Santa Cruz, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Santa Cruz weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast10%—112°84°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast——112°86°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Partly Cloudy——111°84°-1°
- WednesdayJul 8Clear——111°85°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——111°84°0°
- FridayJul 10Overcast——108°80°-3°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast——107°84°-1°
AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 16.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 32.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 16.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 32.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.53
- 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
- 10:44 PM
- Moonset
- 10:47 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Santa Cruz at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 6 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Santa Cruz
- Sun111°85°10%
- Mon112°86°2%
- Tue111°84°0%
- Wed111°85°0%
- Thu111°84°2%
- Fri108°80°1%
- Sat107°84°3%
- Sun109°84°13%
- Mon112°82°17%
- Tue106°78°19%
- Wed105°79°14%
- Thu110°82°13%
- Fri118°91°19%
- Sat116°93°26%
- Sun112°92°30%
- Mon114°90°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.
ZIP codes in Santa Cruz
- 85339