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Plumas Lake, California Weather

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

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

Plumas Lake, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:54 AM
76
°
Overcast
Feels like
77°
Humidity
48%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
10:46 PM
Sunset
1:35 PM
Plumas Lake, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPlumas Lake, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 90°
Plumas Lake, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    90°61°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    90°59°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    98°55°+8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    101°55°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    104°60°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    106°61°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    108°64°+2°
Plumas Lake, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
183° · backing 7°
Direction
S
183°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 7
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 7 · pk 19 @ 6:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 199SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 7° from the s.
Plumas Lake, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.2
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 29.92 inHg
Now
1013.2
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
+2.0
mb
24h
-0.2
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10101013
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.41009.91013.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Plumas Lake, CA
Air quality
26
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 26 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 5.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneGood
41μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.8

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.76
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Plumas Lake, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
80%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
77.7mi
UNLIMITED
169 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
17:54 UTC · Plumas Lake, 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
17:54 UTC · Plumas Lake, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Plumas Lake, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Plumas Lake, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Plumas Lake, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:15 AM
Sunrise
10:46 PM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
1:35 PM
Civil dusk
9:08 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Plumas Lake, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:26 PM
Moonset
11:24 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Plumas Lake, 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 →

Plumas Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Plumas Lake

  1. Sun90°61°0%
  2. Mon90°59°1%
  3. Tue98°55°0%
  4. Wed101°55°0%
  5. Thu104°60°0%
  6. Fri106°61°0%
  7. Sat108°64°0%
  8. Sun89°72°0%
  9. Mon104°67°3%
  10. Tue111°68°2%
  11. Wed111°67°1%
  12. Thu112°68°3%
  13. Fri114°73°6%
  14. Sat113°71°6%
  15. Sun108°70°6%
  16. Mon106°61°3%

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 Plumas Lake

  • 95961

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.