Weather in Fords Prairie, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fords Prairie, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:40 PM
55
°
Overcast
Feels like
47°
Humidity
63%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Fords Prairie, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
41%
4p
54°
20%
5p
54°
26%
6p
54°
42%
7p
52°
23%
8p
52°
32%
9p
51°
20%
10p
49°
11p
48°
12a
47°
1a
46°
2a
45°
3a
44°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
47°
7a
49°
11%
8a
50°
32%
9a
50°
39%
10a
51°
56%
11a
51°
79%
12p
52°
92%
1p
50°
97%
2p
50°
85%
3p
Fords Prairie, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle45%56°44°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—63°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—67°44°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—67°44°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—71°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Mostly Clear—77°44°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—67°44°
Fords Prairie, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fords Prairie, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
303° · veering 108°
Direction
WNW
303°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 7
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fords Prairie, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 4.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 2.3 Low
Fords Prairie, 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 06m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
4:17 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fords Prairie, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:56 AM
- Moonset
- 3:04 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fords Prairie, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Fords Prairie at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°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).