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Weather in Cle Elum, Washington

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

Cle Elum, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:39 PM
50
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
41°
Humidity
52%
Wind
14 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM
Cle Elum, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
4p
54°
18%
5p
51°
13%
6p
51°
7p
48°
8p
47°
9p
46°
10p
44°
22%
11p
44°
16%
12a
44°
16%
1a
42°
2a
41°
3a
40°
4a
40°
5a
39°
6a
42°
7a
44°
8a
45°
9a
47°
10a
47°
12%
11a
48°
17%
12p
48°
27%
1p
48°
32%
2p
50°
28%
3p
L 39°H 54°
Cle Elum, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Drizzle
    28%
    52°37°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    58°37°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    63°42°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    59°45°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    75°41°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    76°47°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    70°49°
Cle Elum, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
279° · veering 6°
Direction
W
279°
Sustained
14
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 12
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 12 · pk 28 @ 11:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the w-bound air across the harbor.
Cle Elum, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
948.0
+0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 27.99 inHg
Now
948.0
mb
3h
+0.9
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
+2.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 944949
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Cle Elum, WA
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.3 μg/m³
PM 10
0.4 μg/m³
NO₂
0.6 μg/m³
Ozone
89.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.3 Low
Cle Elum, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:51 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:34 PM
Civil dusk
4:11 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cle Elum, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:47 AM
Moonset
2:57 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Cle Elum, 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 →

Cle Elum at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 29 (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 Cle Elum

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.