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Desert Shores, California Weather

Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Desert Shores weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Desert Shores, CA
Thursday, June 4 at 5:39 AM
91
°
Clear
Feels like
82°
Humidity
16%
Wind
14 mph
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
7:50 PM
Desert Shores, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastDesert Shores, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 82 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 82°H 105°
Desert Shores, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    103°78°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    105°82°+2°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    108°72°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    106°79°-2°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    102°77°-4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    99°74°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    104°74°+5°
Desert Shores, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
308° · veering 7°
Direction
NW
308°
Sustained
14
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 9
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 9 · pk 19 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2811SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the nw-bound air across the harbor.
Desert Shores, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.1
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.92 inHg
Now
1013.1
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
-3.0
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131018
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.21012.61014.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Desert Shores, CA
Air quality
84
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 7 AM.

PM 2.5Good
5.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
24μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
99μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 47
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM10 at 24.3 µg/m³ (AQI 23) with a 0.24 fine-to-coarse ratio under 14 mph wind — coarse road or agricultural dust being kicked up.

PM2.5/PM10
0.24
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
blown dust
Desert Shores, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
179.2mi
UNLIMITED
185 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
05:39 UTC ·Desert Shores, 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
05:39 UTC ·Desert Shores, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Desert Shores, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Desert Shores, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Desert Shores, CA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
12:07 PM
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
7:50 PM
Civil dusk
3:19 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Desert Shores, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
5:56 AM
Moonset
4:09 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Desert Shores, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Desert Shores at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 7 (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 4, 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 Desert Shores

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.