Oak Creek, Arizona Weather
Oak Creek, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oak Creek, Yavapai County.
Full aviation weather for Oak Creek is published on the Sedona Airport (KSEZ) page, 8 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. 2 airfields within reach of Oak Creek 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 Oak Creek: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (KFLG) 41 km
Conditions reported at KSEZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak Creek.
About Oak Creek, Arizona
Oak Creek lies at the edge of a vastness, where the high desert of central Arizona begins its slow, deliberate surrender to the Mogollon Rim. It lies 29.6 miles south-south-west of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 192°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Sedona. Here, the land is a study in ochre and rust, a rugged canvas painted by wind and sun. Juniper and piñon pine cling to the slopes, their gnarled branches reaching like supplicating hands toward a sky that can shift from a piercing, crystalline blue to a bruised, storm-laden grey in the span of an afternoon. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sagebrush and sun-baked earth that settles deep in the lungs. Below, the namesake creek, a ribbon of life in this arid expanse, carves its way through the landscape, its waters cool and clear, a precious commodity that has shaped the very character of Oak Creek. The history of Oak Creek is as deeply etched as the arroyos that scar its surroundings, a narrative of resilience and adaptation. For generations, indigenous peoples found sustenance and sanctuary here, drawn by the life-giving water. Later, prospectors and ranchers followed, their endeavors leaving faint but enduring marks on the terrain. The local economy, once tethered to the promise of mineral wealth and the hardscrabble of cattle ranching, has found new footing in the quiet, steady pulse of tourism and small-scale agriculture, particularly the cultivation of distinctive local wines that capture the essence of this sun-drenched soil. It is a place where the past is not forgotten but lives in the weathered wood of old homesteads and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a community that understands the deep, quiet beauty of this high desert country.
Live animated radar for Oak 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 | Oak Creek, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.779186°N, 111.763209°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86351, 86336 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak Creek, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak 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 Oak Creek includes coordinates 34.779186°N, 111.763209°W, situated in Yavapai County. ZIP code 86351, 86336. 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.
