Golden Valley, Arizona Weather
Golden Valley, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Golden Valley, Mohave County.
Full aviation weather for Golden Valley is published on the Kingman Airport (KIGM) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley: Laughlin Bullhead International Airport (KIFP) 32 km · Sun Valley Airport (KA20) 39 km · Eagle Airpark (KA09) 52 km
Conditions reported at KIGM describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Golden Valley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Golden Valley.
About Golden Valley, Arizona
Golden Valley sleeps under a vast, indifferent sky, a place where the earth exhales a dry, mineral scent. It lies 9.9 miles west-north-west of Kingman, AZ (from Kingman, AZ: bearing 284°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-south-west of So-Hi. The land here is a palette of ochre and rust, sculpted by millennia of wind and sun into undulating hills that seem to absorb the very light. Sparse, resilient vegetation clings to the slopes – hardy creosote bushes with their resinous perfume, and the occasional stoic cholla cactus, its barbed segments glinting like forgotten coins. The air itself feels ancient, carrying whispers of dust devils and the distant, mournful cry of a hawk. Even the silence here possesses a texture, a palpable weight that presses in from the surrounding wilderness. This corner of Mohave County, Golden Valley, has long been shaped by the relentless pursuit of subterranean riches, the echo of pickaxes and the ghostly hum of machinery still resonating in the canyons. While the boom times of mining have largely receded, a quiet resilience persists, a stubborn refusal to be erased by the desert's immensity. The local economy, though humbler now, still finds its pulse in the land, with a scattering of ranches and small businesses catering to the hardy souls who call this remote expanse home. It is a place where the stars blaze with an almost aggressive brilliance at night, and the dawn paints the rugged landscape in hues of rose and gold, a daily spectacle that remains the valley's most enduring and breathtaking attraction.
Live animated radar for Golden Valley 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 | Golden Valley, Mohave County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.223331°N, 114.223011°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86413 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Golden Valley, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Golden Valley, 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 Golden Valley includes coordinates 35.223331°N, 114.223011°W, situated in Mohave County. ZIP code 86413. 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.
