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Weather in Fox Island, Washington

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

Fox Island, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:40 PM
49
°
Rain
Feels like
44°
Humidity
78%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Fox Island, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
56°
37%
4p
57°
21%
5p
56°
22%
6p
56°
38%
7p
54°
45%
8p
52°
55%
9p
51°
38%
10p
49°
10%
11p
49°
12a
48°
1a
47°
2a
46°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
45°
6a
47°
7a
49°
11%
8a
50°
29%
9a
51°
34%
10a
48°
61%
11a
49°
67%
12p
49°
81%
1p
50°
92%
2p
48°
84%
3p
L 45°H 57°
Fox Island, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Snow
    72%
    57°45°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    63°42°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    69°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    66°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    71°42°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    80°45°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    71°47°
Fox Island, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
066° · backing 162°
Direction
ENE
066°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 8
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
avg 8 · pk 23 @ 5:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 162° from the ene.
Fox Island, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.5
-2.0 mb in 3h · steady · 29.84 inHg
Now
1010.5
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
+1.4
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10091013
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Fox Island, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.6 μg/m³
PM 10
2.2 μg/m³
NO₂
1.2 μg/m³
Ozone
71.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.5 Low
Fox Island, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:57 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
4:18 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fox Island, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:53 AM
Moonset
3:04 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Fox Island, 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 →

Fox Island at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°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 Fox Island

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.