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La Grande, Washington Weather

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La Grande weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

La Grande, WA
Saturday, July 4 at 9:42 AM
55
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
54°
Humidity
86%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Sunset
2:06 PM
La Grande, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLa Grande, WA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 50 to 66 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 50°H 66°
La Grande, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Foggy
    66°51°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    70°50°+4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    78°48°+8°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    77°50°-1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    67°50°-10°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    72°45°+5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    76°45°+4°
La Grande, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
295° · backing 60°
Direction
WNW
295°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 · pk 9 @ 6:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
La Grande, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
958.9
+1.3 mb in 3h · rising · 28.32 inHg
Now
958.9
mb
3h
+1.3
mb
12h
+1.5
mb
24h
+0.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 957959
950955960965-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW959.0956.8959.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
La Grande, WA
Air quality
24
AQI
Good
+5 in 6h

AQI 24 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.70 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
4.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
40μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.8

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.70 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.70
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
La Grande, WA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
65%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.1mi
UNLIMITED
65 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
16:42 UTC · La Grande, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
16:42 UTC · La Grande, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
La Grande, WA
Satellite · infrared · animated
La Grande, WA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
La Grande, WA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:42 AM
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Daylight
15h 45m
Sunset
2:06 PM
Civil dusk
9:46 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
La Grande, WA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
10:13 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
La Grande, WA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Fireweed Ignites

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Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

La Grande at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — La Grande

  1. Sat65°51°2%
  2. Sun70°50°1%
  3. Mon78°48°0%
  4. Tue77°50°1%
  5. Wed67°50°10%
  6. Thu72°45°4%
  7. Fri76°45°4%
  8. Sat76°49°11%
  9. Sun68°44°6%
  10. Mon68°41°4%
  11. Tue80°44°5%
  12. Wed88°53°10%
  13. Thu89°62°6%
  14. Fri92°63°3%
  15. Sat89°60°6%
  16. Sun88°58°6%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in La Grande

  • 98328

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.