Cottonwood, Arizona Weather
Cottonwood, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Yavapai County.
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Sedona Airport (KSEZ) page, 24 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. 3 airfields within reach of Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field (KPRC) 39 km · Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (KFLG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KSEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, Arizona
Cottonwood rests in a wide basin, its landscape a study in earth tones and resilient life. It lies 19.5 miles east-north-east of Prescott Valley, AZ (from Prescott Valley, AZ: bearing 63°T), and is situated 1.8 miles north-north-west of Verde. The Verde River, a ribbon of surprising green, threads through the valley, its banks a haven for cottonwood trees that lend their name to the settlement. Beyond the river's reach, the land rises into rolling hills, their slopes dusted with sagebrush and tenacious desert grasses that rustle secrets on the breeze. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked rock and distant pine, a fragrance that sharpens the senses, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and deep rose. Canyons, etched by millennia of wind and water, frame the horizon, their shadowed depths promising coolness and quiet. The story of Cottonwood is deeply entwined with the fertile Verde Valley, a place that has drawn people for generations, first as a source of sustenance and later as a hub for commerce. The mining boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought a surge of prospectors and workers, their hopes and hardships now a quiet echo in the old buildings that still stand. Today, the local economy, while diversified, still draws strength from the land, with vineyards producing robust Arizona wines and the fertile soil yielding crops. The nearby Tuzigoot National Monument, a preserved Sinagua pueblo, offers a tangible link to the ancient peoples who understood this land's rhythms, a testament to the enduring allure of this sun-drenched corner of Arizona.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.739188°N, 112.009879°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86503, 85147, 86326 |
| Area Code | 480, 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 34.739188°N, 112.009879°W, situated in Yavapai County. ZIP code 86503, 85147, 86326. Telephone area code: 480, 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.
