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Trafford, Pennsylvania Weather

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

Trafford, PA
Thursday, June 4 at 2:27 AM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
38%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:44 PM
Trafford, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTrafford, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 86°
Trafford, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    81°48°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    86°57°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°59°+1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Showers
    82%
    83°59°-4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    82%
    80°64°-3°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    82°59°+2°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    11%
    84°61°+2°
Trafford, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
188° · backing 149°
Direction
S
188°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 2
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 2 · pk 9 @ 9:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 125SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 149° from the s.
Trafford, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
989.9
-0.6 mb in 3h · falling · 29.23 inHg
Now
989.9
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-4.2
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 989995
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW995.0989.2989.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Trafford, PA
Air quality
56
AQI
Moderate
+9 in 6h

PM2.5 at 14.0 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI up 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
28μg/m³
OzoneModerate
71μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 6

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.0 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Trafford, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
106.2mi
UNLIMITED
138 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
02:27 UTC ·Trafford, PA · 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
02:27 UTC ·Trafford, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Trafford, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Trafford, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Trafford, PA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:19 AM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
8:44 PM
Civil dusk
1:17 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Trafford, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
3:48 AM
Moonset
1:17 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Trafford, PA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Trafford at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (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 Trafford

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.