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
- TodayJul 5Overcast——113°90°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——115°89°+2°
- TuesdayJul 7Clear——116°89°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Clear——118°90°+2°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——121°91°+3°
- FridayJul 10Clear——118°91°-3°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast——120°92°+2°
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.
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
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:05 PM
- Moonset
- 11:06 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Summer heat deepens across the valleys
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
- Sun113°90°1%
- Mon115°89°1%
- Tue116°89°0%
- Wed118°90°0%
- Thu121°91°0%
- Fri118°91°0%
- Sat120°92°1%
- Sun116°95°3%
- Mon117°94°12%
- Tue117°95°11%
- Wed115°93°11%
- Thu118°100°7%
- Fri122°100°10%
- Sat118°101°6%
- Sun119°95°10%
- 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