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Red Bluff, California Weather

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

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

Red Bluff, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:49 AM
86
°
Overcast
Feels like
89°
Humidity
29%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:41 PM
Red Bluff, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRed Bluff, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 97°
Red Bluff, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    97°67°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    96°66°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    99°58°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    104°61°+5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    106°64°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    106°65°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    110°68°+4°
Red Bluff, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
194° · backing 112°
Direction
SSW
194°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 20 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 236SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Red Bluff, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1002.4
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.60 inHg
Now
1002.4
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
+1.3
mb
24h
-0.9
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9991003
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1002.6999.21001.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Red Bluff, CA
Air quality
27
AQI
Good
-9 in 6hPeak ~41 @ 11 PM

AQI 27 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 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
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
80μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
6.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Red Bluff, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
125.4mi
UNLIMITED
172 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
17:49 UTC · Red Bluff, 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
17:49 UTC · Red Bluff, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Red Bluff, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Red Bluff, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Red Bluff, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:13 AM
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
1:41 PM
Civil dusk
9:15 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Red Bluff, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:27 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Red Bluff, 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 →

Red Bluff at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 96080

16-Day Forecast — Red Bluff

  1. Sun97°67°0%
  2. Mon96°66°0%
  3. Tue99°58°0%
  4. Wed104°61°0%
  5. Thu106°64°0%
  6. Fri106°65°0%
  7. Sat110°68°0%
  8. Sun111°69°0%
  9. Mon115°72°1%
  10. Tue118°74°2%
  11. Wed105°81°2%
  12. Thu92°77°1%
  13. Fri111°70°3%
  14. Sat115°71°3%
  15. Sun117°72°3%
  16. Mon109°67°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 Red Bluff

  • 96080

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.