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Weather in Raft Island, Washington

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

Raft Island, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
51
°
Rain
Feels like
45°
Humidity
75%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Raft Island, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
30%
4p
59°
23%
5p
57°
22%
6p
55°
35%
7p
55°
39%
8p
54°
47%
9p
52°
36%
10p
51°
11p
50°
12a
49°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
47°
4a
47°
5a
46°
6a
48°
7a
50°
13%
8a
51°
34%
9a
50°
33%
10a
50°
63%
11a
50°
65%
12p
50°
85%
1p
50°
90%
2p
49°
74%
3p
L 46°H 59°
Raft Island, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Rain
    79%
    59°45°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    62°41°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    71°47°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    64°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    71°42°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    80°44°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72°47°
Raft Island, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
030° · veering 159°
Direction
NNE
030°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
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 7 · pk 23 @ 2:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 159° from the nne.
Raft Island, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.8
-1.7 mb in 3h · steady · 29.97 inHg
Now
1014.8
mb
3h
-1.7
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
+1.9
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Raft Island, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.6 μg/m³
PM 10
2.2 μg/m³
NO₂
1.2 μg/m³
Ozone
71.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.5 Low
Raft Island, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:57 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
4:19 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Raft Island, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:53 AM
Moonset
3:05 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Raft Island, 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 →

Raft Island at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 30 (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 Raft Island

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.