Weather in Orting, Washington
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Orting, WA
Sunday, May 17 at 12:36 AM
50
°
Light Rain
Feels like
44°
Humidity
78%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Orting, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
56°
48%
5p
56°
20%
6p
56°
30%
7p
55°
40%
8p
54°
43%
9p
52°
47%
10p
51°
47%
11p
50°
13%
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
45°
4a
46°
5a
46°
14%
6a
48°
10%
7a
49°
8a
51°
9a
53°
18%
10a
52°
49%
11a
54°
73%
12p
52°
68%
1p
53°
91%
2p
49°
88%
3p
49°
88%
4p
Orting, WA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Heavy Drizzle72%56°45°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—62°43°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—68°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—63°46°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—70°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy—77°45°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—72°48°
Orting, WA
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Orting, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
N
006° · veering 177°
Direction
N
006°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 6
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
Orting, WA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 69.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 1.4 Low
Orting, WA
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:56 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
15h 08m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
4:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Orting, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:31 PM
- Moonset
- 4:25 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Orting, WA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Shoots and Sprouts Rise in Ranks
plant
Orting at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 29 (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).