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Spanaway, Washington Weather

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Spanaway weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Spanaway, WA
Sunday, July 5 at 12:55 AM
57
°
Overcast
Feels like
55°
Humidity
79%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Sunset
2:07 PM
Spanaway, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSpanaway, WA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 53 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 53°H 76°
Spanaway, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    76°53°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    85°53°+9°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    81°48°-4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    72°55°-9°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    77°46°+5°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    79°49°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    83°51°+4°
Spanaway, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
328° · veering 63°
Direction
NNW
328°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 · pk 11 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 174SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 63° from the nnw.
Spanaway, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1005.8
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 29.70 inHg
Now
1005.8
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
+1.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051008
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1007.51004.81006.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Spanaway, WA
Air quality
26
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

AQI 26 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
16μg/m³
OzoneGood
31μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Spanaway, WA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
95%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.1mi
UNLIMITED
83 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:55 UTC · Spanaway, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:55 UTC · Spanaway, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Spanaway, WA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Spanaway, WA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Spanaway, WA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:41 AM
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Daylight
15h 46m
Sunset
2:07 PM
Civil dusk
9:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Spanaway, WA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:35 PM
Moonset
11:25 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Spanaway, WA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Fireweed Ignites

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Spanaway at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 98387

15-Day Forecast — Spanaway

  1. Sun75°53°0%
  2. Mon85°53°0%
  3. Tue81°48°0%
  4. Wed72°55°2%
  5. Thu77°46°1%
  6. Fri79°49°3%
  7. Sat83°51°7%
  8. Sun81°47°3%
  9. Mon87°48°4%
  10. Tue89°51°3%
  11. Wed89°55°2%
  12. Thu93°57°10%
  13. Fri88°58°3%
  14. Sat79°56°6%
  15. Sun88°50°3%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Spanaway

  • 98387
  • 98445

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.