Gila Bend, Arizona Weather
Gila Bend, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gila Bend, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Gila Bend is published on the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport (KGXF) page, 7 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 Gila Bend 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 Gila Bend: Williams Auxiliary Air Field 6 (KGAX) 12 km · Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK) 53 km · Estrella Sailport Gliderport (KE68) 54 km · Eric Marcus Municipal Airport (KP01) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGXF describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gila Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gila Bend.
About Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend lies at the confluence of ancient rivers, a place where the earth exhales a dry, warm breath under a sky that stretches in an unbroken, luminous dome. It lies 17.7 miles west-south-west of Estrella, AZ (from Estrella, AZ: bearing 258°T), and is situated 39.6 miles south-south-west of Goodyear. The landscape here is a study in muted grandeur, a canvas of pale earth and scrubby mesquite, punctuated by the stark silhouette of distant, sun-baked mountains. The air itself feels seasoned, carrying the faint, mineral tang of the desert floor and the dry whisper of wind through brittle grasses. Even the shadows, cast long and sharp by the relentless sun, seem to hold a certain weight, a quiet testament to the immense forces that shaped this land. In the late afternoon, the light softens, bathing the sparse vegetation in a honeyed glow, transforming the seemingly barren terrain into a scene of subtle, enduring beauty. This is a place shaped by water and the enduring spirit of those who have sought life in its arid embrace. For millennia, indigenous peoples followed the life-giving currents of the Gila and Salt Rivers, their presence echoed in the whisper of wind through ancient, unseen pathways. Later, pioneers and prospectors, drawn by whispers of mineral wealth and the promise of fertile land along the riverbanks, established a foothold. The local economy, once sustained by the bounty of the rivers and the hardy crops they nourished, now finds its pulse in the steady hum of transportation routes that crisscross the region, a modern artery connecting distant points. The town itself, a cluster of low-slung buildings that seem to absorb the heat of the day, retains a certain unhurried character, a sense that time here moves to a slower, more deliberate cadence, dictated by the sun’s arc and the enduring rhythm of the desert.
Live animated radar for Gila Bend 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 | Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 32.947824°N, 112.71683°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85337 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gila Bend, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gila Bend, 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 Gila Bend includes coordinates 32.947824°N, 112.716830°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85337. 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.
