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Lake California, California Weather

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

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

Lake California, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:55 AM
87
°
Overcast
Feels like
90°
Humidity
28%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:41 PM
Lake California, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake California, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 97°
Lake California, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    97°67°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    96°64°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    99°59°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    102°60°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    105°62°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    106°65°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    108°67°+2°
Lake California, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
256° · backing 63°
Direction
WSW
256°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 20 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 226SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 63° from the wsw.
Lake California, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
992.3
+0.7 mb in 3h · rising · 29.30 inHg
Now
992.3
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
-0.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 989992
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW992.4989.1991.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Lake California, CA
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-1 in 6hPeak ~44 @ 11 PM

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.75 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
6.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 18

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.75 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Lake California, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
128.4mi
UNLIMITED
172 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
17:55 UTC · Lake California, 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
17:55 UTC · Lake California, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lake California, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake California, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake California, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:13 AM
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
1:41 PM
Civil dusk
9:15 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lake California, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:27 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lake California, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

weather
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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake California at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Lake California

  1. Sun97°67°0%
  2. Mon96°64°0%
  3. Tue99°59°0%
  4. Wed102°60°0%
  5. Thu105°62°0%
  6. Fri106°65°0%
  7. Sat108°67°0%
  8. Sun96°67°0%
  9. Mon102°65°1%
  10. Tue109°67°2%
  11. Wed108°65°2%
  12. Thu109°67°1%
  13. Fri111°70°3%
  14. Sat111°71°3%
  15. Sun106°73°6%
  16. Mon105°64°5%

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 Lake California

  • 96022

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.