Weather in Orient, Washington
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Orient, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:37 PM
53
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
64%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:09 AM
Sunset
8:29 PM
Orient, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
68°
4p
66°
5p
62°
10%
6p
57°
16%
7p
55°
8p
52°
9p
50°
10p
47°
11p
45°
12a
44°
1a
43°
2a
43°
3a
40°
4a
39°
5a
39°
6a
43°
7a
45°
8a
49°
9a
52°
10a
55°
11a
55°
12%
12p
57°
35%
1p
59°
37%
2p
56°
15%
3p
Orient, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle34%57°40°
- SundayMay 17Overcast16%66°39°
- MondayMay 18Overcast22%72°44°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle22%68°43°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—76°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast23%81°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—73°53°
Orient, WA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Orient, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
070° · veering 65°
Direction
ENE
070°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
20
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Orient, WA
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 86.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.8 Low
Orient, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:32 AM
Sunrise
5:09 AM
Daylight
15h 20m
Sunset
8:29 PM
Civil dusk
4:08 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Orient, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:28 AM
- Moonset
- 2:52 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Orient, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Orient at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 8 (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).