Tempe, AZ Weather Forecast
Maricopa County, Arizona
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Tempe, 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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Tempe, AZ at a glance
Tempe is home to about 189,834 people in Maricopa County, across 40 square miles. It ranks 9th by population of 76 places in Arizona with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Guadalupe, 2 miles away.
- County
- Maricopa County
- Population
- 189,834 2023 est.
- Land area
- 40 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,748
- Forecast point
- 33.3884°N, 111.9318°W
How well can the network see Tempe?
The nearest Doppler radar is KIWA (Phoenix, AZ), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 900 ft above Tempe. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Tempe show up clearly. Tempe is closer to its radar than 89% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPHX (Phoenix/Sky Harbor Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Tempe
- Guadalupe, AZ2 mi
- Chandler, AZ9 mi
- Paradise Valley, AZ11 mi
- Gilbert, AZ12 mi
- Mesa, AZ12 mi
- Phoenix, AZ16 mi
- Glendale, AZ18 mi
- Fountain Hills, AZ19 mi
Elsewhere in Arizona
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