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Fort Bragg, California Weather

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

Fort Bragg weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Bragg, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:53 AM
58
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
82%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
10:54 PM
Sunset
1:45 PM
Fort Bragg, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Bragg, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 50°H 60°
Fort Bragg, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    60°51°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    56°50°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Foggy
    73°49°+17°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Foggy
    78°49°+5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Foggy
    74°50°-4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Foggy
    79°48°+5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Foggy
    85°53°+6°
Fort Bragg, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
218° · backing 92°
Direction
SW
218°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 7 · pk 15 @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 163SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 92° from the sw.
Fort Bragg, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.4
+0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.87 inHg
Now
1011.4
mb
3h
+0.4
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101012
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1012.11009.91010.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Fort Bragg, CA
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

AQI 42 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³ (AQI 53), ratio 0.62 with 12 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
10.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
41μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.1

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³ (AQI 53), ratio 0.62 with 12 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.62
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Fort Bragg, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
22%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.0mi
UNLIMITED
33 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
17:53 UTC · Fort Bragg, 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
17:53 UTC · Fort Bragg, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Bragg, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Bragg, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Bragg, 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
10:54 PM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
1:45 PM
Civil dusk
9:18 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Bragg, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:35 PM
Moonset
11:34 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Bragg, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

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Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Bragg at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 95437

16-Day Forecast — Fort Bragg

  1. Sun60°51°0%
  2. Mon56°50°0%
  3. Tue73°49°1%
  4. Wed78°49°1%
  5. Thu74°50°2%
  6. Fri79°48°2%
  7. Sat85°53°2%
  8. Sun76°59°2%
  9. Mon83°56°5%
  10. Tue82°55°2%
  11. Wed78°54°0%
  12. Thu83°54°0%
  13. Fri84°54°0%
  14. Sat80°53°3%
  15. Sun77°52°3%
  16. Mon76°50°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 Fort Bragg

  • 95437

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.