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Bucks Lake, California Weather

Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bucks Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bucks Lake, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 8:19 PM
69
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
49%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
8:28 PM
Bucks Lake, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBucks Lake, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 51 to 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 51°H 71°
Bucks Lake, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    69°54°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    72°51°+3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Mostly Clear
    80°48°+8°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    69°47°-11°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Partly Cloudy
    71°39°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    22%
    67°43°-4°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    58°44°-9°
Bucks Lake, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
270° · backing 133°
Direction
W
270°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 5 · pk 18 @ 4:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 125SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 133° from the w.
Bucks Lake, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
848.0
-2.5 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 25.04 inHg
Now
848.0
mb
3h
-2.5
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 843848
835840845850855-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW847.9842.7844.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Bucks Lake, CA
Air quality
41
AQI
Moderate
+8 in 6hPeak ~55 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 71 now. AQI up 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 99 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
9.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
120μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
10.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 71 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 99 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 71
UV peak
10.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 99

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.64 with 10 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.64
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Bucks Lake, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
76.2mi
UNLIMITED
120 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
20:19 UTC ·Bucks Lake, 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
20:19 UTC ·Bucks Lake, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Bucks Lake, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bucks Lake, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bucks Lake, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:06 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
8:28 PM
Civil dusk
4:01 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Bucks Lake, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:59 AM
Moonset
3:09 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Bucks Lake, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bucks Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 15 (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 3, 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 Bucks Lake

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.