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Blue Lake, California Weather

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

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

Blue Lake, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:02 AM
58
°
Overcast
Feels like
58°
Humidity
93%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
10:50 PM
Sunset
1:50 PM
Blue Lake, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBlue Lake, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 52 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 52°H 67°
Blue Lake, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    67°52°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    65°52°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Foggy
    71°50°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Foggy
    71°48°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Foggy
    71°51°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    70°50°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    68°51°-2°
Blue Lake, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
313° · veering 5°
Direction
NW
313°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
8
avg 5
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 5 · pk 8 @ 1:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 85SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Blue Lake, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.7
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.85 inHg
Now
1010.7
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101013
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.01009.81010.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Blue Lake, CA
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneGood
44μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.5

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.78
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Blue Lake, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
85%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.7mi
UNLIMITED
31 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
17:02 UTC · Blue Lake, 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
17:02 UTC · Blue Lake, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Blue Lake, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Blue Lake, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Blue Lake, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
10:50 PM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
1:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:25 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Blue Lake, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:37 PM
Moonset
11:34 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Blue Lake, 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 →

Blue Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 95525

16-Day Forecast — Blue Lake

  1. Sun67°52°0%
  2. Mon65°52°1%
  3. Tue71°50°0%
  4. Wed71°48°3%
  5. Thu71°51°1%
  6. Fri70°50°2%
  7. Sat68°51°3%
  8. Sun74°50°3%
  9. Mon77°55°4%
  10. Tue78°57°1%
  11. Wed77°57°1%
  12. Thu77°57°3%
  13. Fri78°57°3%
  14. Sat78°57°3%
  15. Sun76°55°6%
  16. Mon73°52°5%

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 Blue Lake

  • 95525

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.