Sunsites, Arizona Weather
Sunsites, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunsites, Cochise County.
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About Sunsites, Arizona
Sunsites rests in a land sculpted by ancient forces, where the wide, sun-bleached expanse of the high desert rolls toward the distant, jagged peaks of the Dragoon Mountains. It lies 38.2 miles north-east of Sierra Vista, AZ (from Sierra Vista, AZ: bearing 45°T), and is situated 26.7 miles east of Benson. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of creosote and sagebrush, a fragrance that deepens with the lingering heat of the day. Scrub oak and mesquite dot the landscape, their tough, gnarled branches reaching out like supplicants under a sky that seems to stretch into infinity, a vast, cerulean dome that shifts through hues of rose and gold as the sun makes its slow descent. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. This is a place where the echoes of the past are carried on the dry desert breezes, where the legacy of ranching and mining still permeates the soil. Sunsites emerged as a quiet haven for those drawn to the stark beauty and enduring spirit of this arid region, a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons. The local economy, once tied to the extraction of copper and silver from the surrounding hills, now finds its sustenance in a more gentle rhythm, with a focus on agriculture that draws life from the scarce water sources. Here, the land offers a quiet resilience, and the people who call Sunsites home possess a similar fortitude, their lives intertwined with the stark, enduring grandeur of the Cochise Desert.
Live animated radar for Sunsites and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Sunsites, Cochise County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31.941°N, 109.8394°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85625 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunsites, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunsites, 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 Sunsites includes coordinates 31.941000°N, 109.839400°W, situated in Cochise County. ZIP code 85625. Telephone area code: 520. 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.
