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Boulder Creek, California Weather

Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Boulder Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Boulder Creek, CA
Friday, June 5 at 8:21 AM
58
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
64%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Boulder Creek, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBoulder Creek, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 86°
Boulder Creek, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Clear
    86°54°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Clear
    66°47°-20°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    83°44°+17°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    18%
    77°48°-6°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Foggy
    22%
    75°47°-2°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Clear
    86°45°+11°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Clear
    93°57°+7°
Boulder Creek, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
191° · veering 59°
Direction
S
191°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
3
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 @ 4:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 239SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Boulder Creek, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
989.5
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.22 inHg
Now
989.5
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
-3.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 988992
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW992.1988.2989.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Boulder Creek, CA
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.73 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 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
8.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneGood
49μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.5 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.73 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.73
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Boulder Creek, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.2mi
UNLIMITED
93 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
08:21 UTC ·Boulder Creek, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
08:21 UTC ·Boulder Creek, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Boulder Creek, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Boulder Creek, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Boulder Creek, CA
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:19 PM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
14h 37m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
3:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Boulder Creek, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
7:04 AM
Moonset
5:27 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Boulder Creek, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

weather
Jan 143% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Boulder Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 30 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 Boulder Creek

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.