Weather in Desert Hills, Arizona
Saguaro crowns open white. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Desert Hills, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
96
°
Clear
Feels like
88°
Humidity
10%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Sunset
7:33 PM
Desert Hills, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
98°
4p
99°
5p
98°
6p
96°
7p
91°
8p
89°
9p
87°
10p
87°
11p
85°
12a
81°
1a
81°
2a
79°
3a
77°
4a
76°
5a
74°
6a
78°
7a
85°
8a
89°
9a
92°
10a
95°
11a
97°
12p
98°
1p
100°
2p
101°
3p
Desert Hills, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—96°80°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—95°67°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—86°63°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—92°65°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—96°69°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—98°73°
- FridayMay 22Clear—100°74°
Desert Hills, AZ
Next 24 hours · Hot now
Desert Hills, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
205° · veering 53°
Direction
SSW
205°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 12
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Desert Hills, AZ
Air quality
65
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 7.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 30.0 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 131.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.5 Moderate
Desert Hills, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
12:07 PM
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Daylight
14h 00m
Sunset
7:33 PM
Civil dusk
3:02 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Desert Hills, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:01 PM
- Moonset
- 1:50 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Desert Hills, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
Desert Hills at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 19°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 14 (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
Peak growing season
As of May 16, 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.