Clay Springs, Arizona Weather
Clay Springs, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clay Springs, Navajo County.
Full aviation weather for Clay Springs is published on the Taylor Airport (KTYL) page, 19 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 Clay Springs 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 Clay Springs: Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW) 29 km
Conditions reported at KTYL describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clay Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clay Springs.
About Clay Springs, Arizona
Clay Springs lies sprawled across a high desert plateau, a place where the earth itself seems to exhale a fine, ochre dust that softens the sharp edges of the landscape. It lies 50.5 miles east-north-east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 64°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-west of Linden. The terrain here is a study in subtle undulations, a vast expanse of scrubby juniper and tenacious piñon pine that cling to the ruddy soil. The sky is an immense, unbroken canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and burnished golds of a sun that feels both distant and intensely present, casting long, distorted shadows across the land as it dips towards the horizon. The air, when it moves, carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked rock and the faint, resinous perfume of the evergreens, a scent that speaks of endurance and a quiet, unyielding beauty. The history of Clay Springs is written in the land, in the very name that hints at the mineral-rich earth that has long sustained its inhabitants. For generations, this place has been a quiet crossroads, a waypoint for those traversing the rugged terrain of Navajo County. The local economy, though modest, is deeply tied to the earth, with ranching and a reliance on the hardy, drought-resistant grasses that carpet the surrounding country forming the backbone of its livelihood. You can still see the weathered fences, the low-slung corrals, and the occasional dust plume rising from a distant pasture, each a small testament to the resilience of those who have chosen to make their lives here, a life lived in close communion with the vast, open country.
Live animated radar for Clay Springs 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 | Clay Springs, Navajo County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.361706°N, 110.295396°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85923 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clay Springs, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clay Springs, 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 Clay Springs includes coordinates 34.361706°N, 110.295396°W, situated in Navajo County. ZIP code 85923. 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.
