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Sunizona, Arizona Weather

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

Sunizona, AZ
Sunday, July 5 at 8:11 AM
84
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
13%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
10:18 PM
Sunset
12:28 PM
Sunizona, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSunizona, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 71°H 101°
Sunizona, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    101°70°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    16%
    97°71°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    44%
    0.01″
    97°73°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    97°76°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Showers
    26%
    1.2″
    99°68°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Showers
    28%
    0.28″
    94°71°-5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    0.01″
    96°71°+2°
Sunizona, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
012° · veering 64°
Direction
NNE
012°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 21 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1710SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 64° from the nne.
Sunizona, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
870.6
+4.3 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 25.71 inHg
Now
870.6
mb
3h
+4.3
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 866874
860865870875880-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW873.7866.3870.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Sunizona, AZ
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-8 in 6hPeak ~43 @ 9 PM

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 11.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 24.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
25μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
80μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~72%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
7.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 18

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 24.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.46
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Sunizona, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
21%
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
15:11 UTC · Sunizona, 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
15:11 UTC · Sunizona, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Sunizona, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sunizona, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sunizona, AZ
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:51 AM
Sunrise
10:18 PM
Daylight
14h 10m
Sunset
12:28 PM
Civil dusk
7:57 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Sunizona, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
10:33 PM
Moonset
10:36 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Sunizona, AZ
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sunizona at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Sunizona

  1. Sun101°70°4%
  2. Mon97°71°16%
  3. Tue97°73°44%
  4. Wed97°76°38%
  5. Thu99°68°26%
  6. Fri94°71°28%
  7. Sat96°71°37%
  8. Sun98°71°28%
  9. Mon94°72°25%
  10. Tue89°70°26%
  11. Wed91°70°22%
  12. Thu98°74°26%
  13. Fri99°80°25%
  14. Sat103°80°45%
  15. Sun103°79°44%
  16. Mon101°80°48%

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 — Sunizona

SPC includes Sunizona in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Sunizona

  • 85625

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.