Shumway, Arizona Weather
Shumway, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shumway, Navajo County.
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About Shumway, Arizona
Shumway lies under a sky that stretches, vast and impossibly blue, over a landscape of ochre earth and scrubby juniper. It lies 63.3 miles east-north-east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 67°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Snowflake. The land here is not a gentle cradle, but a rugged, sun-baked expanse, where the wind carves shallow gullies and whispers through the sparse grasses that cling tenaciously to the slopes. Distant mesas, their edges softened by the hazy shimmer of heat, stand as silent sentinels, their ancient forms etched against the horizon. The air, dry and thin, carries the faint, sweet scent of sun-warmed sagebrush and the dust kicked up by the infrequent passing of a vehicle. Even in the quietest moments, there's a sense of immensity, of an enduring, elemental beauty that speaks of eons of patient shaping by the elements. The story of Shumway is deeply entwined with the agricultural ambitions that once bloomed along the Little Colorado River, a ribbon of life that has, over time, shifted its course and its promises. Early settlers, drawn by the prospect of fertile soil, established a foothold here, their efforts a testament to the enduring human drive to cultivate life in even the most challenging environments. While the grander dreams of widespread irrigation may have receded, a quiet resilience persists, with a few hardy farms still coaxing sustenance from the land, their fields a patchwork of vibrant green against the prevailing earth tones. The local economy, modest and practical, is woven from the threads of ranching and the steady, unhurried rhythm of daily life, where neighbors know each other by name and the passing of seasons dictates the pulse of the community.
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| Location | Shumway, Navajo County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.40615°N, 110.072892°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85901, 85939 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shumway, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shumway, 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 Shumway includes coordinates 34.406150°N, 110.072892°W, situated in Navajo County. ZIP code 85901, 85939. 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.
