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Grass Valley, California Weather

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

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

Grass Valley, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 9:09 PM
83
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
31%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Sunset
8:26 PM
Grass Valley, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGrass Valley, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 82°
Grass Valley, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    83°65°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    84°65°+1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    88°64°+4°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    77°55°-11°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Mostly Clear
    77°49°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    16%
    76°55°-1°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    16%
    74°52°-2°
Grass Valley, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
276° · veering 144°
Direction
W
276°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
10
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 10 @ 2:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 87SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 144° from the w.
Grass Valley, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
930.4
-1.9 mb in 3h · falling · 27.47 inHg
Now
930.4
mb
3h
-1.9
mb
12h
-2.4
mb
24h
-1.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 927930
920925930935-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW930.4926.9927.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Grass Valley, CA
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
+4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 90 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). With UV 9.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 110 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Moderate
15.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
23μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
131μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
9.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 90 now. With UV 9.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 110 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 90
UV peak
9.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 110

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.67 with 8 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.67
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Grass Valley, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
130.1mi
UNLIMITED
161 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
21:09 UTC ·Grass 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
21:09 UTC ·Grass Valley, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Grass Valley, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Grass Valley, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Grass Valley, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:08 PM
Sunrise
5:38 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:26 PM
Civil dusk
3:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Grass Valley, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:56 AM
Moonset
3:11 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Grass 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 →

Grass Valley at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (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 Grass 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.