Alamo Lake, Arizona Weather
Alamo Lake, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alamo Lake, La Paz County.
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About Alamo Lake, Arizona
Alamo Lake lies a vast, shimmering expanse of blue against the arid canvas of western Arizona. It lies 46.6 miles east-south-east of Lake Havasu, AZ (from Lake Havasu, AZ: bearing 111°T), and is situated 27.9 miles north-east of La Paz. The surrounding landscape is a study in rugged beauty, where the earth, baked by an unyielding sun, rises in ochre and sienna undulations towards distant, hazy mountains. Sparse creosote bushes and prickly pear cacti cling tenaciously to the slopes, their muted greens and grays a testament to resilience. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of dust and sun-warmed rock, a perfume of the desert that clings to everything. At dusk, the light softens, painting the sky in hues of lavender and rose, and the surface of Alamo Lake transforms into a mirror reflecting the dying embers of the day, a quiet, breathtaking spectacle. This water, a reservoir formed by the damming of the Bill Williams River, has brought a different kind of life to this corner of La Paz County, a region historically shaped by mining and ranching. The economy, once dominated by the extraction of minerals from the surrounding hills, now finds a significant pulse in recreation. Anglers come seeking the plentiful bass and catfish that thrive in its depths, their boats etching fleeting white lines across the placid surface. Campgrounds dot the shoreline, their inhabitants a transient collection of families and adventurers seeking respite from busier lives, their laughter a counterpoint to the desert's profound silence. Alamo Lake, though a relatively modern creation, has quickly become a focal point, drawing people to its stark, elemental beauty, a place where the vastness of the sky meets the quiet power of the desert water.
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| Location | Alamo Lake, La Paz County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.243919°N, 113.558401°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85357 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alamo Lake, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alamo Lake, Arizona, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alamo Lake includes coordinates 34.243919°N, 113.558401°W, situated in La Paz County. ZIP code 85357. Telephone area code: 480. Timezone: Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
