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Fort Valley, Arizona Weather

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Fort Valley weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Valley, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 7:02 AM
65
°
Clear
Feels like
60°
Humidity
34%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
10:17 PM
Sunset
12:45 PM
Fort Valley, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Valley, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 77°
Fort Valley, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    77°56°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    78°59°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    84°58°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    85°58°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    85°57°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    85°53°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    13%
    85°56°
Fort Valley, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
140° · backing 76°
Direction
SE
140°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 8
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 8 · pk 21 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 166SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 76° from the se.
Fort Valley, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
755.6
+3.9 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 22.31 inHg
Now
755.6
mb
3h
+3.9
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 751760
745750755760765-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW760.4751.2755.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Fort Valley, AZ
Air quality
151
AQI
Unhealthy
-1 in 6h

AQI 151 (Unhealthy), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 102.9 µg/m³ (AQI 184) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

LIMIT OUTDOORS Limit prolonged outdoor exertion. Sensitive groups should avoid outdoor exertion. Consider rescheduling outdoor activities until AQI improves.

PM 2.5DRIVERUnhealthy
102.9μg/m³
PM 10Moderate
111μg/m³
NO₂Good
14μg/m³
OzoneModerate
85μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~92%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
2.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 102.9 µg/m³ (AQI 184) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Valley, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
18%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
129.7mi
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
14:02 UTC · Fort Valley, 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
14:02 UTC · Fort Valley, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Valley, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Valley, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Valley, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:49 AM
Sunrise
10:17 PM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
12:45 PM
Civil dusk
8:16 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Valley, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
10:44 PM
Moonset
10:44 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Valley, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Valley at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Fort Valley

  1. Sun77°56°5%
  2. Mon78°59°4%
  3. Tue84°58°7%
  4. Wed85°58°3%
  5. Thu85°57°1%
  6. Fri85°53°3%
  7. Sat85°56°13%
  8. Sun90°54°14%
  9. Mon86°58°24%
  10. Tue80°56°41%
  11. Wed78°53°37%
  12. Thu81°56°29%
  13. Fri88°59°32%
  14. Sat89°63°31%
  15. Sun91°64°29%
  16. Mon87°58°30%

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 — Fort Valley

SPC includes Fort Valley in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Fort Valley

  • 86001

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.