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Big Bear City, California Weather

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

Big Bear City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Big Bear City, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:04 AM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
24%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
10:40 PM
Sunset
1:02 PM
Big Bear City, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBig Bear City, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 79°
Big Bear City, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    79°58°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    80°58°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    84°55°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    86°58°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    87°61°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    87°61°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    86°63°-1°
Big Bear City, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
027° · veering 136°
Direction
NNE
027°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 6
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 6 · pk 33 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1413SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 136° from the nne.
Big Bear City, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
793.3
+2.0 mb in 3h · rising · 23.43 inHg
Now
793.3
mb
3h
+2.0
mb
12h
+2.7
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 787795
780785790795800-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW795.1786.6793.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Big Bear City, CA
Air quality
25
AQI
Good
-1 in 6hPeak ~33 @ 11 PM

AQI 25 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 12 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 51 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
4.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
67μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
10.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 12 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 51 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
11.9 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 51

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.76
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Big Bear City, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
17%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
144.7mi
UNLIMITED
163 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
18:04 UTC · Big Bear City, 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
18:04 UTC · Big Bear City, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Big Bear City, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Big Bear City, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Big Bear City, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:12 AM
Sunrise
10:40 PM
Daylight
14h 22m
Sunset
1:02 PM
Civil dusk
8:32 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Big Bear City, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:03 PM
Moonset
11:06 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Big Bear City, 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 →

Big Bear City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 76°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 92314

16-Day Forecast — Big Bear City

  1. Sun79°58°2%
  2. Mon80°58°2%
  3. Tue84°55°0%
  4. Wed86°58°0%
  5. Thu87°61°0%
  6. Fri87°61°1%
  7. Sat86°63°2%
  8. Sun80°61°8%
  9. Mon80°59°24%
  10. Tue79°62°31%
  11. Wed78°63°25%
  12. Thu83°61°16%
  13. Fri85°63°17%
  14. Sat80°64°12%
  15. Sun81°60°13%
  16. Mon85°62°13%

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 Big Bear City

  • 92314
  • 92386

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.