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Mentone, California Weather

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

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

Mentone, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:55 AM
86
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
89°
Humidity
34%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
10:42 PM
Sunset
1:03 PM
Mentone, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMentone, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 90°
Mentone, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    90°64°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    92°60°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    97°63°+5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    100°67°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    102°71°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    101°69°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    95°68°-6°
Mentone, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
274° · backing 78°
Direction
W
274°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 5 · pk 12 @ 1:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 135SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Mentone, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
949.2
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 28.03 inHg
Now
949.2
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
-0.9
mb
24h
-3.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 947952
940945950955960-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW952.4947.0948.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mentone, CA
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

AQI 36 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
10.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 12 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 40 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
12.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 40

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.71
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mentone, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
72%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
108.9mi
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
18:55 UTC · Mentone, 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
18:55 UTC · Mentone, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mentone, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mentone, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mentone, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:14 AM
Sunrise
10:42 PM
Daylight
14h 21m
Sunset
1:03 PM
Civil dusk
8:33 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mentone, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
11:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mentone, 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 →

Mentone at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 92359

16-Day Forecast — Mentone

  1. Sun90°64°1%
  2. Mon92°60°1%
  3. Tue97°63°0%
  4. Wed100°67°0%
  5. Thu102°71°0%
  6. Fri101°69°0%
  7. Sat95°68°1%
  8. Sun91°66°3%
  9. Mon101°70°14%
  10. Tue100°76°20%
  11. Wed102°76°11%
  12. Thu104°77°26%
  13. Fri104°78°25%
  14. Sat101°79°6%
  15. Sun104°77°6%
  16. Mon105°74°6%

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 Mentone

  • 92359
  • 92374

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.