Weather in Mount Vernon, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mount Vernon, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:38 PM
55
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
53°
Humidity
67%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Mount Vernon, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
22%
4p
57°
21%
5p
55°
41%
6p
54°
43%
7p
52°
59%
8p
52°
52%
9p
51°
37%
10p
50°
33%
11p
49°
59%
12a
48°
41%
1a
48°
21%
2a
48°
3a
48°
4a
48°
5a
48°
13%
6a
49°
16%
7a
50°
32%
8a
49°
44%
9a
49°
69%
10a
49°
68%
11a
50°
46%
12p
53°
53%
1p
51°
56%
2p
50°
66%
3p
Mount Vernon, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Rain69%56°44°
- SundayMay 17Overcast28%62°46°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—62°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—62°46°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—63°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy—69°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—65°48°
Mount Vernon, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Mount Vernon, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
236° · veering 146°
Direction
SW
236°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Mount Vernon, WA
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 83.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.1 Low
Mount Vernon, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:51 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
15h 17m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
4:22 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mount Vernon, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:47 AM
- Moonset
- 3:07 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Mount Vernon, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Mount Vernon at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°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).