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Weather in Bay Center, Washington

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bay Center, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:41 PM
53
°
Overcast
Feels like
45°
Humidity
76%
Wind
17 mph
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Bay Center, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
28%
4p
52°
43%
5p
51°
48%
6p
51°
30%
7p
52°
8p
51°
9p
50°
10p
49°
11p
49°
12a
49°
1a
48°
2a
48°
3a
48°
4a
48°
5a
47°
6a
49°
15%
7a
51°
29%
8a
50°
47%
9a
50°
49%
10a
50°
81%
11a
49°
100%
12p
49°
96%
1p
48°
68%
2p
50°
71%
3p
L 47°H 53°
Bay Center, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Drizzle
    54%
    53°48°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    56°48°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    56°49°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    56°51°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    57°50°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    59°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    56°52°
Bay Center, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
328° · veering 51°
Direction
NNW
328°
Sustained
17
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 14
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 14 · pk 31 @ 5:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the nnw-bound air across the harbor.
Bay Center, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.6
-0.9 mb in 3h · steady · 30.14 inHg
Now
1020.6
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
+3.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Bay Center, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.4 μg/m³
PM 10
9.5 μg/m³
NO₂
0.2 μg/m³
Ozone
75.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.8 Low
Bay Center, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:05 PM
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Daylight
15h 05m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
4:21 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Bay Center, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:01 PM
Moonset
3:07 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Bay Center, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bay Center at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 26 (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).

ZIP codes in Bay Center

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.