Fort Thomas, Arizona Weather
Fort Thomas, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Thomas, Graham County.
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About Fort Thomas, Arizona
Fort Thomas breathes a quiet defiance against the vast Gila Valley, a scattering of homes and businesses clinging to the arid earth beneath the watchful gaze of the Pinaleno Mountains. It lies 17.2 miles north-west of Graham, AZ (from Graham, AZ: bearing 311°T), and is situated 17.6 miles north-west of Thatcher. The land here is a study in sun-baked ochre and muted greens, the scrub brush and resilient grasses clinging to slopes that rise steadily towards the sky. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of desert wildflowers when the season allows. Distant mesas, their edges softened by the haze of heat, form a rugged horizon, and the very silence seems to hum with the immense presence of the surrounding wildness. The story of Fort Thomas is deeply entwined with the legacy of its military namesake, established to protect settlers and Apache tribes from conflict, though the fort itself is long gone, its purpose now a whisper in the wind. Today, the economy of Fort Thomas is largely agricultural, drawing life from the Gila River’s distant murmur and the irrigation ditches that snake across the valley floor, nurturing alfalfa fields and cotton. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, where the sun rises and sets with an almost ceremonial grandeur, painting the sky in fiery hues that seem to linger long after the light has faded. The enduring spirit of this frontier heritage can still be felt in the open faces and steady hands of its residents, a quiet strength born of enduring the challenges and embracing the stark beauty of this corner of Arizona.
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| Location | Fort Thomas, Graham County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.037004°N, 109.965361°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85536 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Thomas, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Thomas, 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 Fort Thomas includes coordinates 33.037004°N, 109.965361°W, situated in Graham County. ZIP code 85536. 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.
