Arizona Weather: 02-22-2026

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Arizona Weather Podcast — it's Sunday, February 22nd. Arizona's doing that thing again where it can't decide what season it's. Step outside in Phoenix right now and you're at 51 degrees. Drive two hours north to Flagstaff? You're at 16. That's a 35-degree swing across one state. Welcome to Arizona, folks. Phoenix, those morning clouds vanish fast. By 4 P.M., you hit 82 degrees with barely a breeze. Tonight stays cozy — lows only drop to 52 around 4 A.M. Tomorrow? Even warmer at 85 under full sunshine. Down in Tucson, you're climbing to 78 by 3 P.M. With steady southeast winds around 10 miles an hour. Lows tonight hover near 48, then you jump to 83 Monday afternoon. We're running 16 degrees to 15 degrees above normal for late February. But up in Flagstaff, winter's still hanging around. You barely scratch 50 degrees by 4 P.M. Overnight lows drop to 17 around 6 A.M. — and it'll feel like 30 degrees by mid-morning thanks to that mountain chill. By midweek, even you warm into the 60s. That ridge of high pressure isn't moving. Central Arizona pushes toward 92 degrees by Friday — flirting with daily records. Southern Arizona hits the upper 80s to near 90. Even Flagstaff cracks 68 by weekend. Bone dry with just a whisper of wind midweek. One quick thing. If this daily weather update helps you plan your day, share it with a friend who could use the heads-up. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.