Sun Lakes, Arizona Weather
Sun Lakes, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Sun Lakes, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Sun Lakes is published on the Chandler Municipal Airport (KCHD) page, 9 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. 6 airfields within reach of Sun Lakes 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 Sun Lakes: Mesa Gateway Airport (KIWA) 23 km · Ak-Chin Regional Airport (KA39) 25 km · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) 28 km · Estrella Sailport Gliderport (KE68) 30 km · Casa Grande Municipal Airport (KCGZ) 30 km
Conditions reported at KCHD describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sun Lakes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sun Lakes, Arizona
Sun Lakes stretches across a landscape shaped by the subtle gradations of the Sonoran Desert, where the earth, a deep ochre, rises and falls with a quiet dignity. It lies 6.9 miles south-south-west of Chandler, AZ (from Chandler, AZ: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Casa Blanca. The air here, even in the early morning, carries a dry warmth that promises the sun's steady dominion, a heat that seems to bake the very silence into the baked earth. Sparse creosote bushes, their leaves a leathery green, cling to the soil, punctuated by the occasional saguaro cactus, its arms reaching towards the boundless blue with an ancient, stoic patience. The distant mountains, hazy in the perpetual shimmer, form a ragged horizon, their peaks softened by the desert's ubiquitous dust, a silent sentinel over this patient land. The history of Sun Lakes is intimately tied to the promise of water in an arid land, a story of ingenuity transforming the desert floor into a haven of green. Once sparsely populated by indigenous peoples who understood the land's delicate balance, the area began its modern transformation with the development of sophisticated irrigation systems, a testament to human perseverance against the desert's stark realities. The local economy, while now diversified, retains echoes of its agricultural roots, though the vibrant greens of the golf courses and the meticulously manicured lawns of its residential communities have largely replaced the crops of yesteryear. The distinctive character of Sun Lakes is one of purposeful leisure, a place where the rhythm of the day is set by the gentle arc of the sun and the quiet hum of sprinklers tending to the vibrant life that has been coaxed from the desert.
Live animated radar for Sun Lakes 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 | Sun Lakes, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.211162°N, 111.875417°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85248 |
| Area Code | 602, 623 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun Lakes, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun Lakes, 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 Sun Lakes includes coordinates 33.211162°N, 111.875417°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85248. Telephone area code: 602, 623. 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.
