Weather in Rock Island, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rock Island, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
62
°
Clear
Feels like
50°
Humidity
27%
Wind
20 mph
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Sunset
8:31 PM
Rock Island, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
65°
4p
64°
5p
62°
6p
61°
7p
59°
8p
56°
9p
54°
10p
53°
11p
52°
12a
50°
10%
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
51°
7a
54°
8a
56°
9a
58°
10a
58°
11a
60°
12p
61°
1p
61°
13%
2p
60°
3p
Rock Island, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast14%63°45°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain11%72°43°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—69°49°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—70°47°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—73°46°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—84°53°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—82°54°
Rock Island, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Rock Island, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
315° · backing 27°
Direction
NW
315°
Sustained
20
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 12
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
Rock Island, WA
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 96.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 2.9 Low
Rock Island, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:47 AM
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:31 PM
Civil dusk
4:09 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rock Island, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:43 AM
- Moonset
- 2:54 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Rock Island, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
weather
Rock Island at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 62°F — typical for the season
- 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).