Jacob Lake, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jacob Lake, Coconino County.
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Jacob Lake sprawls beneath the immense sky, a broad, high-desert expanse where the Kaibab Plateau begins its dramatic descent. It lies 77.0 miles east-south-east of Washington, UT (from Washington, UT: bearing 112°T), and is situated 28.8 miles south-east of Kanab. The air here, thin and crisp, carries the scent of ponderosa pine and dry earth, a fragrance that seems to deepen as the sun dips low, painting the distant Vermilion Cliffs in hues of ochre and rose. Sagebrush carpets the rolling terrain, punctuated by hardy junipers that twist their branches like ancient supplicants. It is a landscape of quiet endurance, where the vastness of the sky dwarfs human endeavors, and the silence is broken only by the whisper of wind through the sparse vegetation or the distant cry of a hawk. This corner of Coconino County, once a vital crossroads for early explorers and later for cattle drives, now finds its pulse in the steady flow of travelers drawn to the nearby wonders of Zion and the Grand Canyon. The Jacob Lake Inn, a historic landmark with its distinctive log architecture, stands as a testament to a simpler era, a place where stories of the West are still shared over hearty meals. The local economy, though modest, is deeply intertwined with tourism and the services that support it, a quiet hum of activity that belies the wild, untamed beauty surrounding it. The very soil here seems to hold the echoes of Paiute trails and the determined footsteps of pioneers, a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of the land itself.
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| Location | Jacob Lake, Coconino County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 36.713324°N, 112.21629°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86022 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jacob Lake, 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 Jacob Lake includes coordinates 36.713324°N, 112.216290°W, situated in Coconino County. ZIP code 86022. 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. 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.