Mountain Center, California Weather
Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mountain Center weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Mostly Clear——82°63°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——83°60°+1°
- TuesdayJul 7Clear——90°60°+7°
- WednesdayJul 8Clear——94°63°+4°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——93°66°-1°
- FridayJul 10Overcast——92°62°-1°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast——92°65°0°
AQI 25 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 5.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
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 30 now. With UV 10 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 41 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 30
- UV peak
- 10.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 41
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.73
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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
- 11:02 PM
- Moonset
- 11:06 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Summer heat deepens across the valleys
Mountain Center at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 78°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 92561
16-Day Forecast — Mountain Center
- Sun82°63°1%
- Mon83°60°0%
- Tue90°60°0%
- Wed94°63°0%
- Thu93°66°1%
- Fri92°62°0%
- Sat92°65°2%
- Sun85°66°6%
- Mon89°64°22%
- Tue89°68°32%
- Wed89°70°24%
- Thu95°68°8%
- Fri95°71°6%
- Sat89°72°6%
- Sun94°69°6%
- Mon95°70°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 Mountain Center
- 92561