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Lake Riverside, California Weather

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

Lake Riverside weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lake Riverside, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 9:10 PM
84
°
Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
26%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
Lake Riverside, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake Riverside, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 87°
Lake Riverside, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Partly Cloudy
    84°57°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    87°63°+3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    87°56°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    79°54°-8°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    75°49°-4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    80°47°+5°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    82°51°+2°
Lake Riverside, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
296° · veering 14°
Direction
WNW
296°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 6
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 6 · pk 15 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2012SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the wnw-bound air across the harbor.
Lake Riverside, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
895.5
-2.2 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 26.44 inHg
Now
895.5
mb
3h
-2.2
mb
12h
-4.5
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 890896
885890895900905-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW896.1890.2890.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Lake Riverside, CA
Air quality
57
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+21 in 6hPeak ~89 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 104 now. AQI up 21 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 9.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 129 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
7.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
15μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
141μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
9.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 104 now. With UV 9.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 129 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 104
UV peak
9.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 129

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.48 with 13 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.48
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Lake Riverside, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
4%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
127.6mi
UNLIMITED
160 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
21:10 UTC ·Lake Riverside, 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
21:10 UTC ·Lake Riverside, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake Riverside, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake Riverside, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake Riverside, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:10 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
7:53 PM
Civil dusk
3:23 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake Riverside, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:20 AM
Moonset
3:11 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake Riverside, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake Riverside at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 8 (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 Lake Riverside

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.