Cowlic, Arizona Weather
Cowlic, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cowlic, Pima County.
Full aviation weather for Cowlic is published on the Ryan Field (KRYN) page, 85 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 KRYN describe the airfield itself. Weather 85 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cowlic specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cowlic.
About Cowlic, Arizona
Cowlic rests in a broad, shallow basin, where the ochre earth rises in gentle swells toward distant, hazy mountains. It lies 60.8 miles west-south-west of Drexel Heights, AZ (from Drexel Heights, AZ: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-west of Sells. The air, dry and carrying the scent of creosote and sun-baked rock, hums with an almost palpable stillness. Sparse mesquite trees, their branches gnarled and reaching like supplicating hands, punctuate the landscape, offering meager shade against the relentless Arizona sun. In the early morning, a faint mist, born of the cooler night air, sometimes clings to the lowest dips in the terrain, softening the hard edges of the desert scrub and lending a fleeting, ethereal beauty to the scene. The history of Cowlic is deeply entwined with the arid land it occupies, a place where human endeavor has always been a delicate negotiation with the elements. Though no great rivers flow through this particular stretch of Pima County, the promise of water, whether from deep wells or the infrequent, powerful storms, has shaped its development. Early settlers, drawn by the potential for ranching and, for a time, the whisper of mineral wealth in the surrounding hills, established a foothold here. Today, the economy of Cowlic is a quiet testament to resilience, a blend of dispersed agricultural holdings and a steady, unhurried pace of life that values self-reliance and neighborly connection. The vast, open sky above Cowlic is a constant presence, a canvas for the dramatic shifts of light from dawn's pale blush to the fiery spectacle of sunset.
Live animated radar for Cowlic 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 | Cowlic, Pima County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31.808413°N, 111.989013°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85634 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cowlic, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cowlic, 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 Cowlic includes coordinates 31.808413°N, 111.989013°W, situated in Pima County. ZIP code 85634. Telephone area code: 520. 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.
