Baseline, Arizona Weather
Baseline, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Baseline, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Baseline is published on the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) page, 8 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 Baseline 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 Baseline: Chandler Municipal Airport (KCHD) 18 km · Falcon Field (KFFZ) 23 km · Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) 27 km · Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA) 29 km · Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 36 km
Conditions reported at KPHX describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baseline specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Baseline, Arizona
Baseline unfolds under a sky that can shift from an almost impossibly bright azure to a bruised, dramatic violet as the sun begins its descent. It lies 3.4 miles south-west of Tempe, AZ (from Tempe, AZ: bearing 229°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-south-east of Phoenix. The land here is a study in subtle tones: ochre-dusted earth, the muted greens of resilient desert flora, and the pale, sun-bleached bones of ancient arroyos that scar the terrain like faint, forgotten rivers. Jagged peaks, softened by distance and the pervasive haze of heat, form a distant, hazy horizon, while closer in, the landscape is a patchwork of scrub brush, hardy mesquite, and the occasional stately saguaro cactus standing sentinel. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of dust and the faintest hint of creosote bush after a rare shower, a fragrance that seems to etch itself onto the memory of the place. The economic heart of Baseline has long pulsed with the steady beat of agriculture, its fertile soil coaxing life from the arid climate through diligent irrigation. This has been a place where the earth is worked, where the sweat of labor is a tangible part of its character, yielding crops that have sustained generations. While the agricultural roots run deep, Baseline has also grown to embrace the modern currents of commerce and technology, its landscape now interspersed with the clean lines of newer developments and the quiet hum of industries that contribute to the broader regional economy. The echoes of its founding are not so much in grand monuments as in the enduring spirit of resilience, a quiet determination to thrive in a challenging but beautiful environment, a spirit that carries the quiet dignity of a place that has learned to flourish on its own terms.
Live animated radar for Baseline 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 | Baseline, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.382169°N, 111.95374°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85282, 85042 |
| Area Code | 602, 623 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baseline, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baseline, 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 Baseline includes coordinates 33.382169°N, 111.953740°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85282, 85042. Telephone area code: 602, 623. 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.
