Santa Cruz, Arizona Weather
Santa Cruz, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Santa Cruz, Pima County.
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About Santa Cruz, Arizona
Santa Cruz lies at the edge of vast, sun-baked plains that roll towards distant, hazy mountains. It lies 48.6 miles south-west of Marana, AZ (from Marana, AZ: bearing 235°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Sells. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of creosote and dust, a perpetual perfume of the Sonoran Desert, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, has a way of softening the sharp edges of the landscape, turning the scrubby mesquite and palo verde into silhouettes of deep, burnished gold against a sky that stretches, impossibly blue, to the horizon. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, sienna, pale sandstone – broken by the occasional hardy green of a cactus or the stark, skeletal grace of a dead tree. The silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a coyote. This corner of Pima County, Santa Cruz, has a history rooted in the earth and the relentless pursuit of sustenance. For generations, it has been a place where hardy souls have coaxed life from the arid soil, and the echoes of that labor still linger. While not a bustling metropolis, the local economy has long been tied to the land, with a quiet resilience evident in the small farms and ranches that dot the surrounding terrain, their irrigation ditches catching the sun like silver threads. The spirit of Santa Cruz is one of enduring pragmatism, a quiet acceptance of the desert's formidable beauty and a deep-seated connection to the land that has shaped its character and its people for as long as anyone can remember.
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| Location | Santa Cruz, Pima County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 32.034518°N, 111.90707°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85634, 85339 |
| Area Code | 520, 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Cruz, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz includes coordinates 32.034518°N, 111.907070°W, situated in Pima County. ZIP code 85634, 85339. Telephone area code: 520, 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.
