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Wide Ruins, Arizona Weather

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

Wide Ruins, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 9:10 AM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
16%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
12:08 AM
Sunset
2:36 PM
Wide Ruins, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWide Ruins, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 86°
Wide Ruins, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    86°60°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    91°62°+5°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    93°67°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    94°68°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    93°69°-1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    93°71°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Partly Cloudy
    98°69°+5°
Wide Ruins, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
180° · backing 47°
Direction
S
180°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 8
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 8 · pk 16 @ 1:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 192SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Wide Ruins, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
815.6
+6.7 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 24.08 inHg
Now
815.6
mb
3h
+6.7
mb
12h
+2.4
mb
24h
-0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 809819
800805810815820825-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW818.9808.9815.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Wide Ruins, AZ
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
-12 in 6hPeak ~46 @ 9 PM

AQI 39 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 12 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 5.8 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.

PM 2.5Good
7.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
93μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 5.8 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 44
UV peak
5.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 24

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.2 µg/m³ (AQI 40), ratio 0.50 with 6 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.50
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Wide Ruins, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
179.0mi
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
15:10 UTC · Wide Ruins, 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
15:10 UTC · Wide Ruins, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wide Ruins, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wide Ruins, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wide Ruins, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:39 AM
Sunrise
12:08 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
2:36 PM
Civil dusk
9:07 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wide Ruins, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:35 PM
Moonset
11:35 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wide Ruins, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wide Ruins at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 75°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Wide Ruins

  1. Sun85°60°3%
  2. Mon91°62°6%
  3. Tue93°67°7%
  4. Wed94°68°7%
  5. Thu93°69°2%
  6. Fri93°71°2%
  7. Sat98°69°8%
  8. Sun97°68°12%
  9. Mon95°71°12%
  10. Tue93°70°18%
  11. Wed95°70°18%
  12. Thu95°71°42%
  13. Fri98°71°45%
  14. Sat97°73°39%
  15. Sun98°72°21%
  16. Mon99°71°25%

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 — Wide Ruins

SPC includes Wide Ruins in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Wide Ruins

  • 86502

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.