Weather in Tombstone, Arizona
Saguaro crowns open white. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tombstone, AZ
Saturday, May 16 at 11:41 PM
86
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
9%
Wind
18 mph
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Sunset
7:10 PM
Tombstone, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
88°
4p
87°
5p
84°
6p
81°
7p
78°
8p
76°
9p
73°
10p
72°
11p
70°
12a
67°
1a
65°
2a
65°
3a
63°
4a
60°
5a
60°
6a
64°
7a
70°
8a
74°
9a
77°
10a
79°
11a
82°
12p
85°
1p
88°
2p
87°
3p
Tombstone, AZ
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—86°54°
- SundayMay 17Clear—83°54°
- MondayMay 18Partly Cloudy—80°53°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—83°53°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—82°59°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—84°58°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—86°56°
Tombstone, AZ
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Tombstone, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
255° · veering 136°
Direction
WSW
255°
Sustained
18
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 10
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Tombstone, AZ
Air quality
80
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 1.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 124.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 3.2 Moderate
Tombstone, AZ
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
11:57 AM
Sunrise
5:22 AM
Daylight
13h 48m
Sunset
7:10 PM
Civil dusk
2:38 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Tombstone, AZ
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:51 AM
- Moonset
- 1:24 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Tombstone, AZ
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Saguaro crowns open white
weather
Tombstone at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 25 (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.