Desert Center, California Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Desert Center weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Partly Cloudy——108°83°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——108°82°0°
- TuesdayJul 7Clear——111°84°+3°
- WednesdayJul 8Clear——112°85°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——113°83°+1°
- FridayJul 10Overcast——110°79°-3°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast——110°80°0°
AQI 31 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.5 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.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.50
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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
- 10:57 PM
- Moonset
- 11:00 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Desert Center at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 17°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 92239
16-Day Forecast — Desert Center
- Sun108°83°1%
- Mon108°82°0%
- Tue111°84°0%
- Wed112°85°0%
- Thu113°83°0%
- Fri110°79°0%
- Sat110°80°2%
- Sun109°83°7%
- Mon113°86°11%
- Tue104°87°10%
- Wed104°86°6%
- Thu108°88°7%
- Fri113°92°10%
- Sat118°97°10%
- Sun116°92°13%
- Mon118°94°10%
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 Desert Center
- 92239