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Weather in Vader, Washington

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

Vader, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:37 PM
55
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
49°
Humidity
64%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:36 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Vader, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
58%
4p
55°
24%
5p
56°
16%
6p
53°
36%
7p
53°
19%
8p
52°
27%
9p
51°
16%
10p
51°
11p
49°
12a
48°
1a
47°
2a
46°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
46°
6a
48°
7a
50°
8a
51°
18%
9a
52°
30%
10a
52°
52%
11a
50°
75%
12p
51°
83%
1p
51°
83%
2p
51°
89%
3p
L 46°H 56°
Vader, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    55%
    56°44°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    62°43°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    67°45°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    67°43°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    71°41°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Mostly Clear
    77°44°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72°43°
Vader, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
308° · veering 46°
Direction
NW
308°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
23
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 23 @ 7:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 46° from the nw.
Vader, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.8
-0.7 mb in 3h · rising · 30.00 inHg
Now
1015.8
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
+2.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141017
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Vader, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.9 μg/m³
PM 10
3.1 μg/m³
NO₂
0.5 μg/m³
Ozone
71.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.1 Low
Vader, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:02 PM
Sunrise
5:36 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Vader, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:57 AM
Moonset
3:03 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Vader, 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 →

Vader at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 24 (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 Vader

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.