Mead Ranch, Arizona Weather
The first anvil tops. Day 91 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mead Ranch weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 18Overcast11%—85°66°—
- FridayJun 19Partly Cloudy——83°60°-2°
- SaturdayJun 20Partly Cloudy——84°55°+1°
- SundayJun 21Clear——85°55°+1°
- MondayJun 22Clear——88°57°+3°
- TuesdayJun 23Overcast——91°60°+3°
- WednesdayJun 24Partly Cloudy——94°64°+3°
AQI 43 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 38.1 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 34
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 11
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 38.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.23
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 8:58 AM
- Moonset
- 10:29 PM
- In sign
- ♌︎ Leo
The first anvil tops
Mead Ranch at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
15-Day Forecast — Mead Ranch
- Thu85°65°11%
- Fri83°60°2%
- Sat84°55°0%
- Sun85°55°0%
- Mon88°57°0%
- Tue91°60°4%
- Wed94°64°3%
- Thu96°65°3%
- Fri95°68°4%
- Sat91°63°4%
- Sun92°63°3%
- Mon94°64°10%
- Tue100°63°10%
- Wed98°61°13%
- Thu92°64°16%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 18, 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 — Mead Ranch
SPC has placed Mead Ranch in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
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 Mead Ranch
- 85541