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Truckee, California Weather

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

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

Truckee, CA
Thursday, June 4 at 4:12 AM
57
°
Clear
Feels like
52°
Humidity
46%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Truckee, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTruckee, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 48 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 48°H 73°
Truckee, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    74°41°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    73°48°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    74°51°+1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    70°41°-4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    67°39°-3°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    0.07″
    64°44°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    0.04″
    50°37°-14°
Truckee, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
175° · backing 110°
Direction
S
175°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 7
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 7 · pk 21 @ 2:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 165SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 110° from the s.
Truckee, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
811.6
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 23.97 inHg
Now
811.6
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-9.2
mb
24h
-0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 807818
800805810815820825-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW818.0807.2808.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Truckee, CA
Air quality
66
AQI
Good
-3 in 6h

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
98μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.72 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Truckee, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
87.0mi
UNLIMITED
168 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
04:12 UTC ·Truckee, 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
04:12 UTC ·Truckee, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Truckee, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Truckee, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Truckee, CA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
12:04 PM
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Daylight
14h 47m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
3:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Truckee, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
6:31 AM
Moonset
4:10 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Truckee, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Truckee at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 12 (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 Truckee

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.