El Centro, California Weather
Heat hardens the dust. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
El Centro weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 5Clear——111°70°—
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——106°70°-5°
- SundayJun 7Overcast——103°75°-3°
- MondayJun 8Clear——104°73°+1°
- TuesdayJun 9Clear——106°72°+2°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast——102°77°-4°
- ThursdayJun 11Partly Cloudy——104°77°+2°
AQI 65 (Moderate), driven by PM10. AQI down 7 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 24.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 116.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 24.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 116.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.21
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 6:28 AM
- Moonset
- 5:09 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Heat hardens the dust
El Centro at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 80°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 4 (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.