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Pleasant Groves, Alabama Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Pleasant Groves, AL
Sunday, July 5 at 12:20 AM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
69%
Wind
0 mph
Sunrise
12:37 AM
Sunset
3:01 PM
Pleasant Groves, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPleasant Groves, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 70°H 87°
Pleasant Groves, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    25%
    0.67″
    87°70°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    79%
    0.47″
    79°69°-8°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    22%
    85°66°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    11%
    86°64°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    17%
    89°64°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    59%
    83°68°-6°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Showers
    57%
    0.06″
    78°66°-5°
Pleasant Groves, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
270° · veering 178°
Direction
W
270°
Sustained
0
mph
Gust
2
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 3
Beaufort · 0 · CALM
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 3 · pk 9 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 173SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The air is still. Smoke rises straight up.
Pleasant Groves, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
959.5
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 28.33 inHg
Now
959.5
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-3.9
mb
24h
-1.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 960964
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW964.0959.7959.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Pleasant Groves, AL
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
-28 in 6h

AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 28 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 15.1 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 0 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
15.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneModerate
65μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 14 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 14

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.1 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 0 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Pleasant Groves, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.9mi
UNLIMITED
68 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
05:20 UTC · Pleasant Groves, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
05:20 UTC · Pleasant Groves, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pleasant Groves, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pleasant Groves, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pleasant Groves, AL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
12:37 AM
Daylight
14h 24m
Sunset
3:01 PM
Civil dusk
8:32 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Pleasant Groves, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
10:58 PM
Moonset
10:58 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pleasant Groves, AL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pleasant Groves at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 75°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Pleasant Groves

  1. Sun87°70°25%
  2. Mon79°69°79%
  3. Tue85°66°22%
  4. Wed86°64°11%
  5. Thu89°64°17%
  6. Fri83°68°59%
  7. Sat78°66°57%
  8. Sun72°64°41%
  9. Mon82°62°19%
  10. Tue86°62°10%
  11. Wed86°65°22%
  12. Thu79°67°48%
  13. Fri88°65°42%
  14. Sat81°69°44%
  15. Sun90°69°47%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Pleasant Groves

SPC has placed Pleasant Groves in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Pleasant Groves

  • 35776

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.