Drexel Heights, Arizona Weather
Drexel Heights, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Drexel Heights, Pima County.
Full aviation weather for Drexel Heights is published on the Tucson International Airport (KTUS) page, 9 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. 5 airfields within reach of Drexel Heights 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 Drexel Heights: Ryan Field (KRYN) 14 km · Davis Monthan Air Force Base (KDMA) 14 km · Marana Regional Airport (KAVQ) 35 km · Pinal Airpark (KMZJ) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTUS describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Drexel Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Drexel Heights, Arizona
Drexel Heights unfolds across a sun-baked canvas of ochre earth, where the saguaros stand like silent sentinels against a sky of boundless blue. It lies 8.2 miles south-west of Tucson, AZ (from Tucson, AZ: bearing 227°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east of Valencia West. The land here is a study in subtle resilience, a terrain shaped by wind and the patient hand of erosion. Low-lying hills, softened by millennia of desert breezes, ripple towards the horizon, their slopes dusted with hardy creosote and the delicate, ephemeral blooms of wildflowers after a rare rain. The air, even at midday, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sage and dust that clings to everything. As the sun begins its descent, the landscape transforms, the shadows lengthening and deepening, painting the canyons and arroyos in hues of violet and rose, a fleeting masterpiece before the cool, star-dusted expanse of night takes hold. The story of Drexel Heights is one of quiet adaptation and persistent growth, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the sun and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. Once a landscape of vast ranches and open range, its character has been shaped by the burgeoning needs of a growing region, its economy now a blend of residential development and the services that support it. Though not far from the urban hum of Tucson, Drexel Heights retains a distinct sense of its own identity, a community that values its open spaces and the enduring beauty of the Sonoran Desert. The legacy of earlier settlers can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the unhurried pace of daily life, a testament to a heritage rooted in the fertile, if arid, soil of Pima County.
Live animated radar for Drexel Heights and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Drexel Heights, Pima County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 32.141189°N, 111.028427°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85746, 85757 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Drexel Heights, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drexel Heights, 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 Drexel Heights includes coordinates 32.141189°N, 111.028427°W, situated in Pima County. ZIP code 85746, 85757. 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.
