Parks, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Parks weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——84°59°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast——84°61°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——88°60°+4°
- WednesdayJul 8Partly Cloudy——89°61°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——89°60°0°
- FridayJul 10Clear——89°58°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast14%—87°59°-2°
AQI 134 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 112.9 µg/m³ (AQI 191) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 38. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~69%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 38
- UV peak
- 2.7 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 7
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 112.9 µg/m³ (AQI 191) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.95
- 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
- 10:45 PM
- Moonset
- 10:45 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Parks at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°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.
ZIP code: 86018
16-Day Forecast — Parks
- Sun82°59°4%
- Mon84°61°4%
- Tue88°60°4%
- Wed89°61°1%
- Thu89°60°1%
- Fri89°58°2%
- Sat87°59°14%
- Sun94°58°15%
- Mon92°61°26%
- Tue82°59°44%
- Wed84°56°36%
- Thu86°60°29%
- Fri94°61°35%
- Sat92°66°34%
- Sun93°65°30%
- Mon90°63°26%
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 — Parks
SPC includes Parks 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 Parks
- 86046
- 86018