Mountainaire, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mountainaire weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——83°57°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast——83°62°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——90°61°+7°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast——90°61°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——90°61°0°
- FridayJul 10Clear——90°59°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast10%—97°60°+7°
AQI 152 (Unhealthy), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.65 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 53 now. With UV 10.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 50 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 53
- UV peak
- 10.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 50
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.65 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.65
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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
- 10:43 PM
- Moonset
- 10:44 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Mountainaire at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Mountainaire
- Sun83°57°4%
- Mon83°62°4%
- Tue90°61°1%
- Wed90°61°1%
- Thu90°61°1%
- Fri90°59°4%
- Sat97°60°10%
- Sun96°58°14%
- Mon93°60°23%
- Tue87°60°31%
- Wed85°57°33%
- Thu87°59°32%
- Fri94°63°42%
- Sat99°66°42%
- Sun97°67°23%
- Mon96°66°23%
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 — Mountainaire
SPC includes Mountainaire 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 Mountainaire
- 86005