Weather in Cave Creek, Arizona
Saguaro crowns open white. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cave Creek, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:43 PM
88
°
Clear
Feels like
79°
Humidity
9%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
7:22 PM
Cave Creek, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
92°
4p
90°
5p
90°
6p
87°
7p
83°
8p
82°
9p
80°
10p
78°
11p
76°
12a
74°
1a
72°
2a
70°
3a
68°
4a
67°
5a
67°
6a
72°
7a
78°
8a
81°
9a
82°
10a
84°
11a
85°
12p
87°
1p
89°
2p
89°
3p
Cave Creek, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—89°66°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—85°61°
- MondayMay 18Partly Cloudy14%80°57°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—81°60°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—86°66°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—87°64°
- FridayMay 22Clear—90°65°
Cave Creek, AZ
Next 24 hours · Hot now
Cave Creek, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
203° · veering 127°
Direction
SSW
203°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 8
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Cave Creek, AZ
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 33.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 122.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.3 Moderate
Cave Creek, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:59 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
13h 57m
Sunset
7:22 PM
Civil dusk
2:51 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cave Creek, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:54 AM
- Moonset
- 1:37 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Cave Creek, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
Cave Creek at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of May 16, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.