Rio Rico, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rio Rico weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——102°72°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——102°75°0°
- MondayJul 6Overcast——102°73°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Drizzle22%0.01″103°73°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Heavy Showers33%0.43″99°71°-4°
- ThursdayJul 9Drizzle36%0.01″94°72°-5°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle35%—90°72°-4°
AQI 30 (Good), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 63 now. With UV 12 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 100 around 1 PM.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 63 now. With UV 12 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 100 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 63
- UV peak
- 11.9 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 100
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 20.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.48
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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
- 10:09 PM
- Moonset
- 9:42 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Rio Rico at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 85648
16-Day Forecast — Rio Rico
- Sat102°72°3%
- Sun102°75°4%
- Mon102°73°2%
- Tue103°73°22%
- Wed99°71°33%
- Thu94°72°36%
- Fri90°72°35%
- Sat92°67°50%
- Sun97°67°43%
- Mon98°77°37%
- Tue102°77°28%
- Wed102°79°23%
- Thu99°79°22%
- Fri98°83°35%
- Sat103°78°35%
- Sun92°75°35%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, 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.
ZIP codes in Rio Rico
- 85640
- 85648