Sunsites, Arizona Weather
Sunsites, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunsites, Cochise County.
Full aviation weather for Sunsites is published on the Cochise County Airport (KP33) page, 34 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sunsites 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 Sunsites: Tombstone Municipal Airport (KP29) 35 km · Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field (KE95) 49 km · Bisbee Douglas International Airport (KDUG) 58 km
Conditions reported at KP33 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunsites specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunsites.
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.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
