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Fort Washington, California Weather

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

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

Fort Washington, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:01 AM
83
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
35%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:21 PM
Fort Washington, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Washington, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 67°H 97°
Fort Washington, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    97°71°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    97°67°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    101°67°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    103°67°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    106°71°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    108°73°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Partly Cloudy
    109°77°+1°
Fort Washington, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
317° · veering 160°
Direction
NW
317°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
8
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 @ 12:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 268SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Washington, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
999.8
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 29.52 inHg
Now
999.8
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
-1.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9981001
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1001.2998.1999.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fort Washington, CA
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
+1 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60), ratio 0.51 with 5 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
13.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
27μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 7.8 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 40 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
7.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 40

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60), ratio 0.51 with 5 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.51
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Fort Washington, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
31%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
112.5mi
UNLIMITED
171 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
17:01 UTC · Fort Washington, 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
17:01 UTC · Fort Washington, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Washington, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Washington, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Washington, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Daylight
14h 36m
Sunset
1:21 PM
Civil dusk
8:53 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Washington, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
11:17 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Washington, 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 Washington at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Fort Washington

  1. Sun97°71°26%
  2. Mon97°67°0%
  3. Tue101°67°0%
  4. Wed103°67°0%
  5. Thu106°71°0%
  6. Fri108°73°0%
  7. Sat109°77°0%
  8. Sun110°80°3%
  9. Mon114°83°3%
  10. Tue112°86°4%
  11. Wed94°83°1%
  12. Thu106°80°1%
  13. Fri111°82°6%
  14. Sat118°85°3%
  15. Sun119°90°3%
  16. Mon113°87°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 Washington

  • 93720

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.