Surprise, AZ Weather Forecast
Maricopa County, Arizona
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Surprise, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 75° with a dew point of 40°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is clear.
The wind turns to the north-northwest around 7 PM. The first rain arrives between 4 PM and 5 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 4 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
The wet part of the window runs from about 4 PM to 8 PM, 3 hours of it, with the highest chance near 4 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.09 in.
It tapers off after 8 PM. The overnight low settles near 60°. Tomorrow reaches 72°, 10° cooler than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
48–82°F across the weekThe week runs between 51° and 82°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tuesday is the wettest day, peaking near 62%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Surprise, AZ at a glance
Surprise is home to about 158,285 people in Maricopa County, across 111 square miles. It ranks 10th by population of 76 places in Arizona with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is El Mirage, 9 miles away.
- County
- Maricopa County
- Population
- 158,285 2023 est.
- Land area
- 111 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,432
- Forecast point
- 33.6708°N, 112.4525°W
How well can the network see Surprise?
The nearest Doppler radar is KIWA (Phoenix, AZ), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,800 ft above Surprise. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KLUF (Phoenix/Luke AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Surprise
- El Mirage, AZ9 mi
- Youngtown, AZ10 mi
- Peoria, AZ12 mi
- Litchfield Park, AZ13 mi
- Glendale, AZ18 mi
- Tolleson, AZ19 mi
- Buckeye, AZ20 mi
- Phoenix, AZ22 mi
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