Weather in Bend, Oregon
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Bend, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 1:30 AM
46
°
Overcast
Feels like
37°
Humidity
49%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Bend, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
62°
6p
60°
7p
56°
8p
52°
9p
49°
10p
47°
11p
46°
12a
45°
1a
43°
2a
42°
3a
41°
4a
40°
5a
39°
6a
43°
7a
47°
8a
51°
9a
55°
10a
58°
11a
60°
12p
63°
1p
63°
2p
62°
3p
62°
4p
60°
5p
Bend, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast13%53°37°
- SundayMay 17Overcast17%55°33°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—62°34°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—66°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—65°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy—74°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—77°49°
Bend, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Bend, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
333° · veering 84°
Direction
NNW
333°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 10
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
Bend, OR
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 86.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.7 Low
Bend, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:05 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
4:00 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Bend, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:42 PM
- Moonset
- 4:07 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Bend, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
plant
Bend at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 22°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 10 (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).