Snowflake, Arizona Weather
Snowflake, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Snowflake, Navajo County.
Full aviation weather for Snowflake is published on the Taylor Airport (KTYL) 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 Snowflake 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 Snowflake: Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW) 28 km
Conditions reported at KTYL describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Snowflake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Snowflake.
About Snowflake, Arizona
Snowflake lies at the edge of a high desert plateau, where the land begins to roll into the foothills of distant mountains. It lies 66.3 miles east-north-east of Highley, AZ (from Highley, AZ: bearing 61°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north-north-east of Taylor. The air here, especially in the quiet hours before dawn, carries a crispness that hints at higher elevations, a clean scent of juniper and the dry earth. The landscape is a study in muted colors: sagebrush and rabbitbrush paint the rolling terrain in shades of grey-green and pale gold, broken by the occasional hardy pine that clings to the slopes. Wide, arcing skies dominate, their vastness often punctuated by solitary clouds that drift with a languid grace, casting fleeting shadows across the land. The houses of Snowflake themselves seem to have grown from this earth, their sturdy frames and practical designs a reflection of the hardy spirit of those who have made their lives here. The roots of Snowflake run deep, intertwined with the history of early Mormon settlers who sought to build a life on this arid ground. These tenacious pioneers, arriving in the late 19th century, channeled scarce water resources to cultivate the land, laying the foundation for the agricultural character that still defines Snowflake. The local economy, once heavily reliant on ranching and farming, has diversified over the years, with a growing presence in small businesses and services catering to the surrounding region. The nearby mountains hold a quiet promise of timber and minerals, though the true wealth of Snowflake has always been in its resilience and the enduring strength of its community, a testament to generations who have learned to coax a living from this beautiful, demanding country.
Live animated radar for Snowflake 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 | Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34.51337°N, 110.078449°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85937 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Snowflake, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Snowflake, 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 Snowflake includes coordinates 34.513370°N, 110.078449°W, situated in Navajo County. ZIP code 85937. 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.
