Douglas, Arizona Weather
Douglas, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Douglas, Cochise County.
Full aviation weather for Douglas is published on the Douglas Municipal Airport (KDGL) page, 4 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. 4 airfields within reach of Douglas 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 Douglas: Cochise College Airport (KP03) 14 km · Bisbee Douglas International Airport (KDUG) 14 km · Tombstone Municipal Airport (KP29) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDGL describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Douglas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Douglas, Arizona
Douglas lies at the edge of the vast, sun-baked plains where the Chiricahua Mountains rise like ancient, rumpled blankets against the horizon. It lies 47.0 miles east-south-east of Sierra Vista, AZ (from Sierra Vista, AZ: bearing 108°T), and is situated 1.3 miles south-east of Pirtleville. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of creosote and dust, a perfume of the high desert that clings to everything. Low-slung buildings, painted in shades of adobe and faded ochre, huddle together as if for warmth against the immense sky, their tin roofs glinting with a fierce, unwavering light. Occasional mesquite trees, their branches gnarled and reaching, offer scant shade, their leaves a pale, dusty green. The landscape itself feels ancient, a slow exhale of geological time, where the wind has patiently worked its will for millennia, shaping the earth into subtle, sweeping curves. Even in the midday heat, there is a stillness, a profound quiet that seems to absorb sound, broken only by the distant hum of a passing vehicle or the sharp cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of Douglas is deeply intertwined with the rich mineral veins that once pulsed beneath this land, a legacy of copper mining that shaped its early fortunes and gave it its distinctive character. This was a place built on hard work and the promise of wealth, a boomtown spirit that lingers in the sturdy architecture and the stoic resilience of its people. The local economy, though no longer dominated by the clang of pickaxes, still draws strength from its proximity to the border and the steady flow of commerce, a modern echo of its historical role as a gateway. The old railroad depot, a weathered sentinel of a bygone era, stands as a quiet reminder of the journeys that began and ended here, connecting this desert outpost to the wider world. Even now, as dusk descends and paints the sky in hues of rose and violet, there is a sense of enduring purpose in Douglas, a quiet continuation of the lives lived and the stories etched into the very soil.
Live animated radar for Douglas 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 | Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31.344547°N, 109.545345°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85607, 85608, 85655 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Douglas, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Douglas, 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 Douglas includes coordinates 31.344547°N, 109.545345°W, situated in Cochise County. ZIP code 85607, 85608, 85655. 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.
