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Friant, California Weather

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

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

Friant, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:56 AM
88
°
Clear
Feels like
90°
Humidity
31%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:21 PM
Friant, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFriant, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 67°H 95°
Friant, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    95°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    97°67°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    101°61°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    104°61°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    107°65°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Mostly Clear
    109°68°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    110°72°+1°
Friant, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
296° · veering 108°
Direction
WNW
296°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 6
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 6 · pk 19 @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 183SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 108° from the wnw.
Friant, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1001.0
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.56 inHg
Now
1001.0
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
+1.5
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9991002
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1001.5998.61001.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Friant, CA
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
0 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 0.52 with 8 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
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
99μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 8.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 54 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 47
UV peak
8.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 54

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60), ratio 0.52 with 8 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.52
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Friant, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
119.9mi
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
18:56 UTC · Friant, 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
18:56 UTC · Friant, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Friant, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Friant, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Friant, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:15 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.
Friant, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
11:17 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Friant, 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 →

Friant at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 93626

16-Day Forecast — Friant

  1. Sun95°72°26%
  2. Mon97°67°0%
  3. Tue101°61°0%
  4. Wed104°61°0%
  5. Thu107°65°0%
  6. Fri109°68°0%
  7. Sat110°72°0%
  8. Sun98°75°2%
  9. Mon104°68°3%
  10. Tue108°76°3%
  11. Wed112°77°1%
  12. Thu113°76°6%
  13. Fri114°77°20%
  14. Sat112°76°18%
  15. Sun111°78°10%
  16. Mon110°71°10%

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 Friant

  • 93626

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.