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Weather in Parkwood, Washington

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

Parkwood, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
52
°
Overcast
Feels like
48°
Humidity
73%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:42 PM
Parkwood, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
24%
4p
56°
23%
5p
55°
24%
6p
54°
31%
7p
52°
34%
8p
51°
40%
9p
50°
24%
10p
49°
12%
11p
48°
12a
47°
10%
1a
46°
2a
45°
3a
45°
4a
45°
5a
44°
14%
6a
46°
12%
7a
48°
11%
8a
50°
30%
9a
50°
26%
10a
49°
45%
11a
50°
57%
12p
50°
65%
1p
49°
84%
2p
49°
62%
3p
L 44°H 57°
Parkwood, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Heavy Drizzle
    76%
    54°43°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    60°40°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    67°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    63°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    68°42°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    79°44°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72°47°
Parkwood, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
330° · veering 102°
Direction
NNW
330°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 6
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
avg 6 · pk 26 @ 12:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 102° from the nnw.
Parkwood, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.3
-1.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.72 inHg
Now
1006.3
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
+2.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10041008
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Parkwood, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
3.2 μg/m³
PM 10
3.7 μg/m³
NO₂
4.6 μg/m³
Ozone
78.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.1 Low
Parkwood, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:56 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
15h 11m
Sunset
8:42 PM
Civil dusk
4:19 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Parkwood, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:52 AM
Moonset
3:05 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Parkwood, 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 →

Parkwood at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 31 (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 Parkwood

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.