Weather in Waitsburg, Washington
High country wildflowers peak. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Waitsburg, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:42 PM
54
°
Clear
Feels like
45°
Humidity
50%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
Waitsburg, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
4p
62°
5p
62°
6p
60°
7p
58°
8p
55°
9p
56°
10p
51°
11p
50°
12a
48°
1a
49°
2a
48°
3a
47°
4a
46°
5a
47°
6a
49°
7a
51°
8a
53°
9a
54°
10a
55°
11a
57°
12p
58°
1p
59°
2p
58°
3p
Waitsburg, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle30%57°45°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—63°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—66°48°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—66°47°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—67°47°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—76°52°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—76°58°
Waitsburg, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Waitsburg, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
223° · steady
Direction
SW
223°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 14
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Waitsburg, WA
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 91.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.6 Low
Waitsburg, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:44 AM
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:20 PM
Civil dusk
3:56 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Waitsburg, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:39 AM
- Moonset
- 2:41 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Waitsburg, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
weather
Waitsburg at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°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).