Cottonwood, Arizona Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cottonwood weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——100°75°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast——102°75°+2°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——105°76°+3°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast——105°75°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Clear——105°75°0°
- FridayJul 10Clear——104°74°-1°
- SaturdayJul 11Partly Cloudy——105°76°+1°
AQI 160 (Unhealthy), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 21.5 µg/m³ (AQI 74) with a 0.70 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
LIMIT OUTDOORS Limit prolonged outdoor exertion. Sensitive groups should avoid outdoor exertion. Consider rescheduling outdoor activities until AQI improves.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 53. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~69%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 53
- UV peak
- 11.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 39
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 21.5 µg/m³ (AQI 74) with a 0.70 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.70
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:44 PM
- Moonset
- 10:46 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Cottonwood at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 18°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 86326
16-Day Forecast — Cottonwood
- Sun100°75°4%
- Mon102°75°4%
- Tue105°76°4%
- Wed105°75°2%
- Thu105°75°2%
- Fri104°74°2%
- Sat105°76°3%
- Sun106°73°14%
- Mon106°75°16%
- Tue101°73°20%
- Wed99°73°24%
- Thu102°77°39%
- Fri108°81°38%
- Sat111°83°32%
- Sun111°82°31%
- Mon108°79°29%
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.
ZIP codes in Cottonwood
- 86326
- 86336
- 86324