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Furnace Creek, California Weather

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

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

Furnace Creek, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:06 AM
106
°
Clear
Feels like
101°
Humidity
16%
Wind
19 mph
Sunrise
10:35 PM
Sunset
1:08 PM
Furnace Creek, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFurnace Creek, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 89 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 89°H 113°
Furnace Creek, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    113°90°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    115°89°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    116°89°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    118°90°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    121°91°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    118°91°-3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    120°92°+2°
Furnace Creek, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
174° · backing 30°
Direction
S
174°
Sustained
19
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 8
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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 8 · pk 28 @ 9:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 287SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the s-bound air across the harbor.
Furnace Creek, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.9
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.03 inHg
Now
1016.9
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
+0.9
mb
24h
-2.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141020
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1019.51014.31016.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Furnace Creek, CA
Air quality
28
AQI
Good
-9 in 6h

AQI 28 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 35 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
70μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
9.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 35 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
11.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 35

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³ (AQI 29), ratio 0.46 with 19 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.46
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Furnace Creek, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
177.4mi
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
18:06 UTC · Furnace Creek, 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
18:06 UTC · Furnace Creek, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Furnace Creek, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Furnace Creek, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Furnace Creek, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:06 AM
Sunrise
10:35 PM
Daylight
14h 33m
Sunset
1:08 PM
Civil dusk
8:40 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Furnace Creek, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:05 PM
Moonset
11:06 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Furnace Creek, 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 →

Furnace Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 31°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Furnace Creek

  1. Sun113°90°1%
  2. Mon115°89°1%
  3. Tue116°89°0%
  4. Wed118°90°0%
  5. Thu121°91°0%
  6. Fri118°91°0%
  7. Sat120°92°1%
  8. Sun116°95°3%
  9. Mon117°94°12%
  10. Tue117°95°11%
  11. Wed115°93°11%
  12. Thu118°100°7%
  13. Fri122°100°10%
  14. Sat118°101°6%
  15. Sun119°95°10%
  16. Mon120°98°16%

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 Furnace Creek

  • 92328

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.