Canyon Day, Arizona Weather
Canyon Day, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Canyon Day, Gila County.
Full aviation weather for Canyon Day is published on the Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW) page, 53 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KSOW describe the airfield itself. Weather 53 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Canyon Day specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Canyon Day.
About Canyon Day, Arizona
Canyon Day unfolds under a sky that bleeds from pale robin's egg blue to the deep, bruised violet of approaching dusk. It lies 63.9 miles east-south-east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 106°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-west of Whiteriver. The land here is a testament to patient erosion, a vast, arroyos-scarred expanse where mesas rise like ancient, sun-baked titans against the horizon. Stunted junipers cling to improbable ledges, their gnarled branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards the fading light, and the air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a whisper of millennia of wind and sun. Canyon Day is a place where silence can feel as tangible as the rough-hewn stone underfoot, a profound quiet broken only by the occasional cry of a hawk circling high above or the low hum of insects in the sparse, tenacious scrub. The lifeblood of Canyon Day has long been tied to the earth's bounty, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent efforts of those who have coaxed sustenance from this unforgiving, beautiful terrain. Ranching and mining have shaped its character, leaving behind a legacy of grit and self-reliance that still defines the spirit of its people. You can still see the weathered barns and the occasional abandoned shaft, silent markers of a past that fuels the present, a present where the economy hums with a quiet resilience, supported by those who understand the land's harsh demands and its unexpected generosity. The Canyon Day celebration, a tradition that echoes the enduring spirit of this place, brings together generations, a vibrant affirmation of community in the vast, silent amphitheater of the desert.
Live animated radar for Canyon Day 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 | Canyon Day, Gila County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.784774°N, 110.026488°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85941 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Canyon Day, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Canyon Day, 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 Canyon Day includes coordinates 33.784774°N, 110.026488°W, situated in Gila County. ZIP code 85941. 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. 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.
