Estrella, Arizona Weather
Estrella, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Estrella, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Estrella is published on the Estrella Sailport Gliderport (KE68) page, 26 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 Estrella 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 Estrella: Phoenix Goodyear Airport (KGYR) 47 km · Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) 53 km · Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) 59 km · Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 60 km
Conditions reported at KE68 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Estrella specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Estrella, Arizona
Estrella lies under a sky that often burns a relentless blue, a vast canvas stretching over the low, rounded hills and the wide, sun-baked flats of the desert floor. It lies 21.8 miles west of Maricopa, AZ (from Maricopa, AZ: bearing 260°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east-north-east of Gila Bend. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of creosote bush and dust that clings to everything, softening the sharp edges of the landscape. Occasional saguaros, like silent sentinels, punctuate the horizon, their arms reaching towards the heavens in a slow, patient gesture. The light, especially as the day begins to bleed into evening, casts long, distorted shadows that stretch and warp the familiar shapes of the land, painting the earth in hues of ochre, rose, and deep violet. The quiet hum of cicadas forms a constant, almost imperceptible soundtrack to the stillness. This stretch of Maricopa County was once a place shaped by the enduring spirit of those who sought to coax life from this arid earth. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of water and opportunity, established homesteads and small ranches, their lives a testament to resilience in the face of the desert's formidable presence. While whispers of historical mining endeavors might still echo in the wind, the contemporary pulse of Estrella beats with a more modern rhythm, tied to agriculture and the steady growth that has come to define the region. The land, though seemingly stark, still yields its bounty, with fields of alfalfa and cotton a testament to the ingenuity of irrigation. The sense of community here is a quiet, unpretentious thing, born from shared experience under the immense desert sky, where neighbors know the turn of the seasons as intimately as they know each other's names.
Live animated radar for Estrella 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 | Estrella, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.001156°N, 112.417376°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85338 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Estrella, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Estrella, 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 Estrella includes coordinates 33.001156°N, 112.417376°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85338. 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. 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.
