The corn is high off Bowlin Road at Sorrento.

Weekend weather in Maricopa will be a little bit cooler and breezier, according to the National Weather Service.

Today, the high temperature is expected to be 105 degrees F with winds 5-10 mph. Tonight, expect the winds to gust up to 20 mph and the low to drop to around 67.

Friday, the forecast calls for a sunny day with a high near 103. Winds of 5-15 mph may gust up to 25 mph. The overnight low will be around 66.

Saturday will likely be sunny but the high will only be near 99. The nighttime low will be around 65 under clear skies with winds topping out at 15 mph.

Sunday also sees sunny skies ahead and a high near 100. The overnight low will be around 66.

Next week will start with clear skies and temps in staying in the low 100s.

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.