Phoenix, AZ Weather Forecast
Maricopa County, Arizona
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Phoenix, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Phoenix, AZ at a glance
Phoenix is home to about 1,650,070 people in Maricopa County, across 518 square miles. It is the largest of 76 places in Arizona with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Glendale, 6 miles away.
- County
- Maricopa County
- Population
- 1,650,070 2023 est.
- Land area
- 518 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,183
- Forecast point
- 33.5722°N, 112.0901°W
How well can the network see Phoenix?
The nearest Doppler radar is KIWA (Phoenix, AZ), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Phoenix. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Phoenix show up clearly. Phoenix is closer to its radar than 69% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDVT (Phoenix/Deer Valley Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Phoenix
- Glendale, AZ6 mi
- Paradise Valley, AZ8 mi
- Youngtown, AZ12 mi
- Tolleson, AZ13 mi
- El Mirage, AZ14 mi
- Scottsdale, AZ15 mi
- Tempe, AZ16 mi
- Guadalupe, AZ16 mi
Elsewhere in Arizona
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