Citizen station GW1663GW1663
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,239 ft/8 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sun City West, Arizona
Community 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.
75°
87°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sun City West until 3 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sun City West is 75° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 70° 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 85°, and the coolest Thursday, near 76°. Rain is possible Wednesday (37%) and Thursday (30%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:10 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
41Air quality
30%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8770
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8069
16%
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
8368
11%
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8567
13%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8568
29%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8066
37%
14mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7662
30%
75°
87°70°
80°69°
83°68°
85°67°
85°68°
80°66°
76°62°
As of 12:00 AM in Sun City West, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Sun City West
Index 41, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 19 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)41Good-
The days ahead
Highest 59, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
- 59TodayOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 41SunOct 18
- 47MonOct 19
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 Sun City West
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Sun City West, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Sun City West, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sun City West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank1,842of 1,869
McMicken DamFCDMC-71701
At a dam/3.9 mi away/1,355 ft/108 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.4 mi away/1,089 ft/158 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sun City West 1.0 WAZ-MR-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,260 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
YoungtownYOUA3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/1,132 ft/115 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Luke AFB/Phoenix, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from Sun City West, Arizona. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
77.0 F with a dew point of 41.4 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,100 ft up.
The wind
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 22 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.
The full report of Luke AFB/Phoenix, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sun City West
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.