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Grand Canyon West, Arizona Weather

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Grand Canyon West weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Grand Canyon West, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 7:04 AM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
14%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
10:24 PM
Sunset
12:55 PM
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGrand Canyon West, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 95°
Grand Canyon West, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    95°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    96°74°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    97°74°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    97°75°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    97°75°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    96°72°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Clear
    99°73°+3°
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
168° · veering 15°
Direction
SSE
168°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 11
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 11 · pk 24 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 237SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 15° from the sse.
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
857.7
+1.4 mb in 3h · rising · 25.33 inHg
Now
857.7
mb
3h
+1.4
mb
12h
-1.5
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 856862
850855860865870-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW862.3856.1857.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-10 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 2.7 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
69μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 2.7 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
2.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 8
Grand Canyon West, 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
14:04 UTC · Grand Canyon West, 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
14:04 UTC · Grand Canyon West, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Grand Canyon West, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:55 AM
Sunrise
10:24 PM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
12:55 PM
Civil dusk
8:26 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Grand Canyon West, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
10:52 PM
Moonset
10:53 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Grand Canyon West, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Grand Canyon West at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Grand Canyon West

  1. Sun95°73°2%
  2. Mon96°74°2%
  3. Tue97°74°1%
  4. Wed97°75°0%
  5. Thu97°75°0%
  6. Fri96°72°0%
  7. Sat99°73°0%
  8. Sun99°75°14%
  9. Mon100°75°22%
  10. Tue93°72°27%
  11. Wed91°71°13%
  12. Thu87°73°22%
  13. Fri100°77°13%
  14. Sat104°84°16%
  15. Sun102°82°15%
  16. Mon102°83°13%

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 Grand Canyon West

  • 86434

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.