Photo by Kyle Norby
A lovely spring weekend is in store for Maricopa, according to the National Weather Service, with just a bit of late-night rain likely.

Today is sunny with a high near 74 degrees F. The night will be clear with a low around 47.

Friday expects to have increasing clouds and a high near 76 and breezes up to 10 mph. There is a 30% chance of rain after 11 p.m., when skies will be mostly cloudy and the low around 51. Winds of 5-15 mph may gust up to 20 mph.

Saturday is forecast to have a mostly sunny day and a high of 74 followed by a clear night with a low around 50 and light breezes.

Easter Sunday is expected to be sunny with a high near 81 and winds of 5-10 mph. The nighttime low will be around 52 under mostly clear skies.

Next week is also forecast to be sunny with breezy days early on.
Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.