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Steamboat, Arizona Weather

The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Steamboat weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Steamboat, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 8:02 AM
65
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
58°
Humidity
13%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:09 AM
Sunset
2:38 PM
Steamboat, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSteamboat, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 86°
Steamboat, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    86°60°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    0.01″
    89°62°+3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    92°66°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    92°68°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    92°68°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    93°70°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Mostly Clear
    97°71°+4°
Steamboat, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
168° · backing 30°
Direction
SSE
168°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
avg 7 · pk 16 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 216SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Steamboat, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
805.9
+2.7 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 23.80 inHg
Now
805.9
mb
3h
+2.7
mb
12h
-2.7
mb
24h
-2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 803813
795800805810815820-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW813.1803.2805.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Steamboat, AZ
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-13 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 9.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.7 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
85μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40 now. With UV 3.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 20 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
3.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 20

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.56
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Steamboat, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
53%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
183.5mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
14:02 UTC · Steamboat, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
14:02 UTC · Steamboat, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Steamboat, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Steamboat, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Steamboat, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
12:09 AM
Daylight
14h 29m
Sunset
2:38 PM
Civil dusk
9:10 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Steamboat, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:36 PM
Moonset
11:36 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Steamboat, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Steamboat at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 22 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Steamboat

  1. Sun86°61°3%
  2. Mon89°62°3%
  3. Tue92°66°9%
  4. Wed92°68°5%
  5. Thu92°68°3%
  6. Fri93°70°1%
  7. Sat97°71°5%
  8. Sun98°67°9%
  9. Mon96°70°16%
  10. Tue93°69°16%
  11. Wed94°68°15%
  12. Thu94°69°23%
  13. Fri96°70°28%
  14. Sat95°74°29%
  15. Sun99°71°27%
  16. Mon97°71°29%

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 — Steamboat

SPC includes Steamboat 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 Steamboat

  • 86505

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.