Avondale, Arizona Weather
Avondale, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Avondale, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Avondale is published on the Phoenix Goodyear Airport (KGYR) page, 3 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. 6 airfields within reach of Avondale have their own pages, listed below.
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.
Other airports near Avondale: Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 11 km · Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) 12 km · Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) 31 km · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) 32 km · Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) 37 km
Conditions reported at KGYR describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Avondale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Avondale, Arizona
Avondale unfolds under a vast, often brilliant sky, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of the desert. Rolling terrain, a subtle embrace of ancient alluvial fans, gives way to the broad, sun-drenched plains that define Maricopa County. The air here, especially as the day begins to cool, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of creosote and distant, sun-baked earth. Shadows lengthen with an almost theatrical drama across the low, scrubby vegetation, painting the land in hues of ochre and burnt sienna. The distant, hazy outline of mountains, a constant backdrop, seems to breathe with the heat, their forms softened by the atmospheric veil. This is a place where the echoes of agricultural ambition still resonate, where fields once stretched, watered by the lifeblood of the Salt River, now often yield to the inexorable advance of development. The legacy of citrus groves and cotton fields, though fading, remains in the very character of Avondale, a testament to the tenacity of those who sought to coax life from this arid soil. Today, its economy hums with a different kind of energy, a blend of retail, services, and burgeoning industries drawn by the region's growth. The roar of engines at the nearby motorsports complex provides a distinct counterpoint to the quietude of the desert evenings, a modern pulse beating within the ancient rhythm of the land. Avondale, in its steady expansion, continues to forge its identity, a dynamic chapter in the ongoing story of the Sonoran Desert.
Live animated radar for Avondale 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Avondale, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.435598°N, 112.349602°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85323, 85392, 85353 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Avondale, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Avondale, 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 Avondale includes coordinates 33.435598°N, 112.349602°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85323, 85392, 85353. 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. 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.
