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Payson, AZ
Right Now
- Humidity: 39%
- Feels Like: 56°
- Heat Index: 57°
- Wind: 6 mph
- Wind Chill: 56°
- UV Index: 10 Very High
- Sunrise: 05:20:43 AM
- Sunset: 07:22:42 PM
- Dew Point: 32°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
Sun and clouds mixed. High 77F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight
Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low 54F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunny skies. High 81F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph.
Next 12 Hours
Wind: WSW @ 7mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 31%
Wind Chill: 63°
Heat Index: 63°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WSW @ 8mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 25%
Wind Chill: 67°
Heat Index: 67°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 11mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 21%
Wind Chill: 70°
Heat Index: 70°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 11mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 19%
Wind Chill: 72°
Heat Index: 72°
UV Index: 9 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 11mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 18%
Wind Chill: 74°
Heat Index: 74°
UV Index: 10 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 11mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 17%
Wind Chill: 74°
Heat Index: 74°
UV Index: 9 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 12mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 18%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: W @ 12mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 18%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 5 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WSW @ 11mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 19%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WSW @ 9mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 18%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WSW @ 9mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 18%
Wind Chill: 75°
Heat Index: 75°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: SW @ 8mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 21%
Wind Chill: 72°
Heat Index: 72°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Weather Stories
Like a lover who missed Valentine’s Day, the laggard winter delivered repeated flurries of snow right on the brink of spring all across Arizona.
The Town of Payson braces for up to 24 inches of snow between Jan. 22 and 26 by warning residents to stock up on food and medical supplies and asks for patience with snow removal.
Tonto National Forest this week launched a 5,200-acre thinning project to protect Pine, Strawberry, Whispering Pines, Washington Park and a host of other communities from wildfire.
Don’t let a few snow flurries get your hopes up — we’re still stuck in the kind of drought that likely caused civilizations across the Southwest to collapse six centuries ago.
After a longed-for storm dumped rain across the state, many national forests lifted fire restrictions — weeks after the fire season normally ends.
You think 2020 was tough.
The day has settled with a sigh toward dusk.
It’s got the weather man freaked out.
Arizona’s not on fire like California, Washington and Oregon.
“Exceptional” drought.
Arizona’s long-delayed monsoon finally gusted into Rim Country last week, immediately tamping down the fire danger and blowing open the door to reopening the forest.
Arizona’s on fire, with no sign of a monsoon rescue yet massing on the horizon.
Arizona’s already hot and dry.
Heck, even if people weren’t coughing on one another at the swimming hole in a pandemic, the Forest Service would have to move toward closing the forest.
The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
Arizona is in the midst of perhaps the worst drought in 1,200 years, regardless of the blessings of a relatively normal winter, according to study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
Arizona’s reservoirs are brimming for the first time in years, despite a bad snow year and the return of drought across much of the West.
Payson didn’t see many snow flurries from the recent storm, but got plenty of rain, with the heaviest snowfall centered on the Mogollon Rim, including the small community of Happy Jack.
If you’ve been following state and national news, you can’t miss the focus on COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus, a disease that’s spreading rapidly across Arizona, the U.S., and worldwide.
A slow-moving storm dumped more than three inches of rain in some areas of Rim Country, flooding creek crossings, topping off reservoirs and prompting residents to hole up for a night or two.
Ah. Spring is in the air.
Over the weekend, Hurricane Lorena barreled up the Baja coast, danced over northern Mexico and sloshed into Arizona. By Monday morning, lightning flashed, up to four inches of rain fell around the state, and flash floods gushed down normally dry washes.
Every year Rim Country holds its collective breath until the dry lightning ends and monsoon starts.
El Niño giveth.
Rim Country’s wet winter continued this week with the first of two storms bringing heavy rain to the area Tuesday morning.
Payson came within an inch of setting an all-time snow record last week.
What a storm for Payson! Just missed setting the record for the heaviest two-day snowfall. Official records go back to 1940 for Payson.
Due to ongoing winter storm conditions in Northern Gila County, Gila County Emergency Management in coordination with American Red Cross has opened shelters for residents or visitors who may need assistance.
A local man waited five hours for rescue Friday night after driving his ATV into the flooded East Verde River north of Payson.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY...
It was not a happy New Year for many motorists with a storm dumping nearly half a foot of snow in Payson Monday and eight inches east of Star Valley, forcing officials to close the roadways as they handled many vehicle slide-offs and accidents.
Despite a closely-spaced pair of storms this week, confidence in this year’s prediction of a wet, El Niño winter has started to fray.
Planning a trip to play in the snow that’s forecast for Arizona’s high country?
There are progressions in fly fishing, and both of my older grandsons are moving along that continuum.
A Pine-Strawberry School teacher’s passion for education coupled with student enthusiasm has resulted in elementary students building and manning a state-of-the art, high-tech weather station to supply reports to citizens throughout the Rim Country.
Look for a good chance of showers and thunderstorms today, especially this afternoon into the early evening. Some brief snow accumulation will be possible down to elevations of 7000 feet today. Mainly fair and warmer weather Tuesday and Wednesday with just a few showers across eastern portio…
Slumbering Pine-Strawberry residents were startled to wake to an alert of a possible tornado in the area early Thursday morning.
The potential for heavy rainfall from the remnants of Rosa has decreased substantially over the past 24 hours - our updated forecasts reflect much lower rain accumulation as a result. The threat for flooding has decreased, but is still present through tonight.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., October 1, 2018, For Immediate Release — With heavy rains expected from Tropical Storm Rosa, the Coconino National Forest may temporarily close roads, trails, or recreation sites in order to provide for public safety.
Emergency notification systems sent out an emergency alert stating that self-serve sandbag stations will be available in preparation for the upcoming rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday for those in areas prone to flooding.
The National Weather Service predicts the remnants of Hurricane Rosa will bring as much as an inch of rain to Gila County between Monday and Wednesday of next week.
Head down.
Temperatures reached triple-digit highs during the National Weather Service’s heat advisory for Rim Country earlier this week, but the NWS forecast has temps dropping by the weekend and into next week.
A freak “1,000-year” storm on July 18 dumps six inches of water on Flagstaff — triggering widespread flooding rushing off a raw burn scar.
The wild swings of the monsoon continue in northern Arizona, with last week’s downpours giving way to a predicted heat wave this week.
