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Dunes City, Oregon Weather

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

Dunes City, OR
Friday, June 5 at 5:58 AM
50
°
Clear
Feels like
48°
Humidity
91%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
Dunes City, OR
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastDunes City, OR: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 49 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 49°H 59°
Dunes City, OR
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Foggy
    62°47°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    59°47°-3°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    17%
    58°47°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Rain
    0.33″
    60°43°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    58%
    0.47″
    53°50°-7°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    59°49°+6°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Clear
    42%
    60°44°+1°
Dunes City, OR
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
342° · backing 70°
Direction
NNW
342°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
23
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 23 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 155SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 70° from the nnw.
Dunes City, OR
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.5
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 30.02 inHg
Now
1016.5
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-4.0
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10161020
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.01015.71016.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Dunes City, OR
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.62 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
66μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~71%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.9 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.62 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.62
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Dunes City, OR
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
27.7mi
UNLIMITED
60 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
05:58 UTC ·Dunes City, OR · 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
05:58 UTC ·Dunes City, OR · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Dunes City, OR
Satellite · infrared · animated
Dunes City, OR
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Dunes City, OR
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:01 PM
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Daylight
15h 19m
Sunset
8:54 PM
Civil dusk
4:30 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Dunes City, OR
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
7:30 AM
Moonset
5:20 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Dunes City, OR
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Rufous Hummingbirds Arrive

weather
Jan 143% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Dunes City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 9 (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 5, 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 Dunes City

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.