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Ash Fork, Arizona Weather

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

Ash Fork, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 9:09 AM
82
°
Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
16%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Sunset
12:48 PM
Ash Fork, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastAsh Fork, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 93°
Ash Fork, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    93°60°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    94°65°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Partly Cloudy
    96°68°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    96°72°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    96°72°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    96°70°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    98°71°+2°
Ash Fork, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
234° · steady
Direction
SW
234°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 7 · pk 23 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 184SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the sw.
Ash Fork, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
848.0
+6.6 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 25.04 inHg
Now
848.0
mb
3h
+6.6
mb
12h
+2.7
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 841851
835840845850855-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW850.6840.9848.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Ash Fork, AZ
Air quality
91
AQI
Moderate
+2 in 6h

AQI 91 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 20.7 µg/m³ (AQI 73) with a 0.69 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
20.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
30μg/m³
NO₂Good
9μg/m³
OzoneModerate
97μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 now. With UV 9.8 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 43 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
9.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 43

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 20.7 µg/m³ (AQI 73) with a 0.69 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.69
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Ash Fork, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
176.5mi
UNLIMITED
185 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
16:09 UTC · Ash Fork, AZ · 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
16:09 UTC · Ash Fork, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Ash Fork, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Ash Fork, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Ash Fork, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:52 AM
Sunrise
10:21 PM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
12:48 PM
Civil dusk
8:18 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Ash Fork, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
10:47 PM
Moonset
10:48 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Ash Fork, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ash Fork at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 86320

16-Day Forecast — Ash Fork

  1. Sun94°60°3%
  2. Mon94°65°3%
  3. Tue96°68°1%
  4. Wed96°72°0%
  5. Thu96°72°1%
  6. Fri96°70°2%
  7. Sat98°71°6%
  8. Sun98°69°16%
  9. Mon100°72°20%
  10. Tue90°71°39%
  11. Wed94°67°39%
  12. Thu95°70°32%
  13. Fri101°74°32%
  14. Sat102°77°32%
  15. Sun103°74°31%
  16. Mon103°75°19%

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.

ZIP codes in Ash Fork

  • 86320

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.