Butte Creek Canyon, California Weather
Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Butte Creek Canyon weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——91°68°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——91°63°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Mostly Clear——95°61°+4°
- WednesdayJul 8Clear——100°63°+5°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——102°67°+2°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy——103°68°+1°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast——107°71°+4°
AQI 27 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 11 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 39
- UV peak
- 6.8 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 18
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.71
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:27 PM
- Moonset
- 11:25 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Summer heat deepens across the valleys
Butte Creek Canyon at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Butte Creek Canyon
- Sun92°68°0%
- Mon91°63°1%
- Tue95°61°0%
- Wed100°63°0%
- Thu102°67°0%
- Fri103°68°0%
- Sat107°71°1%
- Sun108°72°1%
- Mon112°79°2%
- Tue113°81°3%
- Wed102°80°1%
- Thu96°76°6%
- Fri107°75°6%
- Sat112°78°6%
- Sun113°80°6%
- Mon106°72°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 Butte Creek Canyon
- 95928