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Weather in Whidbey Island Station, Washington

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

Whidbey Island Station, WA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
55
°
Overcast
Feels like
51°
Humidity
77%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Sunset
8:45 PM
Whidbey Island Station, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
19%
4p
55°
26%
5p
54°
43%
6p
52°
39%
7p
52°
46%
8p
51°
37%
9p
50°
22%
10p
49°
35%
11p
49°
46%
12a
48°
17%
1a
48°
2a
49°
3a
48°
4a
47°
5a
47°
16%
6a
47°
20%
7a
48°
31%
8a
48°
42%
9a
50°
60%
10a
52°
42%
11a
53°
34%
12p
54°
42%
1p
51°
58%
2p
52°
64%
3p
L 47°H 58°
Whidbey Island Station, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    64%
    56°45°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    10%
    61°47°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    58°49°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    58°49°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    60°47°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Partly Cloudy
    63°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    64°49°
Whidbey Island Station, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
306° · backing 153°
Direction
NW
306°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 9
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 9 · pk 27 @ 8:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 153° from the nw.
Whidbey Island Station, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.3
-0.5 mb in 3h · rising · 30.10 inHg
Now
1019.3
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
+2.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10171021
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Whidbey Island Station, WA
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
1.7 μg/m³
PM 10
2.4 μg/m³
NO₂
1.4 μg/m³
Ozone
84.0 μg/m³
UV Index
2.0 Low
Whidbey Island Station, WA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:53 AM
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Daylight
15h 17m
Sunset
8:45 PM
Civil dusk
4:23 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Whidbey Island Station, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:49 AM
Moonset
3:08 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Whidbey Island Station, 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 →

Whidbey Island Station at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 5 (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 Whidbey Island Station

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.