Arivaca, Arizona Weather
Arivaca, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arivaca, Pima County.
Full aviation weather for Arivaca is published on the Nogales International Airport (KOLS) page, 49 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KOLS describe the airfield itself. Weather 49 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arivaca specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arivaca.
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.
Live animated radar for Arivaca and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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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 | September 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, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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. 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.
