Rock Springs, Arizona Weather
Rock Springs, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rock Springs, Yavapai County.
Full aviation weather for Rock Springs is published on the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT) page, 41 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. 3 airfields within reach of Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs: Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) 52 km · Glendale Municipal Airport (KGEU) 60 km
Conditions reported at KDVT describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Springs.
About Rock Springs, Arizona
Rock Springs, Arizona, unfolds across a rugged expanse where the high desert’s ochre and rust tones meet the cerulean sweep of an endless sky. It lies 25.2 miles north of Deer Valley, AZ (from Deer Valley, AZ: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north of New River. The land here is a study in stark beauty, a place of weathered rock formations and sparse, resilient vegetation. Cacti, like stoic sentinels, dot the landscape, their spiny arms reaching towards the sun, while tenacious scrub brush clings to the slopes, a testament to life’s persistence in this arid embrace. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of creosote and dust, a fragrance that speaks of vast, untamed spaces. Evenings bring a deepening of the shadows, as the setting sun paints the sky in hues of fiery orange and soft lavender, casting a warm, ephemeral glow over the contours of the earth. The history of Rock Springs is etched into its very bedrock, a story shaped by prospectors and pioneers drawn to the promise of the earth’s hidden treasures. Once a hub for the extraction of copper and other minerals, the echo of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts still seem to linger in the dry wind. The local economy, while less reliant on mining today, still draws strength from the land, with cattle ranching and a burgeoning tourism sector catering to those seeking the authentic spirit of the Old West. Rock Springs retains a quiet independence, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun’s arc and the steady hum of the desert’s natural rhythms, a far cry from the clamor of the bustling cities.
Live animated radar for Rock Springs 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Rock Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.048922°N, 112.148493°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85324 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Springs, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Springs, 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 Rock Springs includes coordinates 34.048922°N, 112.148493°W, situated in Yavapai County. ZIP code 85324. 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. 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.
