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Weather in Rockaway Beach, Oregon

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rockaway Beach, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 12:47 AM
51
°
Overcast
Feels like
44°
Humidity
72%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Rockaway Beach, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
11%
5p
54°
15%
6p
53°
22%
7p
52°
38%
8p
52°
9p
52°
10p
51°
11p
50°
12a
50°
1a
49°
2a
50°
3a
48°
4a
48°
5a
49°
6a
49°
11%
7a
51°
12%
8a
52°
13%
9a
51°
18%
10a
53°
35%
11a
51°
41%
12p
51°
46%
1p
53°
67%
2p
51°
73%
3p
52°
48%
4p
L 48°H 54°
Rockaway Beach, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Drizzle
    41%
    53°48°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Snow
    44%
    55°46°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    60°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    59°46°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    59°44°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Foggy
    66°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    61°47°
Rockaway Beach, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
321° · veering 21°
Direction
NW
321°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 13
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
avg 13 · pk 31 @ 12:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 13 mph with gusts pulsing to 21 — flags snap, branches bend.
Rockaway Beach, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1023.5
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 30.22 inHg
Now
1023.5
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
+3.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10201024
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Rockaway Beach, OR
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.3 μg/m³
PM 10
12.9 μg/m³
NO₂
0.2 μg/m³
Ozone
77.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.1 Low
Rockaway Beach, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:10 PM
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rockaway Beach, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:45 PM
Moonset
4:25 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Rockaway Beach, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks

plant
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rockaway Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 20 (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 Rockaway Beach

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.