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Cave Creek, Arizona Weather

Heat hardens the dust. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cave Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Cave Creek, AZ
Wednesday, June 3 at 11:51 PM
72
°
Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
16%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Sunset
7:34 PM
Cave Creek, AZ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCave Creek, AZ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 76°H 101°
Cave Creek, AZ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    101°70°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    101°72°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Clear
    100°75°-1°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    97°72°-3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    97°73°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Partly Cloudy
    94°71°-3°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    97°69°+3°
Cave Creek, AZ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
229° · backing 41°
Direction
SW
229°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
avg 7 · pk 17 @ 4:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 144SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 41° from the sw.
Cave Creek, AZ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
921.7
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 27.22 inHg
Now
921.7
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
+2.0
mb
24h
-0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 921926
915920925930-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW925.7920.7925.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Cave Creek, AZ
Air quality
34
AQI
Moderate
-13 in 6h

PM2.5 at 15.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 20.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
15.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
21μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneGood
40μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 20.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Cave Creek, AZ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
183.5mi
UNLIMITED
185 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Cave Creek, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Cave Creek, AZ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Cave Creek, AZ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cave Creek, AZ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cave Creek, AZ
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
11:50 AM
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Daylight
14h 17m
Sunset
7:34 PM
Civil dusk
3:04 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Cave Creek, AZ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
91% illuminated
Moonrise
5:00 AM
Moonset
2:51 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Cave Creek, AZ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Heat hardens the dust

weather
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cave Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, 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.

ZIP codes in Cave Creek

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.