Katherine, Arizona Weather
Katherine, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Katherine, Mohave County.
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About Katherine, Arizona
Katherine rises from a landscape of ochre and rust, a place where the sky seems to press down, vast and indifferent, upon the low, scrub-covered hills. It lies 5.2 miles north of Bullhead City, AZ (from Bullhead City, AZ: bearing 4°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north of Laughlin. The air here carries the dry, mineral tang of ancient earth, a scent that clings to everything like the fine, pervasive dust. Sun-bleached structures, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, huddle together against the relentless glare, offering scant shade. Even the hardy mesquite, with its thorny embrace, seems to stoop under the weight of the arid light. In the quiet hours, when the sun dips below the horizon, the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse vegetation, a sound that feels as old as the canyons themselves. This is a corner of Mohave County that whispers of boom and bust, a place where the echoes of prospectors and miners still linger in the dry washes. For a time, the promise of precious metals fueled its existence, a feverish energy that has long since settled into the patient endurance of the desert. Today, Katherine's economy is a more modest affair, tethered to the land and the highways that crisscross it, serving travelers and the hardy souls who call this stark beauty home. The nearby Colorado River, a ribbon of improbable green against the parched earth, offers a different kind of life, a vital artery in this thirsty region, though its presence feels distant, a cool promise rather than an immediate embrace. Katherine holds its history quietly, etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered faces of its buildings and the enduring spirit of its people.
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| Location | Katherine, Mohave County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.222221°N, 114.56191°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86429 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Katherine, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Katherine, 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 Katherine includes coordinates 35.222221°N, 114.561910°W, situated in Mohave County. ZIP code 86429. 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.
