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Petaluma, California Weather

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

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

Petaluma, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:52 AM
61
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
61°
Humidity
82%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
10:53 PM
Sunset
1:37 PM
Petaluma, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPetaluma, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 52 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 52°H 76°
Petaluma, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    76°53°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    73°52°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    82°52°+9°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    93°50°+11°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    94°54°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    97°53°+3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    96°54°-1°
Petaluma, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
331° · veering 8°
Direction
NNW
331°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 6
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 6 · pk 13 @ 5:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 123SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 8° from the nnw.
Petaluma, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.9
+0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 29.97 inHg
Now
1014.9
mb
3h
+0.9
mb
12h
+0.9
mb
24h
+0.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.11012.91015.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Petaluma, CA
Air quality
28
AQI
Good
-1 in 6h

AQI 28 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³ (AQI 25) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 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
4.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
41μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.8

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³ (AQI 25) with a 0.71 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

Visibility
33.6mi
UNLIMITED
78 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
17:52 UTC · Petaluma, 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
17:52 UTC · Petaluma, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Petaluma, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Petaluma, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Petaluma, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:22 AM
Sunrise
10:53 PM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
1:37 PM
Civil dusk
9:09 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Petaluma, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:30 PM
Moonset
11:29 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Petaluma, 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 →

Petaluma at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 94952, 94954

16-Day Forecast — Petaluma

  1. Sun76°53°3%
  2. Mon73°52°2%
  3. Tue82°52°2%
  4. Wed93°50°0%
  5. Thu94°54°0%
  6. Fri97°53°0%
  7. Sat96°54°1%
  8. Sun88°61°0%
  9. Mon95°64°3%
  10. Tue99°59°4%
  11. Wed98°59°0%
  12. Thu101°55°1%
  13. Fri105°59°0%
  14. Sat95°57°0%
  15. Sun89°55°3%
  16. Mon93°51°3%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Live wind & temperature near Petaluma

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 Petaluma

  • 94954
  • 94952
  • 94953

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.