Hunter Creek, Arizona Weather
Hunter Creek, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hunter Creek, Gila County.
Full aviation weather for Hunter Creek is published on the Payson Airport (KPAN) page, 30 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KPAN describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hunter Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hunter Creek.
About Hunter Creek, Arizona
Hunter Creek is a narrow canyon carved by the persistent flow of water through the arid Arizona landscape. It lies 18.3 miles north-north-east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 14°T), and is situated 18.4 miles east-north-east of Payson. The land rises steeply on either side, cloaked in the muted greens and browns of desert scrub and sparse ponderosa pine, their roots clinging to rocky outcrops. Shafts of sunlight, sharp and unforgiving in the high desert air, pierce the shadows cast by the canyon walls, illuminating the coarse, rust-colored earth and the scattered, resilient wildflowers that bloom in defiance of the dryness. The silence here is profound, broken only by the occasional call of a raven or the whisper of wind through the dry grasses, a sound that seems to carry the very essence of this wild and untamed place. Historically, Hunter Creek has been a vital artery, drawing life from the mountains and shaping the lives of those who have sought sustenance from its waters or passage through its rugged terrain. For centuries, Indigenous peoples utilized this canyon for its resources, their presence a silent echo in the wind-worn rocks and scattered pottery shards. Later, prospectors and miners, lured by the promise of mineral wealth, navigated its treacherous paths, their endeavors leaving behind the ghosts of abandoned claims and weathered equipment. Though the boom times have long since passed, the spirit of resourcefulness endures, reflected in the hardy individuals who call this remote corner of Gila County home, their lives still intrinsically linked to the rhythms of the land and the enduring legacy of the creek.
Live animated radar for Hunter Creek 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 | Hunter Creek, Gila County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.3054°N, 111.0159°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85541 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hunter Creek, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hunter Creek, 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 Hunter Creek includes coordinates 34.305400°N, 111.015900°W, situated in Gila County. ZIP code 85541. 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.
