Cutter, Arizona Weather
Cutter, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cutter, Gila County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cutter.
About Cutter, Arizona
Cutter lies cradled by the rugged, ochre-hued embrace of Arizona's Gila County, a place where the sun bleeds gold across vast, arid expanses and the air itself seems to hum with the ancient silence of the desert. It lies 47.9 miles east-north-east of Florence, AZ (from Florence, AZ: bearing 62°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Globe. Here, the landscape is a raw, untamed canvas of weathered rock formations and scrubby chaparral, punctuated by the stoic resilience of saguaro cacti reaching like gnarled fingers towards an impossibly blue sky. The terrain falls away in dramatic washes and arroyos, testament to the relentless sculpting power of infrequent but violent rains, and the distant, hazy peaks of the Pinal Mountains stand as silent sentinels over this starkly beautiful domain. The light here, particularly as evening descends, possesses a peculiar, incandescent quality, turning the dusty earth to molten copper and casting long, spectral shadows that lend an almost ethereal grace to the land. The history of Cutter is as deeply etched into its very soil as the ancient petroglyphs found on nearby rock faces, whispering tales of a rugged past shaped by the relentless pursuit of mineral wealth. For generations, this remote outpost has been intrinsically linked to the earth's bounty, its economy once fueled by the promise of copper and silver, though the echoes of those boom times now resonate more in the weathered facades of abandoned structures than in bustling industry. The Salt River, a vital artery carving through the broader region, influences the local character, though Cutter itself is too high and dry to feel its immediate presence, its lifeblood instead drawn from the sparse wells and the enduring spirit of its hardy inhabitants. Life in Cutter moves at a pace dictated by the sun's arc and the whisper of the wind, a quiet testament to human perseverance in a landscape that demands respect and rewards it with a profound sense of solitude and rugged beauty.
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| Location | Cutter, Gila County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.352835°N, 110.652605°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85550 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cutter, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cutter, Arizona, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Cutter includes coordinates 33.352835°N, 110.652605°W, situated in Gila County. ZIP code 85550. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
