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Mead, Washington Weather

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mead weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mead, WA
Thursday, June 4 at 3:24 PM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
57%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
4:53 AM
Sunset
8:42 PM
Mead, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMead, WA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 50 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 50°H 74°
Mead, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    20%
    74°54°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    69°50°-5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    63°48°-6°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    64°43°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    62°45°-2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    0.01″
    70°46°+8°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    37%
    0.15″
    55°49°-15°
Mead, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
219° · steady
Direction
SW
219°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 8
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 8 · pk 24 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 179SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the sw.
Mead, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
953.5
-0.8 mb in 3h · falling · 28.16 inHg
Now
953.5
mb
3h
-0.8
mb
12h
+2.0
mb
24h
+1.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 951955
945950955960-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW954.8951.3953.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mead, WA
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

AQI 25 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 4 PM.

PM 2.5Good
3.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERGood
53μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.7
Mead, WA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
12%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
65.4mi
UNLIMITED
144 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
15:24 UTC ·Mead, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
15:24 UTC ·Mead, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Mead, WA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mead, WA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mead, WA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
11:14 AM
Sunrise
4:53 AM
Daylight
15h 49m
Sunset
8:42 PM
Civil dusk
4:23 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Mead, WA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
6:50 AM
Moonset
3:28 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Mead, WA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks

insect
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mead at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Warm-season window is open

As of June 4, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.

ZIP codes in Mead

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.