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El Centro Naval Air Facility, California Weather

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El Centro Naval Air Facility weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:59 AM
101
°
Clear
Feels like
105°
Humidity
28%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
10:40 PM
Sunset
12:54 PM
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEl Centro Naval Air Facility, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 82 to 111 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 82°H 111°
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Mostly Clear
    111°85°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    110°82°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    112°81°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    114°84°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    116°83°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    113°85°-3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    109°84°-4°
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
178° · veering 122°
Direction
S
178°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 6
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 6 · pk 22 @ 5:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 309SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.6
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.87 inHg
Now
1011.6
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-2.5
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.21009.81011.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Air quality
46
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.3 µg/m³ (AQI 51), ratio 0.43 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
22μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
72μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 10 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 47 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
10.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 47

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.3 µg/m³ (AQI 51), ratio 0.43 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.43
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
126.2mi
UNLIMITED
185 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
17:59 UTC · El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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
17:59 UTC · El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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 14m
Sunset
12:54 PM
Civil dusk
8:24 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
10:57 PM
Moonset
11:02 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

El Centro Naval Air Facility at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 22°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — El Centro Naval Air Facility

  1. Sun111°85°0%
  2. Mon110°82°0%
  3. Tue112°81°0%
  4. Wed114°84°0%
  5. Thu116°83°0%
  6. Fri113°85°0%
  7. Sat109°84°2%
  8. Sun107°86°3%
  9. Mon112°87°12%
  10. Tue110°87°6%
  11. Wed111°87°9%
  12. Thu117°90°6%
  13. Fri119°92°10%
  14. Sat115°90°6%
  15. Sun115°90°6%
  16. Mon118°91°6%

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 El Centro Naval Air Facility

  • 92243

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.