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Silver City, California Weather

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

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

Silver City, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:57 AM
62
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
62%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
10:42 PM
Sunset
1:16 PM
Silver City, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSilver City, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 53 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 53°H 67°
Silver City, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    67°52°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    69°53°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    77°55°+8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    79°58°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    82°62°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    84°62°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    85°64°+1°
Silver City, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
267° · veering 5°
Direction
W
267°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 4
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 4 · pk 12 @ 2:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 95SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 5° from the w.
Silver City, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
793.4
+1.6 mb in 3h · rising · 23.43 inHg
Now
793.4
mb
3h
+1.6
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-2.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 790796
785790795800-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW795.7790.2792.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Silver City, CA
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
0 in 6h

AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 32.5 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.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
33μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
104μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 9.6 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 63 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
9.6 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 63

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 32.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.43
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Silver City, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
57.7mi
UNLIMITED
92 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
17:57 UTC · Silver City, 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
17:57 UTC · Silver City, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Silver City, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Silver City, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Silver City, 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
10:42 PM
Daylight
14h 34m
Sunset
1:16 PM
Civil dusk
8:47 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Silver City, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:12 PM
Moonset
11:13 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Silver City, 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 →

Silver City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Silver City

  1. Sun67°52°8%
  2. Mon69°53°3%
  3. Tue77°55°0%
  4. Wed79°58°0%
  5. Thu82°62°0%
  6. Fri84°62°0%
  7. Sat85°64°3%
  8. Sun73°57°9%
  9. Mon78°57°18%
  10. Tue80°63°30%
  11. Wed80°64°27%
  12. Thu82°65°29%
  13. Fri87°65°23%
  14. Sat83°61°13%
  15. Sun81°59°23%
  16. Mon82°63°23%

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 Silver City

  • 93262

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.