Clifton, Arizona Weather
Clifton, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clifton, Greenlee County.
Full aviation weather for Clifton is published on the Greenlee County Airport (KCFT) page, 13 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 Clifton 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 Clifton: Safford Regional Airport (KSAD) 38 km
Conditions reported at KCFT describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clifton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clifton.
About Clifton, Arizona
Clifton clings to the rugged slopes where the Gila River has patiently etched its way through the copper-rich mountains of southeastern Arizona. It lies 28.5 miles east-north-east of Graham, AZ (from Graham, AZ: bearing 65°T), and is situated 4.4 miles east-south-east of Morenci. The landscape here is a study in contrasts: scrubby mesquite and hardy cacti cling to sun-baked arroyos, while the steep, often sheer inclines of the Chase Creek area rise dramatically, their facades a mosaic of weathered adobe and weathered rock, catching the fierce Arizona sun in a blinding glare. The air, when it’s not carrying the fine dust of the high desert, often holds a dry, mineral tang, a subtle perfume of the earth itself, and in the late afternoon, the sunlight slants gold and rose across the canyon walls, transforming the starkness into a fleeting, ethereal beauty. The story of Clifton is inextricably bound to the earth’s deep veins of ore; for over a century, mining has been the lifeblood that pulsed through this remote corner of Greenlee County. The legacy of copper extraction is visible in the steep, narrow streets of the historic Chase Creek district, a place where saloons and mercantile stores once served a booming population of miners and their families, their wooden structures now bearing the patina of decades of sun and wind. Though the boom times have waned, the spirit of resilience persists, with a local economy that still relies on the shadow of mining, alongside a growing appreciation for the rugged natural beauty that surrounds Clifton, drawing those who seek a life less ordinary, a place where the silence is profound and the stars are an unbroken river of light.
Live animated radar for Clifton 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 | Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.050897°N, 109.296183°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85533 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clifton, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, 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 Clifton includes coordinates 33.050897°N, 109.296183°W, situated in Greenlee County. ZIP code 85533. 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.
