Rough and Ready, California Weather
Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rough and Ready weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Clear——87°62°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——88°69°+1°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——77°55°-11°
- SundayJun 7Overcast——75°49°-2°
- MondayJun 8Light Showers30%1.2″55°48°-20°
- TuesdayJun 9Showers32%0.32″64°50°+9°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast——74°48°+10°
Ozone at AQI 500 now. AQI down 7 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 9.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 600 by mid-afternoon.
AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 500 now. With UV 9.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 600 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 500
- UV peak
- 9.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 600
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.74
- 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).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 6:34 AM
- Moonset
- 4:14 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Coastal fog thickens at dawn
Rough and Ready at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 11 (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.