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Weather in Puyallup, Washington

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

Puyallup, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:40 PM
51
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
47°
Humidity
81%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Puyallup, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
47%
4p
57°
31%
5p
57°
21%
6p
56°
31%
7p
55°
38%
8p
53°
45%
9p
52°
44%
10p
51°
41%
11p
50°
12a
49°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
47°
13%
6a
48°
7a
50°
8a
52°
13%
9a
53°
21%
10a
52°
56%
11a
53°
72%
12p
51°
65%
1p
52°
93%
2p
50°
91%
3p
L 46°H 57°
Puyallup, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Snow
    76%
    58°45°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    62°42°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    67°47°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    64°46°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    70°43°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    79°44°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72°50°
Puyallup, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
056° · backing 140°
Direction
NE
056°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 21 @ 3:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 140° from the ne.
Puyallup, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.6
-2.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.05 inHg
Now
1017.6
mb
3h
-2.1
mb
12h
-0.7
mb
24h
+1.5
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161020
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Puyallup, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
2.1 μg/m³
PM 10
2.7 μg/m³
NO₂
2.1 μg/m³
Ozone
72.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.1 Low
Puyallup, 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 08m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Puyallup, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:52 AM
Moonset
3:03 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Puyallup, 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 →

Puyallup at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°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).

ZIP codes in Puyallup

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.