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Salton Sea Beach, California Weather

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

Salton Sea Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Salton Sea Beach, CA
Wednesday, June 3 at 7:50 PM
95
°
Clear
Feels like
96°
Humidity
17%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
7:49 PM
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSalton Sea Beach, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 76°H 97°
Salton Sea Beach, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    103°75°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    107°76°+4°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    109°77°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    105°77°-4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    102°75°-3°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    99°72°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    105°75°+6°
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
106° · backing 47°
Direction
ESE
106°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 8
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 8 · pk 25 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 229SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.9
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 30.06 inHg
Now
1017.9
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-4.6
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131019
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.91013.41013.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Air quality
35
AQI
Moderate
+3 in 6hPeak ~58 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 83 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 10 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 80 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
20μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
127μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
9.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 83 now. With UV 10 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 80 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 83
UV peak
10.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 80

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.42 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.42
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
172.1mi
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
19:50 UTC ·Salton Sea Beach, 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
19:50 UTC ·Salton Sea Beach, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Salton Sea Beach, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:07 PM
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Daylight
14h 15m
Sunset
7:49 PM
Civil dusk
3:19 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Salton Sea Beach, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
5:16 AM
Moonset
3:09 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Salton Sea Beach, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Salton Sea Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 7 (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 Salton Sea Beach

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.