Elephant Head, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Elephant Head weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——98°73°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——103°81°+5°
- MondayJul 6Overcast——103°76°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Light Drizzle15%—103°79°0°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Showers33%0.04″102°74°-1°
- ThursdayJul 9Drizzle31%—102°74°0°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle29%—98°73°-4°
AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Ozone at AQI 44. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~77%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 44. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~77%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 44
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 5
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34), ratio 0.70 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.70
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- transport
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:39 PM
- Moonset
- 10:42 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Elephant Head at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Elephant Head
- Sat98°73°1%
- Sun103°81°3%
- Mon103°76°2%
- Tue103°79°15%
- Wed102°74°33%
- Thu102°74°31%
- Fri98°73°29%
- Sat98°77°30%
- Sun101°75°30%
- Mon99°82°29%
- Tue96°80°21%
- Wed102°78°24%
- Thu100°78°25%
- Fri102°79°23%
- Sat102°82°45%
- Sun105°76°44%
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 Elephant Head
- 85645