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El Centro Naval Air Facility, California Weather

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El Centro Naval Air Facility weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 10:04 PM
103
°
Clear
Feels like
101°
Humidity
9%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
7:47 PM
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEl Centro Naval Air Facility, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 107 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 69°H 107°
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Mostly Clear
    104°69°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    108°69°+4°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    110°67°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    108°76°-2°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    104°74°-4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    102°68°-2°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Mostly Clear
    106°72°+4°
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
158° · backing 111°
Direction
SSE
158°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 4 · pk 21 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 198SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 111° from the sse.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.4
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.81 inHg
Now
1009.4
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-3.5
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071013
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1012.61007.41009.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Air quality
57
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+3 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 122 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Levels should ease through evening.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
8.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
22μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
151μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 122 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 122
UV peak
6.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 122

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 21.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.38
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
183.5mi
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
22:04 UTC ·El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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
22:04 UTC ·El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:08 PM
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Daylight
14h 13m
Sunset
7:47 PM
Civil dusk
3:16 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:13 AM
Moonset
3:09 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
El Centro Naval Air Facility, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Heat hardens the dust

weather
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

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El Centro Naval Air Facility at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 4 (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 El Centro Naval Air Facility

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.