
3p
62°
4p
61°
5p
Sweet Home, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Snow60%56°47°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle44%61°42°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—67°42°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—67°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—68°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Mostly Clear—77°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—75°47°
Sweet Home, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Sweet Home, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
311° · veering 14°
Direction
NW
311°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
23
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
Sweet Home, OR
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 3.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 6.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 71.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.6 Low
Sweet Home, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:09 PM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
8:32 PM
Civil dusk
4:07 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sweet Home, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:46 PM
- Moonset
- 4:14 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Sweet Home, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
plant
Sweet Home at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°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 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).