Weather in Mountainaire, Arizona
Saguaro crowns open white. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mountainaire, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
54°
Humidity
15%
Wind
21 mph
Sunrise
5:21 AM
Sunset
7:24 PM
Mountainaire, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
4p
72°
5p
70°
6p
67°
7p
63°
8p
59°
9p
56°
10p
53°
11p
50°
12a
48°
1a
47°
2a
43°
3a
43°
4a
42°
5a
43°
6a
51°
7a
60°
8a
65°
9a
69°
10a
71°
11a
73°
12p
74°
1p
74°
2p
75°
3p
Mountainaire, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—71°44°
- SundayMay 17Mostly Clear—65°41°
- MondayMay 18Overcast22%62°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—67°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—71°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—71°44°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—75°45°
Mountainaire, AZ
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Mountainaire, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
224° · backing 34°
Direction
SW
224°
Sustained
21
mph
Gust
29
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 12
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
Mountainaire, AZ
Air quality
72
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 4.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 10.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 127.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.5 Moderate
Mountainaire, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:55 AM
Sunrise
5:21 AM
Daylight
14h 03m
Sunset
7:24 PM
Civil dusk
2:53 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mountainaire, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:49 AM
- Moonset
- 1:39 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Mountainaire, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
Mountainaire at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 18 (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.