Cave Creek, Arizona Weather
Cave Creek, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cave Creek, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Cave Creek is published on the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) page, 20 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 Cave Creek 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 Cave Creek: Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) 24 km · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) 45 km · Falcon Field (KFFZ) 46 km · Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 47 km · Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDVT describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cave Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cave Creek.
About Cave Creek, Arizona
Cave Creek unfurls in a landscape sculpted by the sun and wind, where rugged desert mountains, painted in hues of ochre and rust, rise abruptly from a floor of creosote and brittlebush. It lies 14.8 miles north-east of Deer Valley, AZ (from Deer Valley, AZ: bearing 46°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north of Ironwood. The air here, especially as the day begins to fade, carries the dry, clean scent of dust and sage, a fragrance that clings to the skin and fills the lungs. Jagged peaks, their summits softened by distance, stand sentinel over a terrain that demands respect, a place where the earth itself seems to breathe a slow, ancient rhythm. Cacti, proud sentinels of the Sonoran Desert, punctuate the scene with their stoic forms, their arms reaching towards a sky that can shift from an intense, brilliant blue to a bruised purple as twilight descends. This is a place that remembers its roots, the echoes of prospectors and ranchers still whispering through the canyons and along the dry washes that give Cave Creek its name. For decades, this arid land sustained a hardy populace through mining and cattle ranching, industries that have left their indelible mark on the character of Cave Creek. Today, while remnants of that rugged past remain, the local economy thrives on a blend of tourism, a burgeoning arts scene, and a distinctive Western charm that draws visitors from afar. Galleries showcase the work of local artists inspired by the dramatic desert vistas, and saloons offer a taste of frontier spirit, a place where stories are shared as readily as drinks, all under the vast, indifferent gaze of the desert sky.
Live animated radar for Cave Creek 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 | Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.833333°N, 111.950833°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85331, 85327 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cave Creek, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cave Creek, 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 Cave Creek includes coordinates 33.833333°N, 111.950833°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85331, 85327. 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.
