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Colorado City, Arizona Weather

The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Colorado City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Colorado City, AZ
Saturday, July 4 at 6:16 PM
90
°
Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
5%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
10:17 PM
Sunset
12:55 PM
Colorado City, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastColorado City, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 69°H 90°
Colorado City, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    92°63°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    90°69°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    95°71°+5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    96°70°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    97°71°+1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    99°71°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    99°71°
Colorado City, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
317° · veering 38°
Direction
NW
317°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 6
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
avg 6 · pk 17 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 217SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 38° from the nw.
Colorado City, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
853.7
-1.8 mb in 3h · falling · 25.21 inHg
Now
853.7
mb
3h
-1.8
mb
12h
+2.4
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 851858
845850855860865-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW857.6850.7853.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Colorado City, AZ
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
+8 in 6h

AQI 50 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
1.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
0.6 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 50
Colorado City, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
183.5mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
01:16 UTC · Colorado City, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
01:16 UTC · Colorado City, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Colorado City, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Colorado City, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Colorado City, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:48 AM
Sunrise
10:17 PM
Daylight
14h 38m
Sunset
12:55 PM
Civil dusk
8:26 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Colorado City, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
10:50 PM
Moonset
10:49 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Colorado City, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Colorado City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 15°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 86021

16-Day Forecast — Colorado City

  1. Sat92°63°0%
  2. Sun90°69°4%
  3. Mon95°71°1%
  4. Tue96°70°1%
  5. Wed97°71°0%
  6. Thu99°71°0%
  7. Fri99°71°0%
  8. Sat102°70°3%
  9. Sun101°71°7%
  10. Mon106°73°14%
  11. Tue106°77°12%
  12. Wed101°75°16%
  13. Thu101°72°26%
  14. Fri100°75°29%
  15. Sat98°76°28%
  16. Sun99°77°26%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Colorado City

SPC includes Colorado City in the general thunderstorm area day after tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Colorado City

  • 86021

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.