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Lake Hughes, California Weather

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

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

Lake Hughes, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:02 AM
80
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
75°
Humidity
27%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
10:46 PM
Sunset
1:10 PM
Lake Hughes, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake Hughes, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 69°H 84°
Lake Hughes, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Partly Cloudy
    84°67°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    87°69°+3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    93°62°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    95°61°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    99°65°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    98°66°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    94°65°-4°
Lake Hughes, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
278° · veering 56°
Direction
W
278°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 16
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 16 · pk 27 @ 3:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2912SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 56° from the w.
Lake Hughes, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
902.1
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 26.64 inHg
Now
902.1
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
-0.7
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 900906
895900905910-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW905.5900.3902.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Lake Hughes, CA
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 42 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM10 at 47.4 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.29 fine-to-coarse ratio under 12 mph wind — coarse road or agricultural dust being kicked up.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
13.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
47μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
73μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
7.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 9.9 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 45 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
9.9 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 45

PM × Wind × Precip

PM10 at 47.4 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.29 fine-to-coarse ratio under 12 mph wind — coarse road or agricultural dust being kicked up.

PM2.5/PM10
0.29
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
blown dust
Lake Hughes, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
71%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
124.2mi
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
17:02 UTC · Lake Hughes, 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
17:02 UTC · Lake Hughes, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lake Hughes, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake Hughes, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake Hughes, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
10:46 PM
Daylight
14h 24m
Sunset
1:10 PM
Civil dusk
8:40 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lake Hughes, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:10 PM
Moonset
11:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lake Hughes, 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 →

Lake Hughes at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 93532

16-Day Forecast — Lake Hughes

  1. Sun84°67°1%
  2. Mon87°69°0%
  3. Tue93°62°0%
  4. Wed95°61°0%
  5. Thu99°65°0%
  6. Fri98°66°0%
  7. Sat94°65°0%
  8. Sun99°68°2%
  9. Mon100°73°5%
  10. Tue95°69°9%
  11. Wed91°69°4%
  12. Thu95°69°10%
  13. Fri100°73°9%
  14. Sat108°78°6%
  15. Sun98°77°10%
  16. Mon101°72°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 Lake Hughes

  • 93532

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.