Burnside, Arizona Weather
Burnside, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burnside, Apache County.
Full aviation weather for Burnside is published on the Ganado Airport (K85V) page, 11 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 Burnside 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 Burnside: Window Rock Airport (KRQE) 52 km
Conditions reported at K85V describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burnside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burnside.
About Burnside, Arizona
Burnside exists as a wide, open exhalation of earth under the vast Arizona sky. It lies 103.4 miles south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 230°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-north-west of Ganado. The land here is a study in muted ochres and rusts, a broad canvas of ancient washes and low, rounded mesas that seem to have been smoothed by the breath of centuries. Sparse juniper and piñon pine cling to the slopes, their needles a dark, resilient green against the sun-bleached terrain. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of dust and sun-baked rock, and in the late afternoon, the light softens to a honeyed gold, casting long, dancing shadows that transform the familiar contours of the landscape into something subtly magical. The history of Burnside is inextricably linked to the arid embrace of the land and the tenacious spirit of those who have sought to make a life here. For generations, this corner of Apache County has been a place where water, when it comes, is a blessing of profound significance, shaping not only the flora but the very rhythm of human endeavor. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed Burnside, its economy has historically relied on the resilience of ranching and a quiet, enduring connection to the land, a way of life that values patience and resourcefulness above all else. The distinctive character of Burnside is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring strength of its people and the stark, beautiful simplicity of its surroundings.
Live animated radar for Burnside 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 | Burnside, Apache County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.751123°N, 109.624551°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86505 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burnside, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burnside, 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 Burnside includes coordinates 35.751123°N, 109.624551°W, situated in Apache County. ZIP code 86505. Telephone area code: 928. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
