Weather in Sugar City, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sugar City, CO
Sunday, May 17 at 12:48 AM
88
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
79°
Humidity
12%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
Sugar City, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
89°
6p
88°
7p
79°
8p
73°
9p
69°
10p
65°
11p
62°
12a
61°
1a
60°
2a
59°
3a
58°
4a
54°
5a
53°
6a
56°
7a
66°
8a
74°
9a
80°
10a
83°
11a
86°
12p
87°
1p
89°
2p
90°
3p
90°
4p
90°
5p
Sugar City, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—90°53°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—89°54°
- MondayMay 18Overcast28%78°42°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle18%66°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle61%68°48°
- ThursdayMay 21Showers61%72°53°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle33%73°51°
Sugar City, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Sugar City, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SE
133° · veering 95°
Direction
SE
133°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 7
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sugar City, CO
Air quality
66
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 8.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 18.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 119.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.8 Low
Sugar City, CO
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:14 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
7:59 PM
Civil dusk
2:30 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sugar City, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:52 AM
- Moonset
- 2:30 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Sugar City, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Sugar City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 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
Warm-season window is open
As of May 17, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.