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Weather in Ironwood, Michigan

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ironwood, MI
Sunday, May 17 at 12:45 AM
53
°
Clear
Feels like
46°
Humidity
55%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
Ironwood, MI
Hour by hour · 24h
65°
7p
63°
8p
62°
9p
61°
15%
10p
61°
28%
11p
55°
55%
12a
53°
88%
1a
53°
54%
2a
52°
53%
3a
52°
15%
4a
52°
5a
52°
6a
53°
7a
56°
8a
60°
9a
63°
10a
68°
11a
74°
12p
77°
1p
79°
2p
80°
3p
80°
4p
80°
5p
78°
6p
L 52°H 80°
Ironwood, MI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    16%
    73°46°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    63°39°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Rain
    73%
    57°49°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Drizzle
    92%
    52°36°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Foggy
    10%
    53°34°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    12%
    63°35°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    56°43°
Ironwood, MI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
348° · veering 132°
Direction
NNW
348°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 11
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 11 · pk 39 @ 3:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 132° from the nnw.
Ironwood, MI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
956.3
-0.5 mb in 3h · rising · 28.24 inHg
Now
956.3
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
+3.2
mb
24h
+7.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 948958
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Ironwood, MI
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
0.9 μg/m³
PM 10
0.9 μg/m³
NO₂
0.5 μg/m³
Ozone
70.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.3 Low
Ironwood, MI
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:51 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:28 PM
Civil dusk
2:05 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Ironwood, MI
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:22 AM
Moonset
2:07 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Ironwood, MI
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ironwood at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 25 (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 17, 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 Ironwood

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.