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French Valley, California Weather

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

French Valley weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

French Valley, CA
Thursday, June 4 at 10:14 AM
56
°
Clear
Feels like
55°
Humidity
90%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Sunset
7:55 PM
French Valley, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFrench Valley, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 90°
French Valley, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Clear
    90°54°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    85°53°-5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    86°55°+1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Mostly Clear
    85°51°-1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    85°51°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    83°49°-2°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    78°54°-5°
French Valley, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
143° · backing 77°
Direction
SE
143°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 6
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 6 · pk 15 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 182SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
French Valley, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
960.4
+2.2 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 28.36 inHg
Now
960.4
mb
3h
+2.2
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 960966
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW965.7960.0963.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
French Valley, CA
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
-46 in 6h

PM2.5 at 20.1 µg/m³ (AQI 71) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 46 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
20.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
25μg/m³
NO₂Good
23μg/m³
OzoneGood
46μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 20.1 µg/m³ (AQI 71) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
French Valley, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
5%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.1mi
UNLIMITED
108 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
10:14 UTC ·French Valley, 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
10:14 UTC ·French Valley, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
French Valley, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
French Valley, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
French Valley, CA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
12:11 PM
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
7:55 PM
Civil dusk
3:25 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
French Valley, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
85% illuminated
Moonrise
6:00 AM
Moonset
4:13 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
French Valley, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

French Valley at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 25°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 9 (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 French Valley

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.