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Weather in Kalama, Washington

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

Kalama, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:40 PM
52
°
Overcast
Feels like
46°
Humidity
69%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:38 PM
Kalama, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
62%
4p
55°
31%
5p
54°
13%
6p
52°
21%
7p
52°
15%
8p
52°
12%
9p
51°
13%
10p
52°
13%
11p
50°
12a
48°
1a
47°
2a
47°
3a
47°
4a
46°
5a
46°
6a
46°
7a
47°
8a
49°
9a
50°
19%
10a
51°
61%
11a
50°
81%
12p
49°
78%
1p
50°
67%
2p
49°
58%
3p
L 46°H 55°
Kalama, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    64%
    54°44°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    61°40°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    67°44°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    66°43°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    70°40°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    77°43°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    70°43°
Kalama, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
317° · veering 147°
Direction
NW
317°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
29
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
avg 6 · pk 29 @ 7:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 147° from the nw.
Kalama, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.1
-0.9 mb in 3h · steady · 29.71 inHg
Now
1006.1
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
+1.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051007
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Kalama, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.6 μg/m³
PM 10
2.5 μg/m³
NO₂
0.6 μg/m³
Ozone
72.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.9 Low
Kalama, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:04 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
15h 01m
Sunset
8:38 PM
Civil dusk
4:14 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kalama, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:58 AM
Moonset
3:01 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Kalama, 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 →

Kalama at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°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).

ZIP codes in Kalama

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.