Arivaca, Arizona Weather
Arivaca, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arivaca, Pima County.
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About Arivaca, Arizona
Arivaca lies in a broad, sun-baked valley, a place where the wide Arizona sky presses down with a luminous, almost tangible weight. It lies 34.5 miles south-west of Sahuarita, AZ (from Sahuarita, AZ: bearing 220°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west of Tubac. The land here is a study in muted ochres and dusty greens, the scrub brush clinging tenaciously to the gentle slopes and the distant, hazy mountains forming a jagged, indigo horizon. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, tinged with the faint perfume of creosote after a rare rain, and the silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through dry grasses or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The very texture of the earth, a fine, powdery soil that shifts and sighs underfoot, speaks of long ages of wind and sun. This quiet corner of Pima County carries the echoes of a richer, more bustling past, its foundations laid by prospectors drawn by the promise of silver and copper in the surrounding hills. The old Arivaca Hotel, a relic from those boom times, still stands, its weathered facade a silent sentinel to a history of hard work and fleeting fortune. Today, Arivaca’s economy is a more modest affair, sustained by a blend of ranching, small-scale agriculture that coaxes life from the arid soil, and a growing number of artists and writers drawn to its isolation and the stark beauty of its landscape. The annual Arivaca Cienega Festival celebrates the unique desert wetland that is a vital oasis in this dry country, a place where life, against all odds, flourishes with a quiet, determined persistence.
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| Location | Arivaca, Pima County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31.574812°N, 111.332321°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85601 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arivaca, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arivaca, 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 Arivaca includes coordinates 31.574812°N, 111.332321°W, situated in Pima County. ZIP code 85601. Telephone area code: 520. 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.
