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East Palo Alto, California Weather

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

East Palo Alto weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

East Palo Alto, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:03 AM
63
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
64°
Humidity
82%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
10:53 PM
Sunset
1:32 PM
East Palo Alto, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEast Palo Alto, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 53 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 53°H 74°
East Palo Alto, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    74°56°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    75°53°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Partly Cloudy
    79°53°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    84°55°+5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    82°58°-2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    87°57°+5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    90°61°+3°
East Palo Alto, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
025° · steady
Direction
NNE
025°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 8
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 8 · pk 17 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 154SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
East Palo Alto, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.0
+0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.97 inHg
Now
1015.0
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.31013.31015.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
East Palo Alto, CA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 36 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.3 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
8.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneGood
55μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.5

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
East Palo Alto, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
61%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
43.0mi
UNLIMITED
52 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
17:03 UTC · East Palo Alto, 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
17:03 UTC · East Palo Alto, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
East Palo Alto, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
East Palo Alto, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
East Palo Alto, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:23 AM
Sunrise
10:53 PM
Daylight
14h 39m
Sunset
1:32 PM
Civil dusk
9:04 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
East Palo Alto, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:27 PM
Moonset
11:27 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
East Palo Alto, 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 →

East Palo Alto at a glance

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

16-Day Forecast — East Palo Alto

  1. Sun72°56°0%
  2. Mon75°53°0%
  3. Tue79°53°0%
  4. Wed84°55°1%
  5. Thu82°58°0%
  6. Fri87°57°0%
  7. Sat90°61°1%
  8. Sun92°62°1%
  9. Mon95°70°3%
  10. Tue97°69°5%
  11. Wed91°69°1%
  12. Thu94°71°3%
  13. Fri100°73°0%
  14. Sat102°76°0%
  15. Sun98°69°3%
  16. Mon88°64°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 East Palo Alto

  • 94303

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.