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Fort Irwin, California Weather

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

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

Fort Irwin, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:59 AM
89
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
90°
Humidity
28%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
10:37 PM
Sunset
1:04 PM
Fort Irwin, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Irwin, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 71°H 99°
Fort Irwin, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    99°78°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    100°71°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    104°72°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    105°73°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    108°74°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    106°74°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    106°77°
Fort Irwin, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
230° · veering 41°
Direction
SW
230°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 11
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 11 · pk 27 @ 11:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 342SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Irwin, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
929.0
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 27.43 inHg
Now
929.0
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+0.2
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 928932
920925930935940-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW931.7927.5929.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Fort Irwin, CA
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 23.1 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
9.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
23μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
7.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
9.9 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 21

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 23.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.40
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fort Irwin, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
44%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
132.5mi
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 · Fort Irwin, 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 · Fort Irwin, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Irwin, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Irwin, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Irwin, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:09 AM
Sunrise
10:37 PM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
1:04 PM
Civil dusk
8:35 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Irwin, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:03 PM
Moonset
11:05 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Irwin, 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 →

Fort Irwin at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 92310

16-Day Forecast — Fort Irwin

  1. Sun99°78°1%
  2. Mon100°71°1%
  3. Tue104°72°0%
  4. Wed105°73°0%
  5. Thu108°74°0%
  6. Fri106°74°0%
  7. Sat106°77°1%
  8. Sun99°78°3%
  9. Mon103°75°8%
  10. Tue104°81°13%
  11. Wed102°80°9%
  12. Thu104°83°13%
  13. Fri108°85°13%
  14. Sat103°83°10%
  15. Sun105°81°9%
  16. Mon106°83°13%

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 Irwin

  • 92310

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.