Black Canyon City, Arizona Weather
Black Canyon City, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Black Canyon City, Yavapai County.
Full aviation weather for Black Canyon City is published on the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) page, 43 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. 2 airfields within reach of Black Canyon City 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 Black Canyon City: Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) 54 km
Conditions reported at KDVT describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Black Canyon City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Black Canyon City.
About Black Canyon City, Arizona
Black Canyon City lies where the raw, sun-baked earth begins its dramatic ascent towards the Bradshaw Mountains. It lies 26.8 miles north of Deer Valley, AZ (from Deer Valley, AZ: bearing 358°T), and is situated 14.1 miles north of Anthem. The landscape here is a study in contrasts: vast expanses of creosote and palo verde, their muted greens and grays baking under an immense, almost tangible sky, give way to rugged canyons, their walls a deep, striated red that catches the afternoon light. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers of ochre, spin across the open flats, and the air, even at midday, carries a dry, mineral scent, a perfume of ancient rock and tenacious scrub. The saguaros, sentinels of this high desert, stand with arms outstretched, their silhouettes stark against the deepening blue as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in bruised purples and fiery oranges. The history of Black Canyon City is deeply entwined with the arid lands it occupies, a place that has long drawn prospectors and adventurers. Before it was a named settlement, this stretch of desert was traversed by those seeking fortune in the mineral veins of the surrounding mountains, leaving behind whispers of boomtown days and ghost towns that have since been reclaimed by the very earth they once defied. Today, the local economy still echoes those roots, with a focus on supporting travelers and those who appreciate the rugged allure of the Sonoran Desert, from the roadside diners that offer a welcome respite from the heat to the small businesses catering to the outdoor enthusiast. It’s a place where the pace of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the sun’s arc and the quiet hum of cicadas.
Live animated radar for Black Canyon City 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 | Black Canyon City, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.070866°N, 112.150715°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85324 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Black Canyon City, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Black Canyon City, 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 Black Canyon City includes coordinates 34.070866°N, 112.150715°W, situated in Yavapai County. ZIP code 85324. 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.
