Weather in Lake Tapps, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lake Tapps, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:39 PM
49
°
Rain
Feels like
45°
Humidity
82%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Lake Tapps, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
41%
4p
55°
38%
5p
54°
26%
6p
53°
30%
7p
52°
39%
8p
50°
42%
9p
49°
48%
10p
49°
45%
11p
48°
12a
47°
1a
47°
2a
46°
3a
45°
4a
45°
5a
45°
13%
6a
46°
11%
7a
47°
8a
49°
10%
9a
51°
20%
10a
50°
54%
11a
52°
75%
12p
50°
59%
1p
50°
88%
2p
47°
86%
3p
Lake Tapps, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Rain77%56°43°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—60°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—65°45°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—62°45°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—69°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy—77°43°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—70°46°
Lake Tapps, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lake Tapps, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
059° · backing 166°
Direction
ENE
059°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Lake Tapps, WA
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.9 Low
Lake Tapps, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:56 AM
Sunrise
5:30 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lake Tapps, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:51 AM
- Moonset
- 3:02 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Lake Tapps, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Lake Tapps 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).