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Weather in Friday Harbor, Washington

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

Friday Harbor, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:38 PM
57
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
54°
Humidity
59%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
8:47 PM
Friday Harbor, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
56°
13%
4p
56°
21%
5p
56°
31%
6p
53°
36%
7p
51°
44%
8p
50°
25%
9p
50°
24%
10p
49°
35%
11p
47°
12a
46°
1a
46°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
46°
6a
47°
11%
7a
48°
24%
8a
47°
64%
9a
48°
47%
10a
50°
43%
11a
51°
51%
12p
50°
53%
1p
50°
54%
2p
53°
60%
3p
L 46°H 56°
Friday Harbor, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Drizzle
    46%
    57°41°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    62°42°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    64°47°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    63°47°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    63°47°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    68°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    63°49°
Friday Harbor, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
326° · veering 78°
Direction
NW
326°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 5 · pk 23 @ 7:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Friday Harbor, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.4
-0.6 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.4
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
+3.0
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111016
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Friday Harbor, WA
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.7 μg/m³
PM 10
2.6 μg/m³
NO₂
1.5 μg/m³
Ozone
82.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.5 Low
Friday Harbor, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:53 AM
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Daylight
15h 18m
Sunset
8:47 PM
Civil dusk
4:26 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Friday Harbor, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:49 AM
Moonset
3:11 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Friday Harbor, 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 →

Friday Harbor at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 6 (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 Friday Harbor

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.