La Paz Valley, Arizona Weather
La Paz Valley, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Paz Valley, La Paz County.
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About La Paz Valley, Arizona
La Paz Valley unfurls like a sun-baked ribbon, a stark yet vibrant expanse where the earth’s raw, ochre hues meet an impossibly wide sky. It lies 62.8 miles south of Lake Havasu, AZ (from Lake Havasu, AZ: bearing 176°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south of Quartzsite. The landscape here is a study in endurance, sculpted by the relentless sun and the infrequent but powerful washes of ephemeral desert streams that carve shallow arroyos through the baked clay. Saguaros, like stoic sentinels, punctuate the horizon, their arms reaching towards the heavens in silent benediction, while creosote bushes, their waxy leaves clinging tenaciously to life, release their pungent, rain-scented perfume after a rare shower. The air itself, even in the cooler hours of dawn and dusk, carries a dry, almost brittle quality, a constant reminder of the vast, arid embrace that defines this place. This land, once traversed by ancient peoples who understood its harsh beauty, later drew prospectors and settlers in search of fortunes, their hopes often as fleeting as the desert bloom. The legacy of mining still whispers through the dust-laden air, a faint echo of boom and bust that shaped the early economy of La Paz Valley. Today, the arid soil, though unforgiving, yields to determined agriculture, with emerald fields of alfalfa and cotton standing in defiant contrast to the surrounding desert. The rhythm of life in La Paz Valley is dictated not by clocks but by the sun's arc and the subtle shifts in the wind, a quiet resilience that has weathered generations. The enduring character of La Paz Valley is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the stark, untamed beauty of its desert heart.
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| Location | La Paz Valley, La Paz County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.576971°N, 114.241891°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85346 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Paz Valley, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Paz Valley, 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 La Paz Valley includes coordinates 33.576971°N, 114.241891°W, situated in La Paz County. ZIP code 85346. 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. 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.
