Wickenburg, Arizona Weather
Wickenburg, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wickenburg, Maricopa County.
Full aviation weather for Wickenburg is published on the Wickenburg Municipal Airport (KE25) page, 6 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. 2 airfields within reach of Wickenburg 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 Wickenburg: Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) 58 km
Conditions reported at KE25 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wickenburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wickenburg.
About Wickenburg, Arizona
Wickenburg emerges from the Sonoran Desert like a mirage made solid, a cluster of adobe and stucco buildings bleached by an insistent sun. It lies 30.8 miles north-west of Sun City West, AZ (from Sun City West, AZ: bearing 314°T), and is situated 15.1 miles south-south-east of Congress. The landscape here is a study in ochre and muted greens, the earth a coarse, granular canvas under a sky that stretches with an almost startling immensity. Saguaros, stoic sentinels of the arid expanse, punctuate the horizon, their arms raised in an eternal, silent greeting. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of creosote bush, and as dusk descends, it washes the world in hues of lavender and rose, a fleeting, ethereal beauty that softens the rugged terrain. The roots of Wickenburg are deeply entwined with the rugged spirit of the Old West, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring resilience of its people and the very earth they cultivate. Once a vital hub for mining and ranching, its economy still finds echoes of this past, though now it thrives on a blend of tourism, agriculture that draws life from the Hassayampa River, and a steady flow of those seeking the quietude and distinct character of desert living. This is a place where the pace of life feels attuned to the slow arc of the sun, where the local traditions, born of necessity and a proud heritage, are still palpable in the friendly nods exchanged on dusty streets and the vibrant community events that punctuate the year.
Live animated radar for Wickenburg 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 | Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33.968641°N, 112.729622°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 85390, 85358 |
| Area Code | 480 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wickenburg, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wickenburg, 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 Wickenburg includes coordinates 33.968641°N, 112.729622°W, situated in Maricopa County. ZIP code 85390, 85358. 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. 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.
