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Weather in La Center, Washington

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

La Center, WA
Sunday, May 17 at 12:40 AM
52
°
Overcast
Feels like
46°
Humidity
71%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:36 PM
La Center, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
49%
5p
54°
19%
6p
54°
12%
7p
53°
10%
8p
53°
13%
9p
53°
10p
52°
11p
51°
12a
49°
1a
48°
2a
48°
3a
46°
4a
44°
5a
44°
6a
46°
7a
48°
8a
50°
9a
51°
13%
10a
52°
42%
11a
52°
59%
12p
52°
65%
1p
51°
63%
2p
52°
50%
3p
53°
39%
4p
L 44°H 54°
La Center, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Light Rain
    74%
    55°46°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    62°42°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    69°46°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Drizzle
    65°43°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    72°41°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Partly Cloudy
    78°44°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    74°47°
La Center, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
308° · veering 55°
Direction
NW
308°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
26
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
avg 6 · pk 26 @ 8:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 55° from the nw.
La Center, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.7
-0.6 mb in 3h · steady · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.7
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
+1.7
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10171020
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
La Center, WA
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
2.2 μg/m³
PM 10
3.7 μg/m³
NO₂
0.7 μg/m³
Ozone
70.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.3 Low
La Center, WA
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
12:04 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:36 PM
Civil dusk
4:12 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
La Center, WA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
12:39 PM
Moonset
4:21 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
La Center, WA
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 →

La Center at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 21 (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 La Center

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.