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Julian, California Weather

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

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

Julian, CA
Thursday, June 4 at 8:02 PM
85
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
25%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Sunset
7:51 PM
Julian, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastJulian, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 81°
Julian, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Foggy
    87°66°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    81°64°-6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    78°51°-3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    75°47°-3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    73°46°-2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    68°47°-5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    70°39°+2°
Julian, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
263° · backing 18°
Direction
W
263°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 9
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 9 · pk 22 @ 5:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1815SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 18° from the w.
Julian, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
872.0
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 25.75 inHg
Now
872.0
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-3.2
mb
24h
-1.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 867873
860865870875880-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW872.7866.8867.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Julian, CA
Air quality
58
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+15 in 6hPeak ~106 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 111 now. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 160 by mid-afternoon.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
6.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
145μg/m³
UV IndexExtreme
10.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 111 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 160 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 111
UV peak
10.8 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 160

PM × Wind × Precip

PM10 at 16.7 µg/m³ (AQI 15) with a 0.40 fine-to-coarse ratio under 12 mph wind — coarse road or agricultural dust being kicked up.

PM2.5/PM10
0.40
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
blown dust
Julian, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
140.1mi
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
20:02 UTC ·Julian, 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
20:02 UTC ·Julian, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Julian, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Julian, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Julian, CA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
12:10 PM
Sunrise
5:37 AM
Daylight
14h 14m
Sunset
7:51 PM
Civil dusk
3:21 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Julian, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
5:57 AM
Moonset
4:12 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Julian, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Julian at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 5 (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 Julian

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.