Sunwest, Arizona Weather
Sunwest, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunwest, La Paz County.
Flight conditions near Sunwest. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunwest.
About Sunwest, Arizona
Sunwest rests against a canvas of sun-baked earth, a low-slung settlement where the desert’s immense, silent sky presses down. It lies 51.7 miles west-north-west of Buckeye, AZ (from Buckeye, AZ: bearing 293°T), and is situated 14.3 miles south-east of Salome. The landscape here is a testament to resilience, a rugged expanse of scrub and tenacious creosote bushes that cling to the ochre soil. Distant, hazy mountains, their forms softened by the shimmering heat, form a perpetual horizon. The air itself possesses a dry, mineral tang, carrying the faint scent of dust and the distant promise of rain that rarely arrives. Even the silence here feels palpable, broken only by the occasional whisper of wind through dry grasses or the startling cry of a hawk circling overhead. The lifeblood of Sunwest has long been drawn from the earth’s hidden veins, a heritage etched into the very character of the place by decades of mining. Though the major operations have long since quieted, the echoes of that industrious past still resonate in the weathered facades of buildings and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. Today, a more varied economy sustains Sunwest, with small businesses catering to the lingering agricultural needs of the surrounding ranches and a growing number of visitors drawn by the stark, unadorned beauty of the desert. The rhythm of life is measured, unhurried, dictated more by the sun’s arc across the heavens than by any clock.
Live animated radar for Sunwest 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 | Sunwest, La Paz County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.660426°N, 113.411686°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85348 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunwest, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunwest, 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 Sunwest includes coordinates 33.660426°N, 113.411686°W, situated in La Paz County. ZIP code 85348. Telephone area code: 480. 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.
