Carefree RanchFCDMC-21001
On a farm or research station/3.7 mi away/2,980 ft/557 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Carefree, Arizona
Town in Maricopa County, Arizona* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...A portion of south central Arizona including the Phoenix metro area. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 3 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile and lots of lofted dust may create poor air quality across the area.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
69°
83°/66°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Carefree until 3 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carefree is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 81°, and the coolest Thursday, near 71°. Rain is possible Tuesday (42%), Wednesday (42%) and Thursday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:08 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
30%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
69feels69
16mph
Today
Oct 16
8366
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7764
22%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7963
13%
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8163
16%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8064
42%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7662
42%
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7158
41%
69°
83°66°
77°64°
79°63°
81°63°
80°64°
76°62°
71°58°
As of 12:00 AM in Carefree, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Carefree
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, McDowell (AZ), 15 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good27 ppb19.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good19.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carefree
None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Carefree, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Carefree, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Carefree, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank1,293of 1,869
Citizen station FW3344FW3344
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/1,601 ft/822 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/13.2 mi away/1,476 ft/947 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
CarefreeCFEA3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/2,510 ft/87 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cave Creek 1.6 NNEAZ-MR-595
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/2,272 ft/151 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Deer Valley/Phoenix, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Carefree, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
74.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,100 ft up.
The wind
From the northeast (40 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Carefree (CFEA3), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Carefree
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cave Creektown, 2 mi
- New Rivercommunity, 9 mi
- Anthemcommunity, 12 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 15 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 16 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 18 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 19 mi
- Black Canyon Citycommunity, 22 mi
- Peoriacity, 23 mi
- Glendalecity, 24 mi
- Sun Citycommunity, 25 mi
- Phoenixcity, 27 mi