Ash Fork, Arizona Weather
Ash Fork, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ash Fork, Yavapai County.
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About Ash Fork, Arizona
Ash Fork rests in a high desert cradle, where the Arizona sun, a benevolent but insistent eye, casts long shadows across an undulating landscape of scrub oak and tenacious juniper. It lies 43.5 miles north-north-west of Prescott Valley, AZ (from Prescott Valley, AZ: bearing 347°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-south-west of Kaibab Estates West. The air here is thin and carries the scent of dust and distant pine, a dry perfume that clings to the skin. The land itself, a tapestry of ochre and sage, rolls gently towards horizons punctuated by the stoic presence of distant mesas, their flat tops catching the last gleam of daylight. The sky above Ash Fork is a vast canvas, often a startling cerulean, where clouds drift like forgotten thoughts, and at dusk, it bleeds into hues of rose and violet, a quiet spectacle that stills the soul. This junction of highways, a crossroads for travelers and commerce, has long been a gateway to the wonders of northern Arizona. Ash Fork’s history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who found sustenance in this arid expanse, their livelihoods once tied to the rich veins of timber and the hardy resilience of ranching. The town’s economy, though now largely serving the transient flow of traffic along its major thoroughfares, still carries the echo of its pioneering past, a testament to the enduring human will to thrive against the elements. The distinctive character of Ash Fork is found in its unpretentious demeanor, a place where the vastness of the surrounding wilderness lends a sense of quiet contemplation to the everyday rhythm of life.
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| Location | Ash Fork, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.225011°N, 112.484068°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86320 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ash Fork, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ash Fork, 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 Ash Fork includes coordinates 35.225011°N, 112.484068°W, situated in Yavapai County. ZIP code 86320. Telephone area code: 928. 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.
