Weather in Cougar, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cougar, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:38 PM
51
°
Heavy Rain
Feels like
45°
Humidity
67%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
Cougar, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
79%
4p
52°
71%
5p
53°
29%
6p
51°
17%
7p
52°
29%
8p
50°
34%
9p
50°
30%
10p
50°
22%
11p
50°
26%
12a
49°
11%
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
46°
7a
48°
8a
48°
11%
9a
47°
23%
10a
49°
54%
11a
49°
67%
12p
49°
81%
1p
50°
98%
2p
50°
90%
3p
Cougar, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Rain84%53°45°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Drizzle10%61°42°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—66°46°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—63°45°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—73°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Clear—78°54°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—70°47°
Cougar, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Cougar, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
299° · veering 98°
Direction
WNW
299°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
20
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
Cougar, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 73.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.8 Low
Cougar, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:01 PM
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Daylight
15h 01m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
4:12 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cougar, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:56 AM
- Moonset
- 2:58 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Cougar, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Cougar at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 22 (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).