Whitecone, Arizona Weather
Whitecone, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whitecone, Navajo County.
Full aviation weather for Whitecone is published on the Ganado Airport (K85V) page, 51 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K85V describe the airfield itself. Weather 51 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitecone specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whitecone.
About Whitecone, Arizona
Whitecone unfolds across a vast expanse of high desert, a landscape sculpted by wind and ancient watercourses that now run dry for much of the year. It lies 93.5 miles east-north-east of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 72°T), and is situated 23.8 miles south-east of First Mesa. Red rock formations, their surfaces weathered to a fine, powdery dust, rise like sleeping giants against a sky that often bleeds into a startling, boundless blue. Sparse juniper and piñon pine cling stubbornly to the arroyos, their branches reaching out like skeletal fingers, offering meager shade. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant sagebrush, a fragrance that intensifies with the heat of midday, only to mellow into something softer, more resonant, as the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, indigo shadows across the undulating terrain. The history of Whitecone is as deeply etched into this land as the dry riverbeds. For generations, it has been a place where the Navajo people have found sustenance and shelter, their lives intertwined with the rhythms of this starkly beautiful country. The local economy, once sustained by sheep herding and a small but vital trading post, has seen shifts over time, with a quiet resilience becoming its defining characteristic. The land itself, with its subtle geological wonders and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, remains the most significant landmark, a constant, silent testament to survival and continuity.
Live animated radar for Whitecone 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 | Whitecone, Navajo County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 35.605904°N, 110.067711°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86034, 86031 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitecone, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitecone, 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 Whitecone includes coordinates 35.605904°N, 110.067711°W, situated in Navajo County. ZIP code 86034, 86031. Telephone area code: 928. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
