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Pacific Beach, Washington Weather

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

Pacific Beach, WA
Friday, June 5 at 4:05 AM
54
°
Clear
Feels like
53°
Humidity
86%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Sunset
9:07 PM
Pacific Beach, WA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPacific Beach, WA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 50 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit with a 47% chance of precipitation at 2 AM.
L 50°H 54°
Pacific Beach, WA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    59°51°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Rain
    47%
    0.30″
    54°49°-5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Snow
    64%
    1.4″
    56°45°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    60°42°+4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    56%
    0.02″
    62°45°+2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    45%
    62°45°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    0.01″
    57°47°-5°
Pacific Beach, WA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
304° · backing 21°
Direction
NW
304°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 16 @ 3:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2215SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 21° from the nw.
Pacific Beach, WA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1012.9
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.91 inHg
Now
1012.9
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-4.6
mb
24h
-6.2
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111018
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.71010.71010.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Pacific Beach, WA
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
0 in 6h

AQI 33 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.63 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 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
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.63 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.63
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Pacific Beach, WA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
12%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
32.0mi
UNLIMITED
44 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
04:05 UTC ·Pacific Beach, WA · 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
04:05 UTC ·Pacific Beach, WA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Pacific Beach, WA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pacific Beach, WA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pacific Beach, WA
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
11:45 AM
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Daylight
15h 45m
Sunset
9:07 PM
Civil dusk
4:47 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Pacific Beach, WA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
7:41 AM
Moonset
5:11 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Pacific Beach, WA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Pacific Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 29 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Pacific Beach

SPC has placed Pacific Beach in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Pacific 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.