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Beale AFB, California Weather

Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Beale AFB, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:56 AM
83
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
33%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:34 PM
Beale AFB, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBeale AFB, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 91°
Beale AFB, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    91°64°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    92°63°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    97°55°+5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    100°55°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    104°60°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    105°62°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    107°66°+2°
Beale AFB, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
201° · backing 65°
Direction
SSW
201°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 17 @ 7:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1810SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 65° from the ssw.
Beale AFB, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.2
+0.7 mb in 3h · rising · 29.71 inHg
Now
1006.2
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10041007
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1006.71004.01006.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Beale AFB, CA
Air quality
29
AQI
Good
+1 in 6hPeak ~38 @ 11 PM

AQI 29 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.0 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 8.5 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 35 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
8.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 35

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.71
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Beale AFB, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
117.6mi
UNLIMITED
184 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
18:56 UTC · Beale AFB, CA · 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
18:56 UTC · Beale AFB, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Beale AFB, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Beale AFB, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Beale AFB, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:14 AM
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
1:34 PM
Civil dusk
9:07 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Beale AFB, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:25 PM
Moonset
11:23 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Beale AFB, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Beale AFB at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 95903

16-Day Forecast — Beale AFB

  1. Sun91°64°0%
  2. Mon92°63°1%
  3. Tue97°55°0%
  4. Wed100°55°0%
  5. Thu104°60°0%
  6. Fri105°62°0%
  7. Sat107°66°1%
  8. Sun88°74°0%
  9. Mon104°66°3%
  10. Tue111°67°3%
  11. Wed111°66°1%
  12. Thu111°69°3%
  13. Fri113°74°3%
  14. Sat111°73°6%
  15. Sun107°74°10%
  16. Mon106°63°3%

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 Beale AFB

  • 95903

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.