Fort Mohave, Arizona Weather
Fort Mohave, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Mohave, Mohave County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Mohave is published on the Sun Valley Airport (KA20) page, 3 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. 6 airfields within reach of Fort Mohave 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 Fort Mohave: Laughlin Bullhead International Airport (KIFP) 15 km · Eagle Airpark (KA09) 15 km · Needles Airport (KEED) 29 km · Kidwell Airport (K1L4) 41 km · Lake Havasu City Airport (KHII) 54 km
Conditions reported at KA20 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Mohave specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Mohave.
About Fort Mohave, Arizona
Fort Mohave lies where the sun bleeds into the horizon, painting the vast Mojave Desert sky in hues of bruised plum and fiery orange. It lies 8.7 miles south of Bullhead City, AZ (from Bullhead City, AZ: bearing 188°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north of Mohave Valley. The land here is a study in stoic endurance, a tableau of ochre-toned soil and sparse, resilient scrub that claws at the relentless heat. Cactus arms, like supplicants, reach towards the heavens, their spiny silhouettes stark against the deepening twilight. The air, even as evening descends, retains a dry, mineral warmth, a whisper of the ancient furnace that forged this rugged terrain. A profound stillness often blankets Fort Mohave, broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures or the distant hum of the highway, a thin ribbon of asphalt promising journeys to elsewhere. This place, Fort Mohave, carries the echoes of a frontier past, an outpost that once guarded vital pathways through this arid expanse. Its economic pulse, though modest, finds its rhythm in the agricultural bounty coaxed from the Colorado River, a lifeline that nourishes the surrounding fields with a verdant contrast to the desert's austerity. The river itself, a shimmering serpent of blue, has shaped not only the landscape but the very character of the people who call Fort Mohave home, fostering a quiet pragmatism and a deep respect for nature's demanding beauty. While grand monuments are absent, the enduring spirit of those who settled this challenging soil imbues Fort Mohave with a subtle, persistent dignity, a testament to resilience etched not in stone, but in the very texture of the land.
Live animated radar for Fort Mohave 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 | Fort Mohave, Mohave County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.022485°N, 114.58927°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86426, 86427 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Mohave, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Mohave, 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 Fort Mohave includes coordinates 35.022485°N, 114.589270°W, situated in Mohave County. ZIP code 86426, 86427. Telephone area code: 928. 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.
