Weather in La Grande, Oregon
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
La Grande, OR
Sunday, May 17 at 12:48 AM
46
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
35°
Humidity
37%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:20 AM
Sunset
8:16 PM
La Grande, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
5p
61°
6p
57°
7p
55°
8p
53°
9p
50°
10p
48°
11p
47°
12a
45°
1a
43°
2a
41°
3a
42°
4a
43°
5a
43°
6a
46°
7a
48°
8a
51°
9a
54°
10a
56°
11a
59°
12p
61°
1p
61°
2p
61°
3p
60°
4p
La Grande, OR
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle34%53°42°
- SundayMay 17Overcast29%56°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast13%63°44°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—67°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—67°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—74°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—79°48°
La Grande, OR
Next 24 hours · Cool now
La Grande, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
336° · veering 47°
Direction
NNW
336°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 9
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
La Grande, OR
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 96.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.9 Low
La Grande, OR
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:47 AM
Sunrise
5:20 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
8:16 PM
Civil dusk
3:52 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
La Grande, OR
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:23 PM
- Moonset
- 4:00 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
La Grande, OR
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
La Grande at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 18 (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).