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Golden Hills, California Weather

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

Golden Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Golden Hills, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 7:49 PM
81
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
79°
Humidity
27%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
8:04 PM
Golden Hills, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGolden Hills, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 79°
Golden Hills, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    83°59°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    85°61°+2°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    87°63°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    79°63°-8°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Clear
    75°55°-4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    81°56°+6°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    78°55°-3°
Golden Hills, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
338° · veering 47°
Direction
NNW
338°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 11
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 11 · pk 17 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 188SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 47° from the nnw.
Golden Hills, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
887.9
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 26.22 inHg
Now
887.9
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 883889
875880885890895-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW888.5883.3885.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Golden Hills, CA
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
+11 in 6hPeak ~91 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 100 now. AQI up 11 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 142 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Moderate
12.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
25μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
137μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
10.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 100 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 142 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 100
UV peak
10.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 142

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.49 with 12 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.49
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Golden Hills, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
35%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
122.5mi
UNLIMITED
159 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
19:49 UTC ·Golden Hills, 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
19:49 UTC ·Golden Hills, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Golden Hills, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Golden Hills, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Golden Hills, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:12 PM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
14h 24m
Sunset
8:04 PM
Civil dusk
3:34 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Golden Hills, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:32 AM
Moonset
3:13 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Golden Hills, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Golden Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 81°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 18 (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 Golden Hills

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.