Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona Weather
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo County.
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About Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
Pinetop-Lakeside rests at an elevation that breathes cool, crisp air through the ponderosa pines, a scent that clings to everything like morning dew. It lies 65.2 miles east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 84°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-south-east of Show Low. The landscape here is a gentle, undulating rise of forested hills, a green and brown tapestry stitched with the vibrant blues of distant mountains. Sunlight, when it finds its way through the dense canopy, falls in shifting patterns on the needle-strewn ground, and the silence is often broken only by the whisper of wind or the distant call of a Steller's jay. It’s a place where the earth feels solid and ancient beneath your feet, the very air imbued with the quiet resilience of the trees that have stood sentinel for centuries. The story of Pinetop-Lakeside is as much about the water as it is the timber, a duality that shaped its beginnings. Once a haven for Apache people, its transformation began with loggers and ranchers drawn by the abundance of lumber and the promise of fertile meadows. The twin lakes, Pinetop and Show Low, are not natural formations but were created by the damming of the nearby Little Colorado River, a vital artery for both the early economy and the burgeoning tourism that followed. Today, while logging still plays a role, the spirit of Pinetop-Lakeside is increasingly tied to the outdoors, to the fishermen casting lines into the glassy water and the hikers traversing the trails that weave through the national forest, each activity a quiet echo of the land’s enduring appeal.
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| Location | Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.142544°N, 109.960384°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85929, 85935 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pinetop-Lakeside, 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 Pinetop-Lakeside includes coordinates 34.142544°N, 109.960384°W, situated in Navajo County. ZIP code 85929, 85935. 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.
