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Weather in River Road, Washington

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

River Road, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:38 PM
55
°
Clear
Feels like
46°
Humidity
59%
Wind
17 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:46 PM
River Road, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
52°
35%
4p
55°
51%
5p
51°
55%
6p
51°
54%
7p
50°
37%
8p
49°
25%
9p
48°
17%
10p
49°
20%
11p
48°
20%
12a
46°
13%
1a
45°
2a
45°
3a
44°
10%
4a
45°
11%
5a
45°
16%
6a
46°
26%
7a
48°
24%
8a
49°
46%
9a
50°
31%
10a
50°
31%
11a
50°
47%
12p
48°
55%
1p
51°
59%
2p
51°
66%
3p
L 44°H 55°
River Road, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    48%
    57°41°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    64°43°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    62°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    61°46°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    65°45°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    68°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    64°48°
River Road, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
307° · veering 30°
Direction
NW
307°
Sustained
17
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 10
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 10 · pk 30 @ 6:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 17 mph with gusts pulsing to 27 — flags snap, branches bend.
River Road, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.4
-0.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.81 inHg
Now
1009.4
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
+3.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061011
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
River Road, WA
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.3 μg/m³
PM 10
1.9 μg/m³
NO₂
0.9 μg/m³
Ozone
83.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.4 Low
River Road, 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 15m
Sunset
8:46 PM
Civil dusk
4:24 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
River Road, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:52 AM
Moonset
3:09 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
River Road, 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 →

River Road at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 3 (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 River Road

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.