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Pea Ridge, West Virginia Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Pea Ridge, WV
Sunday, July 5 at 4:33 PM
88
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
94°
Humidity
49%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
2:11 AM
Sunset
4:56 PM
Pea Ridge, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPea Ridge, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 28% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 74°H 92°
Pea Ridge, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    21%
    92°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    0.01″
    91°74°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    28%
    85°72°-6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    18%
    91°69°+6°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    18%
    91°68°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    68%
    0.01″
    74°69°-17°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Drizzle
    68%
    87°68°+13°
Pea Ridge, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
264° · veering 72°
Direction
W
264°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
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 4 · pk 13 @ 4:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 72° from the w.
Pea Ridge, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
988.2
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.18 inHg
Now
988.2
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-1.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 988991
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW990.7988.3988.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Pea Ridge, WV
Air quality
57
AQI
Moderate
+23 in 6hPeak ~78 @ 11 PM

AQI 57 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 23 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 80 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
10.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
125μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 80 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 80
UV peak
5.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 80

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.7 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Pea Ridge, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
71%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
73.0mi
UNLIMITED
105 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
20:33 UTC · Pea Ridge, WV · 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
20:33 UTC · Pea Ridge, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pea Ridge, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pea Ridge, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pea Ridge, WV
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
2:11 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
4:56 PM
Civil dusk
9:29 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Pea Ridge, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:46 PM
Moonset
11:40 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pea Ridge, WV
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pea Ridge at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 6 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Pea Ridge

  1. Sun92°73°21%
  2. Mon91°74°33%
  3. Tue85°72°28%
  4. Wed91°69°18%
  5. Thu91°68°18%
  6. Fri74°69°68%
  7. Sat87°68°68%
  8. Sun92°68°24%
  9. Mon84°65°13%
  10. Tue79°55°10%
  11. Wed86°58°12%
  12. Thu89°59°21%
  13. Fri94°61°30%
  14. Sat95°64°33%
  15. Sun89°64°42%
  16. Mon88°63°29%

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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Pea Ridge

SPC has placed Pea Ridge in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Pea Ridge

  • 25705
  • 25504

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.