Weather in First Mesa, Arizona
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First Mesa, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:39 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
12%
Wind
22 mph
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Sunset
7:20 PM
First Mesa, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
80°
4p
80°
5p
79°
6p
76°
7p
70°
8p
66°
9p
63°
10p
61°
11p
58°
12a
56°
1a
55°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
51°
6a
58°
7a
64°
8a
69°
9a
73°
10a
76°
11a
78°
12p
79°
1p
81°
2p
82°
3p
First Mesa, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—81°53°
- SundayMay 17Mostly Clear—76°49°
- MondayMay 18Overcast10%66°49°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—69°49°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—74°54°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—79°57°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—79°57°
First Mesa, AZ
Next 24 hours · Mild now
First Mesa, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
229° · steady
Direction
SW
229°
Sustained
22
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 10
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
First Mesa, AZ
Air quality
70
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 3.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 128.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.4 Moderate
First Mesa, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:48 AM
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
7:20 PM
Civil dusk
2:50 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
First Mesa, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:42 AM
- Moonset
- 1:36 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
First Mesa, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
First Mesa at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 22 (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.