Today’s Campus Outlook

Last updated 1:00 PM, Monday, January 5th, 2026

By Ryan Krejcha

Happy New Year, Huskies! Unsurprisingly, we also have to wish a Happy New Year to the rain, which is still here with us.

Save for a couple lingering showers in the next hour or so, the rest of the afternoon and evening looks to be mostly dry. That won’t last long though, as some heavier rain moves in tomorrow afternoon. Here’s a look at the future radar for the region tomorrow at 2pm. The yellow and orange colors are the heaviest rain, while the blues are snow (only in the mountains and some areas east of the Cascades).

It may only be day 1 of the quarter, but I and many others are asking when The Big Dark is finally over. The best answer to that would be when we “Spring Ahead” on March 8th, and gain an hour of daylight instantly, but even before that, we are making steady gains of about 10 extra minutes of daylight in the evening per week. 5:00 sunsets are less than 3 weeks away for us at this point, and from there it just gets better.

Looking ahead past tomorrow, various rounds of rain will pass through us throughout the week, but as of now, next week looks to be mostly calm and dry.

Good luck on the first day of the quarter, Huskies!

Reach forecaster Ryan Krejcha at uwdawgcast@uw.edu, on X/Twitter @TheUWDawgcast, on BlueSky @TheUWDawgcast, or Instagram @uwdawgcast.